What SCOTUS Wrote Us

What SCOTUS Wrote Us

Audio of Supreme Court opinions. Finally. Listen to full-length readings of the most current opinions as they are issued by the Court. Or, browse through a library containing dozens of landmark opinions from the past. Either way, it’s free! A rare find for SCOTUS nerds.

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March 6, 2024 14 mins

Today I'll be reading both concurring opinions (which read like dissents) in Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson et al., decided March 4, 2024.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-719_19m2.pdf

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Today I'll be reading the per curiam opinion of the Court in Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson et al., decided March 4, 2024.

 

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Alito, joined by Thomas, dissenting from denial of certiorari in Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, decided Feb 20, 2024.

 

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An update with critical commentary regarding today's order granting certiorari in Trump v. United States (from a very unhappy host).

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Today I'll be reading the unanimous opinion of the Court in Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC, decided Feb 21, 2024.

 

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Justice Jackson delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in McElrath v. Georgia (Feb 21, 2024)

 

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"Americans who do not hide their adherence to traditional religious beliefs about homosexual conduct will be 'labeled as bigots and treated as such' by the government," wrote Justice Alito, in his statement explaining why he concurred in the denial of certiorari in Missouri Dept. of Corrections v. Finney (February 20, 2024).

 

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Justice Sotomayor, dissenting from the denial of application for stay and denial of certiorari in Smith v. Hamm (January 25, 2024).

 

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The brand-new, unanimous opinion of the Court in Dept. of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz, decided February 8, 2024.

 

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Today I'll be reading the brand-new, unanimous opinion of the Court in Murray v. USB Securities (Feb 8, 2024) regarding the whistleblower provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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Final episode for this opinion.

 

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Next episode will be the last for this opinion.

 

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Today I'll be reading the eagerly anticipated D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in U.S. v. Trump (the Jan 6th case), as I promised early last month when I read Judge Tanya Chutkin's memorandum opinion denying Donald Trump's motion to dismiss the case, claiming that presidents have blanket criminal immunity.

 Note: These episodes may be a little shorter than usual, as I ...

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Today I'll be reading the eagerly anticipated D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in U.S. v. Trump (the Jan 6th case), as I promised early last month when I read Judge Tanya Chutkin's memorandum opinion denying Donald Trump's motion to dismiss the case, claiming that presidents have blanket criminal immunity.

Note: These episodes may be a little shorter than usual, as I w...

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Today I'll be reading the eagerly anticipated D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in U.S. v. Trump (the Jan 6th case), as I promised early last month when I read Judge Tanya Chutkin's memorandum opinion denying Donald Trump's motion to dismiss the case, claiming that presidents have blanket criminal immunity.

Note: These episodes may be a little shorter than usual, as I w...

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Today I'll be reading the eagerly anticipated D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in U.S. v. Trump (the Jan 6th case), as I promised early last month when I read Judge Tanya Chutkin's memorandum opinion denying Donald Trump's motion to dismiss the case, claiming that presidents have blanket criminal immunity.

 

Note: These episodes may be a little shorter than usual, as I want to get them up ASAP.

 

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February 6, 2024 3 mins

Today I'll be reading the eagerly anticipated D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in the Trump Jan 6th case, as I promised early last month when I read Judge Tanya Chutkin's memorandum opinion denying Donald Trump's motion to dismiss the case, claiming that presidents have blanket criminal immunity.

Keep your eye out today for Part One!

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Listen to the landmark Supreme Court opinion Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969) (Free Speech, KKK, Imminent Lawless Action Test)

 

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Listen to the unanimous opinion of the Supreme Court in Packingham v. North Carolina (2017)

Access this opinion and other helpful case information here.

 

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Over the next two episodes, I'll be reading two past opinions that will help us better understand two cases currently before the Court. 

The past opinions are Garcetti v. Ceballos (2006) and Packingham v. North Carolina (2017). The two cases currently before the Court are Lindke v. Freed and O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier; these two similar cases were granted cert on the same day and their oral arguments were both given on the sam...

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