Supreme Court Brief

Can AI Predict The Outcome Of Supreme Court Cases?

On this week's episode, Jimmy interviews University of Oklahoma Law Professor Hayley Stillwell about her recent experiments using various AI tools to try to predict the o

Supreme Court Approval Plummets To Record Low After Rulings

Just one in three Americans approve of the job the Supreme Court is doing, the lowest figure on record. Gallup senior editor Jeff Jones joins Supreme Court Brief host Jim

Trump Suffers Big Losses Even As Court Delivers Conservative Victories

On this episode of Supreme Court Brief, Jimmy Hoover interviews law professor Ilya Somin about his big takeaways from the October 2025 term, which served up several conse

Supreme Court Brings An End To Human Rights Lawsuits Under Centuries-Old Law

interviews University of Chicago Law School Professor Curtis Bradley about the court's recent rulings in Cisco Systems v. Doe I and Exxon Mobil v. Corporacion Cimex. Brad

Supreme Court Says Smoking Weed No Grounds For Gun Prosecution

This week on Supreme Court Brief, Jimmy breaks down Thursday's unanimous decision barring prosecutions of recreational marijuana users for gun possession—a major victory

Key SEC Tool Survives Supreme Court Review

This week, a breakdown of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Sripetch v. SEC, upholding the regulator's power to order disgorgement from fraudsters in insider trad

Are Workers Having A Good Supreme Court Term?

On this week's episode of Supreme Court Brief, Jimmy speaks with Jennifer Bennett of Gupta Wessler on recent Supreme Court rulings in favor of workers, including her unan

Cruise Lines In Deep Water Over Cuba Trips, Immigration Judges Lose Suit

On this episode of Supreme Court Brief, Jimmy updates listeners about a recent decision from the Supreme Court exposing four major cruise lines to $110 million judgments

Jeff Wall On Joining 'The Yankees' Of Appellate Bar, And Why Emergency Docket Is 'Here To Stay'

On this week's episode of Supreme Court Brief, Jimmy interviews Jeff Wall, who recently joined the law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher from Sullivan & Cromwell.   Wall talks

Supreme Court Faces Last-Minute Midterm Battles

On this week's episode, Jimmy breaks down the latest election disputes to hit the Supreme Court's docket, including a last-ditch effort from Virginia Democrats to preserv

Alito, Jackson Spar As 'Emotions Bubble To Surface' Over Voting Rights

On this week's episode, Jimmy does a deep-dive on the Supreme Court's recent decision weakening the Voting Rights Act with UCLA Law Professor Rick Hasen, who explains why

Justices Deliver Blow To Minority Voting Representation

On this week's episode, Jimmy breaks down Wednesday's decision in Louisiana v. Callais delivering a major blow to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. In an ideologically

Facing Leaks, Supreme Court Moves Forward With Arguments And New Cases

On this week's episode of Supreme Court Brief, host Jimmy Hoover touches on the recent leak of internal memos from a 2016 Supreme Court case, and previews an important Fi

When Not On Bench, Justices Jet-Setting Around Globe

This week on Supreme Court Brief, host Jimmy Hoover interviews Gabe Roth, the head of the judicial watchdog group, Fix the Court. They discuss Roth's latest findings abou

With Trump In Attendance, Justices Question Birthright Citizenship Restrictions

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's efforts to restrict birthright citizenship, a hearing in which the p

Mail Voting, Asylum Claims And Big Win For Internet Providers

On this episode, Jimmy breaks down this week's oral arguments in major cases about the deadline for mail ballots, along with the ability of migrants to petition for asylu

Supreme Court To Hear Major Case Over Mail Ballots

On this week's episode, a look at a major Supreme Court case set to be heard Monday that could upend mail ballot laws in over a dozen states. Host Jimmy Hoover interviews

Guns, Weed And Ayahuasca: Supreme Court Hears Major Second Amendment Case

This week on Supreme Court Brief, host Jimmy Hoover interviews Second Amendment scholar Haley Proctor on Monday's hearing about the constitutionality of the federal gun b

Trump Loses Big On Tariffs, But Vows To Fight On. What Now?

On this episode of Supreme Court Brief, Jimmy recaps an action-packed week at the court, highlighting a major new environmental case, a unanimous decision against an ICE

Can AI Give You A Seat Inside The Supreme Court?

On this episode, Jimmy interviews one of the creators of a new project that seeks to use artificial intelligence to create videos of the Supreme Court justices reading th