Cases and Controversies

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Bloomberg Law's Cases and Controversies brings you the latest from the Supreme Court. Each week we preview oral arguments at the Court or feature in-depth interviews. We explore critical legal issues with Supreme Court advocates, judges, law professors, lawyers, and legal journalists. Hosts: Kimberly Robinson and Greg Stohr.

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01.20.2023

Although no suspect’s been identified so far in last year’s leak of a draft opinion in the Supreme Court’s blockbuster abortion case, investigators have revealed details about the inner workings of a court draped in mystique. A report on the ...

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01.20.2023 Lapses Shown in Leak Probe Raise Questions for Court Although no suspect’s been identified so far in last year’s leak of a draft opinion in the Supreme Court’s blockbuster abortion case, investigators have revealed details about the inner workings of a court draped in mystique. A report on the ...
01.19.2023 Criminal Prosecution of Turkish Bank Divides Justices The US government’s criminal prosecution of a Turkish-owned bank stumped Supreme Court justices who were torn at argument between potentiality harmful implications for foreign affairs and executive branch authority in that area. University of Chicago law professor Curtis Bradley joins ...
01.12.2023 Slow Start, Smaller Docket Contrasts Hot-Button Term A lack of opinions and an increasingly smaller caseload stand in contrast to the hot-button issues that the Supreme Court has agreed to tackle this term. Empirical SCOTUS founder Adam Feldman joins Cases and Controversies to discuss the possible reasons ...
01.05.2023 Covid Rules, Attorney Client Privilege Await Justices The scope of attorney client privilege headlines a lower-profile first sitting of the new year for the Supreme Court, which returns to the bench for arguments Jan. 9. But things won’t stay quiet for long. The February argument calendar features ...
12.29.2022 Supreme Court Slow on Opinions with Big Cases Ahead The US Supreme Court is off to a historically slow start having released no opinions in argued cases so far. Kimberly Robinson and Madison Alder break down possible reasons for the drought, including hearing cases early in the term that ...
12.08.2022 Justices Search For Middle Ground In Election Fight The US Supreme Court heard marathon arguments over the role state courts play in setting federal election rules. University of Iowa law professor Derek Muller says there was little appetite on the court during arguments Dec. 7 to cut state ...
12.01.2022 LGBTQ Rights, Elections On Tap In Year-End Arguments The justices next week will hear two of the term’s most consequential cases—one in the ongoing clash between LGBTQ and religious rights and another that could change the rules of election law nationwide. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and ...
11.17.2022 Texas Bid Spotlights Litigation Pressure on High Court A Supreme Court immigration case is center stage for a familiar showdown between Republican-led states suing Democratic administrations to rein in executive policies they say go too far. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Greg Stohr talk with University ...
11.10.2022 Justices May Further Limit Where Business Can Be Sued The Supreme Court could continue to pull back on places where companies can be sued in a jurisdictional case that’s gotten little notice despite its importance to business. Kimberly Robinson and Lydia Wheeler break down Tuesday’s high-court back and forth ...
11.03.2022 Trump Shadow Docket, Election-Week Cases at SCOTUS High profile shadow docket disputes from Donald Trump and others keep hitting the US Supreme Court as the justices gear up to hear an array of arguments during midterm-election week. Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporters Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin ...
10.27.2022 Affirmative Action, Habeas, and Supreme Court Stamp Affirmative action is making headlines as a Supreme Court blockbuster, but there’s a closely watched financial reporting case and two others dealing with criminal matters on tap as well in the November sitting that actually kicks off on Halloween. Bloomberg ...
10.20.2022 American Indian Child Welfare Gets High-Court Hearing The Supreme Court is gearing up for its next argument sitting that will feature closely watched disputes about race and identity. While most attention may be on the affirmative action cases set for argument Oct. 31, the Nov. 9 hearing ...
10.13.2022 Race at Supreme Court in Voting, DNA-Testing Appeals The Supreme Court just wrapped up its October argument session, hearing disputes on voting, the environment, copyright, and more. The Legal Defense Fund’s Samuel Spital joins the latest Cases and Controversies to help hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin break ...
10.06.2022 Animal Cruelty, Andy Warhol Top High Court Arguments A dispute over a California animal-cruelty law and the potential impact on other cultural and social issues tops Week 2 of the new Supreme Court term. The case to be argued on Oct. 11, National Pork Producers v. Ross, centers ...
09.29.2022 Voting Rights, Environment Kick Off Supreme Court Term The First Monday in October kicks off Supreme Court arguments in a short week featuring disputes over the future of voting rights and environmental regulation. Bloomberg Law reporters Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin give a sneak peek of the action ...
