Court Watch with Alex Swoyer

Court Watch with Alex Swoyer

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Court Watch with Alex Swoyer episodes

  • Climate Lawfare: Supreme Court kicks off term with climate change battle

    Court Watch host Alex Swoyer interviewed Sen. Kevin Cramer, former Arizona Solicitor General OH Skinner, West Virginia Solicitor General Michael Williams and Article III Project's Josh Hammer about Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, the first case of the 2026 Supreme Court term. Blue localities have sued fossil fuel companies alleging they should pay for damage from climate change.

    35 min
  • More than a dozen Supreme Court rulings to watch for this term

    Jessica Furst Johnson, partner at Lex Politica, and Ilya Shapiro, director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, join "Court Watch" host Alex Swoyer to discuss the 2025-2026 Supreme Court term and the biggest cases still pending. The justices are expeted to issue their rulings by the end of June.

    25 min
  • Should Taxpayers Pay for Gender transitions in Prison?

    Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr talks with 'Court Watch' host Alex Swoyer about his state's lawsuit defending a law to block tax dollars from being used for prisoners' gender transitioning procedures. The case is pending at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a lower court sided with the prisoners and blocked Georgia's law.

    10 min
  • Climate lawfare hits the Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court is poised to play referee on climate change lawsuits this term, with the justices being asked to decide where the court battles should take place. Climate activists have sought to sue in state courts, where they hope to get better treatment and use friendlier environmental laws to go after energy companies in what critics call "climate lawfare." O.H. Skinner, former Arizona solicitor general, joined Court Watch host Alex Swoyer to discuss the cases.

    18 min

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The 'Court Watch' podcast with Washington Times legal affairs reporter Alex Swoyer breaks down the Supreme Court's major cases and top news stories about the justices, federal courts and perplexing…