More episodes to come on the groundbreaking decision releases by the court today. For this live stream, the court had scheduled to release seven decisions, but they stopped releasing them immediately after Dobbs' overturn of Roe. Catch our live discussion, and our predictions on the next phases of legal battles to protect abortion rights across the country.

In this episode, we discuss the Supreme Court's current framework for analyzing gun control laws, in the largest gun rights case since DC v. Heller. And lastly in the latest installment of Court Flix, we rate both sides' movie references to drive their point home.

In this episode, a high school football coach appeals for his constitutional right to pray at the 50 yard line after school games. But that's not the whole story.

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All that and more in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District.

Spoiler alert: what these seven Catholics have to say about abortion will SHOCK you. Things are looking pretty bleak for abortion rights in the foreseeable future, but tune in to hear David Ball on how he thinks justice Roberts may have some tricks up his sleeve to pull a vote from the Alito camp.

In a historic first, the US Senate has voted 53-47 to confirm the first African American woman, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the US Supreme Court. But it was no easy path.

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In the latest challenge to Roe v. Wade and abortion rights across America, the state of Mississippi has brought a case defending a new law which bans abortion once a pregnancy has reached the post-15 week period. In the words of Mississippi legislators, they’re bringing this case since there are “three new justices” on the court. Analyzing this phrase, Justice Sotomayor puts it best when she asks the question: “will this institution survive the stench” created by overruling 50 years of legal precedent due to partisan pressures? (Spoiler alert: what these seven Catholics have to say about abortion will SHOCK you).

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In one of the most prominent attempts by the Biden administration to curtail the spread of COVID-19 yet, the Biden “large employer” vaccine mandate is set to take effect for all businesses with more than 100 employees. However, it is yet to be seen whether the court’s conservative justices will be willing to acknowledge the Biden administration’s ability to do so. In legal speak, this case reviews the National Federation of Independent Business’s requested “emergency stop” on the “emergency temporary standard” for COVID vaccinations.

This case was discussed in the Supreme Court last Friday January 8th (two days ago) and the mandate is set to take effect Monday (tomorrow!). In this double-emergency episode you’ll hear discussion on:

In our post-9/11 world, it’s safe to say that 9/11 gave the CIA complete and total control over the release of any information potentially related to terror. More specifically in this case, the CIA wields “State Secrets Privilege,” which allows the government to withhold any information that comes forward in litigation it suspects could compromise national security. For those interested in the legacy of Guantanamo Bay and what it means for American security in a post-9/11 world, US v. Zubaydah is one of the most prominent challenges to state secrets privilege to date. For more background on Abu Zubaydah, we recommend this article by The Rendition Project. But for this case, the question the court must answer is whether the CIA must confirm details related to the detention of Abu Zubaydah for a legal proceeding in Poland (not even a case in the United States).

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It’s not too often you hear audio from cases argued before the Supreme Court. However, as anyone who frequently listens to oral arguments can tell you, it’s some of the best political theater on the planet. In addition to questioning (and sometimes interrogating) attorneys for their legal arguments, members of the court also use this time to sway the opinions of other justices.

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