Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)
The Supreme Court decision syllabus, read without personal commentary. See: Wheaton and Donaldson v. Peters and Grigg, 33 U.S. 591 (1834) and United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321, 337. Photo by: Davi Kelly. Founded by RJ Dieken. Now hosted by Jake Leahy. Frequent guest host Jeff Barnum.
*Note this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.
Episodes
453 episodes
Moody v. NetChoice (Social Media / First Amendment)
Florida and Texas both enacted laws regulating social media companies and other online platforms. Netchoice alleges a facial challenge to the statutes under the First Amendment. Held: both judgments (of the Eleventh and Fifth Circui...
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Season 2023
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Episode 58
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15:17
Trump v. United States (Presidential Immunity)
Trump v. United StatesA federal grand jury indicted former President Donald J. Trump on four counts for conduct that occurred during his Presidency following the Nove...
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Season 2023
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Episode 57
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24:11
City of Grants Pass v. Johnson (Public Camping Laws)
City of Grants Pass v. JohnsonGrants Pass, Oregon, is home to roughly 38,000 people, about 600 of whom are estimated to experience homelessness on a given day. Li...
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12:38
Fischer v. United States (Obstruction of Official Proceeding)
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 imposes criminal liability on anyone who corruptly “alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the object’s integrity or availabil...
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Season 2023
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Episode 55
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8:31
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (Administrative Law / Chevron Deference)
Loper Bright Enterprises v. RaimondoThis is a consolidated opinion of two cases that were argued this term. Both of them bring into question rules promulgat...
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Season 2023
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Episode 54
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20:58
Moyle v. United States (Abortion)
In this very brief Per Curiam decision, RJ Dieken also reads the concurring opinions authored Justice Kagan and Justice Barrett.
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Season 2023
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Episode 53
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25:44
Ohio v. EPA (Clean Air Act)
Ohio v. EPAThe Clean Air Act requires both the States and federal government to help develop environmental regulations. When the EPA creates certain standard...
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Season 2023
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Episode 52
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8:04
Harrington v. Purdue Pharma (Bankruptcy)
Harrington v. Purdue PharmaPurdue Pharma pleaded guilty in 2007 to a federal felony based on its role in misbranding Oxycontin -- which was far more addictive than th...
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Season 2023
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Episode 51
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10:01
SEC v. Jarkesy (Jury Trial / Securities)
SEC v. JarkesyIn the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Congress passed a suite of laws designed to combat securities fraud and increa...
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Season 2023
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Episode 50
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13:45
Murthy v. Missouri (Standing / Social Media / First Amendment)
Murthy v. MissouriMissouri, alongside a few other states, sued the federal government alleging that certain federal officials illegally coordinated with social med...
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Season 2023
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Episode 49
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12:12
Snyder v. United States (Corruption)
Snyder v. United StatesSnyder served as the Mayor in a town in Indiana. After the town awarded a $1.2 million contract to a trucking company, he received a $13,...
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Season 2023
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Episode 48
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10:59
Texas v. New Mexico (Rio Grande Compact)
Texas v. New MexicoApproved by Congress in 1938, the Rio Grande Compact is an interstate agreement that apportions the waters of the Rio Grande River among Col...
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8:18
Department of State v. Munoz (Immigration)
Department of State v. MunozSandra Munoz is an American citizen who married Luis Ascenio-Cordero -- an El Salvador resident -- in 2010. He was denied ent...
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Season 2023
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Episode 46
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8:33
Erlinger v. United States (Sixth Amendment -- Jury Trial)
Erlinger v. United States Paul Erlinger pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U. S. C. §922(g). At sentencing, the judge f...
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Season 2023
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Episode 45
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11:14
Smith v. Arizona (Expert Witnesses)
Smith v. Arizona The Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause guarantees a criminal defendant the right to confront the witnesses against him. In operation, the Cla...
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Season 2023
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Episode 44
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8:17
United States v. Rahimi (Second Amendment)
United States v. Rahimi Respondent Zackey Rahimi was indicted under 18 U. S. C. §922(g)(8), a federal statute that prohibits individuals subject to a domestic vio...
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Season 2023
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Episode 43
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11:30
Gonzalez v. Trevino (Section 1983)
Gonzalez v. TrevinoThe decision of the 5th Circuit is vacated and remanded for further proceedings. Gonzalez was 72 years old, when in 2019, she was electe...
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Season 2023
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Episode 42
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8:42
Moore v. United States (Tax)
Moore v. United StatesCongress generally taxes the income of American business entities in one of two ways. Some entities, such as S corporations and partnerships...
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Season 2023
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Episode 41
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12:02
Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon (Malicious Prosecution)
Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon This case involves a dispute between petitioner Jascha Chiaverini and police officers from Napoleon, Ohio. The officers charged C...
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Season 2024
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Episode 40
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5:37
Diaz v. United States (Evidence / Expert Testimony)
Petitioner Delilah Diaz was stopped at a port of entry on the United States-Mexico border. Border patrol officers searched the car that Diaz was driving and found more than 54 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in the vehicle. Diaz was char...
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5:39
United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC (Bankruptcy Fee Remedy)
United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC Two Terms ago, in Siegel v. Fitzgerald, 596 U. S. 464, the Court held that a statute violated the Bankrup...
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7:38
Campos-Chavez v. Garland (Immigration)
Campos-Chavez v. GarlandTo initiate the removal of an alien from the United States who is either “inadmissible” under 8 U. S. C. §1182 or “deportable” unde...
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Season 2023
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Episode 37
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7:38
Garland v. Cargill (2nd Amendment)
The National Firearms Act of 1934 defines a “machinegun” as “any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigg...
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Season 2023
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Episode 36
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10:10
FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (Birth Control)
FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic MedicineIn 2000, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug application for mifepristone tablets marketed under t...
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Season 2023
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Episode 35
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11:10
Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney (NLRB / Labor)
After several Starbucks employees announced plans to unionize, they invited a news crew from a local television station to visit the store after hours to promote their unionizing effort. Starbucks fired multiple employees involved with t...
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Season 2023
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Episode 34
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6:59