Supreme Court Opinions

Dec 12 2024 149 ep. 45 mins 22

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Hear the opinions from the United States Supreme Court presented in their entirety, but with citations omitted. This podcast is not affiliated with the United States Supreme Court or its staff in any way. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scotus-opinions/support

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Fischer v. United States

Dec 12 2024 56 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Does 18 U-S-C § 1512(c), which prohibits obstruction of congressional inquiries and investigations, include acts unrelated to investigations and evidence? The case was decided on June 28, 2024. The Supreme Court held that to prove a violation of 18 U-S-C §1512(c)(2), the Government must establish that the defendant impaired the avail

Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P.

Dec 10 2024 101 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Does the Bankruptcy Code authorize a court to approve, as part of a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, a release that extinguishes claims held by non-debtors against non-debtor third parties, without the claimants’ consent? The case was decided on June 27, 2024. The Supreme Court held that the Bankruptcy

SEC v. Jarkesy

Dec 05 2024 114 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Does the statutory scheme that empowers the Securities and Exchange Commission violate the Seventh Amendment, the nondelegation doctrine, or Article II of the U-S Constitution? The case was decided on June 27, 2024. The Supreme Court held that when the Securities and Exchange Commission seeks civil penalties against a defendant for se

Moyle v. United States

Dec 03 2024 55 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Does the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act preempt an Idaho law that criminalizes most abortions in that state? The case was decided on June 27, 2024. The Supreme Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted and vacated its earlier stay of the district court’s preliminary injunction against Idaho�

Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency

Nov 26 2024 50 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: should the Court stay the EPA’s federal emissions reduction rule, the Good Neighbor Plan, and are the emissions controls imposed by the rule reasonable regardless of the number of states subject to the rule? The case was decided on June 27, 2024. The Supreme Court held that the EPA’s enforcement of the Federal Implementation Plan

Snyder v. United States

Nov 25 2024 55 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: does 18 U-S-C § 666(a)(1)(B) criminalize gratuities, i.e., payments in recognition of actions a state or local official has already taken or committed to take, without any quid pro quo agreement to take those actions? The case was decided on June 26, 2024. The Supreme Court held that Federal law, 18 U-S-C §666, proscribes bribes to

Murthy v. Missouri

Nov 22 2024 81 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Did the federal government’s request that private social media companies take steps to prevent the dissemination of purported misinformation transform those companies’ content-moderation decisions into state action and thus violate users’ First Amendment rights? The case was decided on June 26, 2024. The Supreme Court held that

Erlinger v. United States

Nov 20 2024 97 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Does the Constitution require a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt to find that a defendant’s prior convictions were “committed on occasions different from one another,” as is necessary to impose an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act? The case was decided on June 21, 2024. The Supreme Court held th

Department of State v. Munoz

Nov 15 2024 52 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Does the denial of a visa to the non-citizen spouse of a U.S. citizen infringe on a constitutionally protected interest of the citizen and, if so, did the government properly justify that decision in this case? The case was decided on June 21, 2024. The Supreme Court held that a U.S. citizen does not have a fundamental liberty interes

Texas v. New Mexico

Nov 14 2024 61 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: May a court enter a consent decree among Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado regarding the Rio Grande Compact without the consent of the United States, who intervened in the action? The case was decided on June 21, 2024. The Supreme Court held that because the proposed consent decree would dispose of the United States’ Compact claims wi