Supreme Court of the United States

Jan 27 2025 341 ep. 79 mins 111

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Supreme Court Season episodes will include all arguments that occur from October 01st to April/May. You can listen to the sidebar version of each Supreme Court Case https://thesidebar.transistor.fm/

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Cunningham v. Cornell University, No. 23-1007 [Arg: 1.22.2025]

Jan 27 2025 90 mins

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether a plaintiff can state a claim by alleging that a plan fiduciary engaged in a transaction constituting a furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between the plan and a party in interest, as proscribed by 29 U.S.C. § 1106(a)(1)(C), or whether a plaintiff must plead and prove additional elements and facts not contained in the provision’s text. ★

Barnes v. Felix, No. 23-1239 [Arg: 1.22.2025]

Jan 27 2025 75 mins

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether courts should apply the "moment of the threat" doctrine when evaluating an excessive force claim under the Fourth Amendment. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson Corporation, No. 23-1226 [Arg: 1.21.2025]

Jan 27 2025 73 mins

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the Federal Communications Commission’s legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Food and Drug Administration v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., No. 23-1187 [Arg: 1.21.2025]

Jan 27 2025 72 mins

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether a manufacturer may file a petition for review in a circuit (other than the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit) where it neither resides nor has its principal place of business, if the petition is joined by a seller of the manufacturer’s products that is located within that circuit. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, No. 23-1122 [Arg: 1.15.2025]

Jan 27 2025 125 mins

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether the court of appeals erred as a matter of law in applying rational-basis review, instead of strict scrutiny, to a law burdening adults’ access to protected speech. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, No. 23-971 [Arg: 1.14.2025]

Jan 15 2025 49 mins

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether a voluntary dismissal without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41 is a “final judgment, order, or proceeding” under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Thompson v. U.S., No. 23-1095 [Arg: 1.14.2025]

Jan 15 2025 77 mins

QUESTION PRESENTEDWhether 18 U.S.C. § 1014, which prohibits making a “false statement” for the purpose of influencing certain financial institutions and federal agencies, also prohibits making a statement that is misleading but not false. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida, No. 23-997 [Arg: 1.13.2025]

Jan 14 2025 78 mins

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a former employee — who was qualified to perform her job and who earned post-employment benefits while employed — loses her right to sue over discrimination with respect to those benefits solely because she no longer holds her job. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hewitt v. U.S., No. 23-1002 [Arg: 1.13.2025]

Jan 14 2025 90 mins

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether the First Step Act’s sentencing reduction provisions apply to a defendant originally sentenced before the act’s enactment, when that original sentence is judicially vacated and the defendant is resentenced to a new term of imprisonment after the act’s enactment. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

TikTok v. Garland, No. 24-656 [Arg: 1.10.2025]

Jan 10 2025 148 mins

QUESTION PRESENTED:- Whether the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, as applied to petitioners, violates the First Amendment. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★