Supreme Court Brief

Inside The Well-Oiled Machine That Preps SCOTUS Lawyers

On this week's episode, Debbie Shrager, director of the Supreme Court Institute at Georgetown Law, joins the program to discuss how she helps prepare lawyers for arguing

Supreme Court Considers 'Huge Expansion' Of Religious Rights Over Anti-Discrimination Law

On this week's episode, Georgetown law professor and former ACLU national legal director David Cole explains that Tuesday's Supreme Court showdown over Colorado's univers

54 Years Of Arguing Before The Supreme Court

On this week's episode of Supreme Court Brief, Jimmy interviews University of Washington School of Law Professor Eric Schnapper, who will argue his latest Supreme Court c

Supreme Court Will Review Ban On Home Liquor Stills

On this week's episode, Law.com reporters Jimmy Hoover and Alyssa Aquino break down the latest week in Supreme Court news, from an emergency order blocking Trump's gender

How The Supreme Court Preserves Authority By Not Using It

On this week's episode, Supreme Court reporter Jimmy Hoover interviews law professor Neil Siegel about his latest scholarship on how the Supreme Court practices judicial

Supreme Court Grapples With Wave Of State Climate Suits

On the first day of the October 2026 term Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court confronted a wave of new state climate lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry. Law.com reporte

A New Term Brings Cases On Climate, Guns And Voting

The start of the October 2026 term is almost here, bringing major cases on climate change lawsuits, the Second Amendment and voting rights. Listen as Supreme Court report

Emergency Docket Heats Up With Election Disputes

This week on Supreme Court Brief, Jimmy recaps the latest developments on the Supreme Court's emergency docket concerning the November midterms. Plus, Supreme Court lawye

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