Law360's The Term - News & Analysis on the Supreme Court

Justice Amy Coney Barrett took her judicial oath and received her new chambers this week, before finding herself at the center of a hurricane of election litigation where she could play a decisive role. Catch up on the Supreme Court's last-minute election maneuvering with this week’s episode of The Term.

It was a whirlwind week of confirmation news and politically-charged election and immigration cases that the justices weighed in on, so we’re breaking it all down on this week’s episode, plus diving into a conversation with a leading appellate advocate on why the Supreme Court needs more female clerks.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett is almost through what she described as an "excruciating" confirmation process after finishing her Senate testimony Thursday. This week, the team breaks down the highlights from the hearings with Law360’s congressional reporter.

The Supreme Court wasted little time making waves in its first week of the 2020 term, from Justice Clarence Thomas’ attack on the “Obergefell” precedent to a multibillion copyright battle between Google and Oracle. And with the election less than a month away, the court also found itself pressed to weigh in on litigation involving election processes during the pandemic. We break down the court’s busy first week on this week’s episode.

The Supreme Court's 2020 term kicks off in less than a week. On this week’s episode of The Term, we discuss what Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation would mean for some of the biggest cases on the docket, from the fate of the Affordable Care Act to the First Amendment.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is among the few on the Supreme Court to have etched her name into legal history long before donning a robe. In a special episode this week, Law360's The Term dives into her legacy as a pioneering women's rights advocate with two guests who worked by her side.

It’s been a long and difficult summer full of cancelled vacations, sweaty face masks, and a lack of new episodes from your favorite Law360 Supreme Court podcast, The Term. But we’re back with a new season on Sept. 24, starting with a special episode on Supreme Court clerks, then moving on to the blockbuster high court cases we’ll be watching. So if you enjoyed our show last year, or if you’re looking for a quick, digestible news podcast to get you caught up on the biggest Supreme Court developments, tune in every Thursday.

In our final episode of the season, The Term podcast team looks back on the Supreme Court's historic 2019 term with a pair of special guests. First we talk to Law360 research and data editor Jackie Bell about some surprising numbers that came out of the court this year. Then, we welcome on Melissa Murray, a constitutional law professor at NYU School of Law and co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny, for wide-ranging conversation covering everything from the pandemic to the impeachment trial, to debunking the narrative that Chief Justice John Roberts is leading the court in a “moderate” direction. We’re taking a short hiatus while the justices are on recess, but we’ll be sure to keep you updated with any major news from the court, and we’ll be back for season two when the next high court term gets started this fall.

In a whirlwind end to the U.S. Supreme Court term, the justices decided just who can -- and can't -- subpoena President Donald Trump's financial documents in a pair of decisions that once again highlighted the chief justice's influence on the court. We break down those rulings on this week’s episode, plus touch on an opinion from earlier this week that lets employers off the hook of the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate if they oppose birth control on moral or religious grounds.

As the U.S. Supreme Court edges closer towards the finish line of the term, Chief Justice John Roberts' sway on the bench was increasingly apparent this week in a trio of opinions on abortion, agency independence and the separation of church and state that we’re breaking down on this week’s episode.