Episode 057: Livestream — Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Jun 29, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I wrap up the term by reviewing some of the Court’s final orders and opinions, I look ahead to this summer and the next term, and I spend some time talking about Justice Kennedy — his career, his legacy, and what happens next.
Episode 056: Livestream — Divided to the End
Jun 28, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I review the Court’s six decisions in argued cases from the final week of June 2018. These include, among others, Trump v. Hawaii (President Trump’s travel ban), NIFLA v. Becerra (California’s crisis pregnancy center disclosure requirements), and Janus v. AFSCME (public sector union agency fees).
Episode 055: Livestream — Cell Phone Location Data
Jun 26, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I review the Court’s decisions issued on June 22, 2018, in four argued cases, including Carpenter v. United States, a case about whether the government can obtain mobile phone location data from carriers without a warrant.
Episode 054: Livestream — Internet Sales Tax and Administrative Law Judges
Jun 24, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I review the Court’s decisions issued on June 21, 2018, in four argued cases, including Lucia v. SEC, a case about the constitutionality of the appointment of the SEC’s administrative law judges, and South Dakota v. Wayfair, a case about whether states can force out-of-state internet retailers to collect sales tax.
Episode 053: Livestream — Partisan Gerrymandering Anticlimax
Jun 24, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I take a look at five new cases granted for next term, and I review the Court’s decisions issued on June 18, 2018, in five argued cases, including two cases about partisan gerrymandering, Gill v. Whitford and Benisek v. Lamone.
Episode 052: Livestream — Voter Purges and Political Badges
Jun 15, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I explain the Court’s new decisions in five argued cases, including Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, the case about the legality of Ohio’s process for removing names from the voting rolls.
Show Notes
Correction:
Toward the end of this episode, I stated that the Chief Justice appoints judges to the Judicial Conference of the United States. This was an error. The Judicial Conference is actually composed of the Chief Judge of each Circuit Court of Appeals and a District Court elected by the judges of each circuit.
Episode 051: Livestream — Unfinished Masterpiece
Jun 08, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I explain the Court’s new decisions in four argued cases, including Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the highly anticipated case about the intersection between anti-discrimination law and the First Amendment’s protections of free exercise of religion and against compelled speech. Listen to understand what the Court actually decided and what questions remain unresolved.
Episode 049: Livestream — Class Action Waivers and Immovable Property
May 25, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I review four newly granted cases and two new opinions in argued cases, including Epic Systems v. Lewis, a case about the legality of employment arbitration provisions with class action waivers.
Episode 046: Livestream — Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Class Arbitration, and Cy Pres
May 04, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I talk about three newly granted cases for next term, and I give a broad overview of where we stand in the current term: the opinions we’ve seen so far and the cases we’re still waiting on.
Episode 044: Livestream — Habeas Look Through, Void for Vagueness, and April Week 2 Preview
Apr 20, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I look at two new opinions in argued cases, and I preview the six cases the Court will be hearing in the second week of the April oral argument session.
Show Notes
Correction and Update:
In this episode, I said there had been 17 opinions so far in argued cases and 45 more expected by the end of June. This was an error; the correct numbers are 20 opinions in argued cases and 42 more expected by June.
On Thursday afternoon, the Court’s Public Information Officer stated that Justice Sotomayor’s shoulder injury was worse than initially believed. As a result, the Justice will reduce her upcoming travel, but she is not expected to miss oral arguments.
Episode 043: Livestream — Gorsuch’s First Year and April Week 1 Preview
Apr 13, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I look at Justice Gorsuch’s first full year on the Court, and I preview the six cases the Court will be hearing in the first week of the April oral argument session.
Episode 042: Livestream — Lack of Quorum, Qualified Immunity, and Service Advisor Overtime
Apr 06, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I look at the Court’s new 5-4 decision in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, a per curiam reversal in Kisela v. Hughes, and other Supreme Court news and developments of the past week.
Episode 040: Livestream — Capital Punishment, Political Gerrymandering, and Sentence Reduction
Mar 23, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I preview five cases the Court will hear in the second week of March oral arguments, I review three new opinions in argued cases, and I look at one newly granted case and a whole bunch of recent orders from the Court.
Episode 039: Livestream — Contract Clause, Compelled Speech, and Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Mar 16, 2018
Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.
In this episode, I preview three cases the Court will hear in the first week of March oral arguments, and I review other recent developments at the Court.
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