09.22.2022 Andy Warhol, Prince, and the New Supreme Court Term With the new US Supreme Court term set to start Oct. 3, Cases and Controversies returns with a deep dive episode on a big copyright dispute over Andy Warhol images of Prince. Orrick partner Mel Bostwick joins hosts Kimberly Robinson ...
07.08.2022 Nothing Comes Close: The Historic Supreme Court Term From shifts in the law to public reaction to its rulings, the US Supreme Court’s just-concluded term appears to be a blockbuster like no other. Since the Warren Court of the 1950s and 1960s, “I don’t think we’ve seen any ...
07.01.2022 Blockbuster Term Ends, Jackson Joins and Makes History The Supreme Court is finished with its blockbuster term but the focus is already shifting to the next one, with Ketanji Brown Jackson now sworn-in as the first Black woman justice. Jackson comes aboard following a tumultuous nine months that ...
06.24.2022 Overturning Roe: Supreme Court Ruling Explained The Supreme Court justices finally issued their ruling in the Mississippi abortion case, with the conservative majority striking down the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade. Cases and Controversies host Kimberly Robinson and guest-host Lydia Wheeler explain the reasoning behind ...
06.17.2022 Justices Speed Things Up and Close In on Blockbusters The Supreme Court made up a lot of ground fast on issuing decisions, and appears to be in good position to finish the term on its customary timeline. The justices handed down 11 opinions in recent days, and have 18 ...
06.10.2022 Law Enforcement Accountability Elusive at High Court The Supreme Court again chipped away at the ability of those alleging constitutional violations by federal law enforcement to sue, effectively immunizing Border Patrol agents from being hauled into court. Athul Acharya, of the public interest law firm Public Accountability, ...
06.03.2022 Shadow Docket, Leak Probe Show Supreme Court Strain Though the justices took the unusual step of not issuing orders during the first week of June, there was still plenty going on at One First Street. Cases and Controversies host Kimberly Robinson and producer David Schultz discuss the latest ...
05.27.2022 Beyond Abortion and Guns: What's Left For SCOTUS With all eyes on abortion and guns, the US Supreme Court still has potentially major opinions to issue in the coming weeks on other big issues such as administrative law, religion, and immigration. Goodwin partner Jaime Santos joins Cases and ...
05.20.2022 Behind the Ted Cruz Campaign Finance Ruling The Supreme Court’s latest decision chipping away at campaign finance reform was a victory for Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who challenged a limit on how much candidates can expect to recoup when loaning their campaigns money. University of Iowa law ...
05.13.2022 Supreme Court Leak Prompts Broader Reform Discussion The Supreme Court’s public approval ratings have taken a hit since a leaked draft opinion signaled that the conservative majority is poised to strike down the Roe v Wade abortion precedent. Gabe Roth of the watchdog group Fix the Court ...
05.06.2022 Elected Prosecutors ‘Last Line of Defense’ if Roe Goes The possibility of American life without federal abortion rights puts a spotlight on state prosecutors. “These elected prosecutors are going to become the last line of defense,” Miriam Krinsky said of a potential post-Roe world. Krinsky, head of reform group ...
05.03.2022 Supreme Court Leak May Start a New Era for Justices We got a window into the inner workings of the usually secretive Supreme Court with a leaked draft opinion in a landmark abortion case. As surprising, even shocking, as this leak was, it could be the beginning of a new ...
04.29.2022 Justices Struggle With Trump-Era Immigration Policy The Biden administration from the start has sought to unwind a Trump-era policy known as “Remain in Mexico.” It requires would-be immigrants to stay outside the U.S. while their cases are reviewed. That issue reached the Supreme Court on April ...
04.22.2022 Breyer Says Goodbye to the Supreme Court Bench The U.S. Supreme Court’s final scheduled arguments of the term—Justice Stephen Breyer’s last ever—features the dispute over whether President Joe Biden can end Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy. During the April 25-27 session, the court also will hear ...
04.15.2022 Supreme Court Returns for Last Set of Oral Arguments Supreme Court justices are taking the bench for their last batch of oral arguments after Justice Clarence Thomas was photographed at the court with Georgia Republican Senate candidate and former football star Herschel Walker. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson ...
04.08.2022 School Prayer at High Court, Next on Judges for Biden The Supreme Court is set to hear its next big religion case with a First Amendment dispute over prayer at school football games. The justices will consider the limits on such prayer at argument April 25 in Kennedy v. Bremerton ...
04.01.2022 Religion at Executions, Latest on Jackson and Thomas Death-row inmates may have an easier time getting religious accommodations at executions after the Supreme Court rejected Texas’ attempt to block a pastor from laying hands on and praying aloud for an inmate in the chamber. Ramirez v. Collier was ...
03.25.2022 Thomas Health, Spouse Storm Bookend Jackson Hearings On the eve of confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court disclosed that Justice Clarence Thomas had been hospitalized two days earlier with an infection. Following the close of those hearings on Thursday, the Washington Post ...
