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The original Fisher v. University of Texas case from 2013 known as Fisher I.
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Today I’ll be reading the 2003 opinion of the Court in Virginia v. Black, a case that asked the Supreme Court whether a Virginia law prohibiting the burning of a cross with the intent of intimidating any person or group violated the First Amendment.
I’m reading this opinion in light of a new case that the Court has agreed to hear later this term – Counterman v. Colorado - asking: in order to establish that a statement is a "true threat" which we already know is not protected by the First Amendment, must the government show that the speaker subjectively knew or intended the threatening nature of the statement; or, is it enough to show that an objective "reasonable person" would regard the statement as a threat of violence?
In this opinion, the Court addresses what makes a threat a true threat - which is why I thought that those of you who are interested in the yet-to-be-scheduled Counterman v. Colorado might like to hear it.
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Audio of the Supreme Court case San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon (1959) Majority Opinion (Labor Unions, Federal Preemption, National Labor Relations Board)
In light of last week's oral arguments in Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, today I'll be reading San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon, the 1959 Supreme Court Case that first established the Garmon preemption; in other words, when state court action is preempted by federal labor law.
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Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison (1977) Majority Opinion (EEOC Guidelines, Religious Accommodations in Employment, Undue Hardship)
In the 1960s, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission created Guidelines that required employers to make reasonable accommodations for the religious practices of employees - as long as those accommodations do not place undue hardship on the employer. In 1977, the Supreme Court further defined "undue hardship" as anything greater than a trivial cost to the employer in Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison. Last week, the Court agreed to hear a similar case this term that asks them to reconsider that precedent. The new case is Groff v. DeJoy and it is the fourth case to ask the Court to overturn the Trans World case in recent years - which is why I decided to read the Trans World case today.
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Part 2 of the audio in Justice Alito's 2016 dissenting opinion in Fisher v. University of Texas.
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Audio of Justice Alito's 2016 dissenting opinion in Fisher v. University of Texas. I read the majority opinion in this case in a November 7th episode.
This episode includes the separate one-page opinion written by Justice Thomas at the beginning of this episode.
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https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/14-981
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Audio of new opinion relating to orders in Antonyuk v. Nigrelli (Jan 11, 2023) Justice Alito on Denial of Application for Stay (New York Gun Law, Second Amendment, Second Circuit)
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Audio of Stanton v. Stanton (1975) Majority Opinion (Utah; Age of legal adulthood determined by an individual's sex).
What if the age of adulthood in your state was determined by an individual's sex? In Utah circa 1975, that meant 18 years old if you're a female and 21 if you're a male.
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Audio of Part 2: United States v. Virginia (1996) Majority Opinion (Sex-based discrimination, College Admissions, Virginia Military Institute)
This episode concludes with Part IV of the opinion.
The question before the Supreme Court in this case was whether Virginia's creation of a women's-only academy, as a comparable program to a male-only academy, satisfied the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
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Audio of Part 1: United States v. Virginia (1996) Majority Opinion (Sex-based discrimination, College Admissions, Virginia Military Institute)
This episode includes parts I - III of the opinion. Next episode will begin with part IV of the opinion.
The question before the Supreme Court in this case was whether Virginia's creation of a women's-only academy, as a comparable program to a male-only academy, satisfied the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
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