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

The end of the U.S. Supreme Court term is supposed to be around the corner, but with more than a dozen opinions still outstanding, there's a question of whether the justices will go longer into the summer than they have in 24 years. On this week’s episode we discuss how the final stretch of the term could play out, plus dig into one opinion handed down this week that denied federal court review to certain asylum-seeking migrants, and another that preserved – but also reigned in – one of the SEC’s most important enforcement tools.

The U.S. Supreme Court dropped two unexpected and explosive decisions this week, granting Title VII protections for LGBT workers and upholding — at least for now — legal protections for the 700,000 young immigrants protected under the DACA program. On this week’s episode we welcome Law360 senior reporter Suzanne Monyak to unpack Thursday’s highly-fractured DACA opinion, then dive into Monday’s landmark LGBT ruling surprisingly authored by conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch.

LGBTQ rights. DACA. Trump's taxes. With the end of the U.S. Supreme Court term just three weeks away, we discuss this week the pile of blockbuster opinions left for the court to deliver and make a few predictions about what we might see next — and last.

In two of the biggest decisions the Supreme Court handed down this week, Justice Sonia Sotomayor took the spotlight with her additional thoughts on the majority opinions. We dive into those on this week’s episode of The Term plus welcome on Law360 senior reporter Emily Brill to break down a key pension fund ruling.

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued it’s latest COVID-19 decision, this one involving an Ohio federal prison in the midst of a deadly outbreak. We break it down on this week’s episode of The Term, plus visit some of what Chief Justice John Roberts misses most about the world before the pandemic.

He's quiet, conservative and controversial. But what do we really know about Justice Clarence Thomas? This week, the team discusses a new documentary on the enigmatic justice that features interviews with the man himself.

The U.S. Supreme Court this week dove into several cases that could affect the 2020 election, including high-profile arguments over access to President Donald Trump's financial records and a row over so-called faithless presidential electors that sparked one justice to amusingly reference the "Lord of the Rings" universe. We break it all down on this week’s episode of The Term. And if you enjoy the episode, please leave us a written review!

There was no shortage of surprises in the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic first week of telephonic arguments, as Justice Clarence Thomas frequently asked questions and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg unfortunately had to dial in from a hospital bed. And there were no shortage of bloopers either, including a toilet flush heard across social media. We break it all down on this week’s episode of The Term.

The U.S. Supreme Court has released the format for how its unprecedented telephone oral arguments will work next week, and they won't be the usual free-for-all court watchers are used to hearing. On this week’s episode of The Term we break those down, plus look at the court's big Monday ruling in an Affordable Care Act case and a not-so-big one on the Second Amendment.

In delivering this week’s slate of opinions, the U.S. Supreme Court justices created a few eyebrow-raising alliances in a pair of cases involving the Clean Water Act and the requirement for a unanimous jury. We break down both of those decisions on this week’s Term, plus touch on a case the high court added to its docket with important digital privacy implications.