03.18.2022 Inside Look at Jackson Hearings from Senate Counsel Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings kick off March 21 as her potential future colleagues continue to hear oral arguments. Former Senate Judiciary counsel Nick Xenakis joins Cases and Controversies to give an inside look at the process and what to ...
03.11.2022 Army Reservist's Iraq Burn Pit Suit Before Justices Supreme Court justices will consider a dispute over congressional powers to authorize discrimination suits against states brought by service members injured abroad. Cases and Controversies discusses former Texas State Trooper Le Roy Torres' suit against the state Department of Public ...
03.04.2022 Jackson Hearings Set, Wider Impact of EPA Case It's been a week since President Biden announced he would be nominating Kejanji Brown Jackson to replace Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court. Since then, there have been few if any signs that Democrats will have trouble confirming her. Cases ...
02.25.2022 It's KBJ: Instant Reaction to Biden's Selection (Podcast) We finally have an answer: President Biden has picked federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his pick to replace the outgoing Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. We have instant reaction from hosts Jordan Rubin and Kimberly Robinson along with a ...
02.18.2022 Supreme Court to Hear Trump Policy, Tribal Disputes Supreme Court justices are set for a short week of arguments while the country awaits Joe Biden’s decision on his choice to replace Justice Stephen Breyer. An announcement is expected by month’s end. With the Presidents Day holiday on Monday, ...
02.11.2022 Supreme Court Primed to Again Confront Agency Power The Supreme Court appears ready to continue reining in the so-called administrative state in an EPA climate case set for argument this month. On the latest Cases and Controversies podcast, hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin preview the next chance ...
01.28.2022 Breyer’s Legacy and What’s Next for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement gives President Joe Biden the chance to put the first Black woman on the high court and prevent Democrats from losing another seat to Republicans. On the latest Cases and Controversies episode, Kimberly Robinson and ...
01.27.2022 Breyer's Clerks Recall 'Happy Warrior' Justice Stephen Breyer is known for letting his flamboyant intellect shine on the bench. And, according to those who clerked for him, Breyer's personality outside of the courtroom was no different. It was reported earlier today that this will be ...
01.21.2022 SCOTUS & Masks: Everything You Didn't Know You Wanted to Know The Supreme Court had a short but busy week, issuing orders on the Texas abortion law and Donald Trump’s attempt to keep records from the Jan. 6 commission, while hearing arguments and also issuing rare public statements on mask-wearing at ...
01.14.2022 Vaccine Rulings, Nazi-Looted Art, Campaign Finance The Supreme Court issued its anticipated rulings on the Biden administration’s vaccine rules affecting millions of Americans, as the justices continue to hear cases in the first oral-argument sessions of 2022. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin ...
01.05.2022 Rare Vaccine Arguments Kick Off New Supreme Court Year The Supreme Court starts 2022 with an ultra-rare Friday argument session over President Joe Biden’s vaccine policies as the country continues to struggle with Covid-19. The justices will hear back-to-back arguments Friday over the employer and healthcare-worker mandates, an unusual ...
12.21.2021 Inside the Courtroom: 2021 Top Supreme Court Moments The Supreme Court opened up its doors once again, returning to in-person arguments in October 2021. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin discuss the biggest moments from this consequential year—from reproductive rights, to the justices’ roadshows, to ...
12.10.2021 Texas Abortion Case Decided, Mississippi Looms The Supreme Court effectively kept the Texas abortion ban in place, with a decision coming later this term in the Mississippi case that could decide the future of abortion rights nationwide. Cases and Controversies podcast hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan ...
12.03.2021 After Dobbs, Justices Hear Cases on Crime and Religion Fresh off the contentious argument over Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban and the future of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court turns toward its final hearings of 2021. They include cases on religious-school funding, immigration, ERISA, and criminal procedure, including an ...
11.19.2021 Abortion Advocates Fear Outcome in Upcoming Case The Supreme Court is in the spotlight again Dec. 1, this time hearing a challenge to Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban. Joining Cases and Controversies to discuss what's at stake in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization is Kathryn Kolbert, who ...
11.12.2021 Supreme Court Gun Case to Set Gun Control's Future The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to New York's strict concealed-carry law that's primed to set a precedent which could shape the future of guns in the U.S. Gun-rights supporters want the court in New York State Rifle & ...
11.05.2021 Texas Abortion Law Meets Supreme Court Skepticism It's another big week of arguments at the Supreme Court as the justices will hear cases involving national security and religious rights of death-row inmates. Cases and Controversies podcast hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin take a look in the ...

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