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

This week, Law360's The Term podcast discusses Oklahoma's attempt to contain the fallout from a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that classified a huge swath of the state as Indian Country. Plus, should the Biden administration have to continue a Trump policy of sending migrants back to Mexico while their immigration claims are pending? And finally, a touching goodbye to Justice Stephen Breyer by Chief Justice John Roberts, as the court concluded its last oral argument of the term and the last of the senior justice's 28-year career.

Was a Washington high school football coach simply exercising his First Amendment rights when he prayed after games at the 50-yard line? Or was he actually pressuring students into joining him as a public school employee? The Supreme Court will search for the truth this Monday in a case explored on this episode of Law360's The Term podcast.

A historic confirmation. More shadow docket drama. Plus, what Justice Amy Coney Barrett is telling Americans to do before reacting to the blockbuster opinion season coming up. On this week’s episode of The Term we’re catching up on a busy week in Supreme Court news, including the official, not-quite partisan vote to make Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson the next Supreme Court justice, and an opinion from Monday that could make it easier for plaintiffs to sue prosecutors for malicious prosecutions.

It was a banner week for the Federal Arbitration Act in the U.S. Supreme Court this week, as the justices examined the nearly 100-year-old law in multiple cases, including one with huge ramifications for the nation's most populous state of California. On this week’s episode of The Term we’re breaking down the ongoing battle between workers and employers over the FAA.

Four days. Emotional moments. Fierce partisanship. D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson made it through the crucible of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, withstanding more than 20 hours of questioning from lawmakers. On this week’s episode of The Term we welcome Law360 congressional reporter James Arkin to discuss what we learned about the potential next U.S. Supreme Court justice.

The U.S. Supreme Court is famously slow to embrace change, but its experiment with live audio during the pandemic has been hailed by lawyers and court watchers as a success. This week, Law360's The Term speaks with Gabe Roth of the judicial watchdog group Fix the Court about that newfound public access, and various other ways to make one of the nation's most powerful institutions more transparent.

The U.S. Supreme Court turned away Republican challenges to court-ordered congressional maps in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, but a growing number of justices are showing interest in a novel legal theory that curbs the power of state courts to draw electoral maps. Law360's The Term explores the situation in this week's episode.

We saw an uptick in opinions from the Supreme Court this week, and we're discussing all four of the decisions that were handed down on this week's episode of The Term, including the Boston bomber's reinstated death sentence and the CIA's victory in a state secrets case.

From being Matt Damon's scene partner as an undergrad to getting swamped with 150 cases as a rookie judge, Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson has publicly shared a number of stories over the years from her life and career as a self-identified "professional vagabond." On this special episode of The Term, we pore through an archive of speeches, panels and hearings to explore how D.C. Circuit Judge Jackson became the first African American woman nominated to the Supreme Court.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate against climate change at a highly-anticipated hearing on Monday. On this week’s episode of The Term, we explore how the case could affect the ability of federal agencies writ-large to set public policy. Also this week, we discuss the justices’ decision this week to revisit the contentious battle between LGBTQ rights and religious wedding vendors.