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Audio Arguendo contact@audioarguendo.com Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:09:08 PDT Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:09:08 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: 1. Where a design patent includes unprotected non-ornamental features, should a district court be required to limit that patent to its protected ornamental scope? 2. Where a design patent is applied to only a component of a product, should an award of infringer’s profits be limited to those profits attributable to the component? - Argued October 11, 2016 http://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/15-777.mp3 Mon, 21 Dec 2015 17:49:58 PST U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: Are partisan-gerrymandering claims justiciable? - Argued October 3, 2017 http://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1161.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 10:57:17 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Whether 18 U.S.C. 16(b), as incorporated into the Immigration and Nationality Act's provisions governing an alien's removal from the United States, is unconstitutionally vague. - Argued October 2, 2017 http://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/15-1498rearg.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:01:28 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Labor: Whether an agreement that requires an employer and an employee to resolve employment-related disputes through individual arbitration, and waive class and collective proceedings, is enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act, notwithstanding the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. - Argued October 2, 2017 http://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-285.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:01:28 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Whether aliens seeking admission to the United States who are subject to mandatory detention must be afforded bond hearings, with the possibility of release into the United States, if detention lasts six months. - Argued October 3, 2017 http://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/15-1204rearg.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:01:28 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Whether police officers who found late-night partiers inside a vacant home belonging to someone else had probable cause to arrest the partiers for trespassing under the Fourth Amendment, and in particular whether, when the owner of a vacant home informs police that he has not authorized entry, an officer assessing probable cause to arrest those inside for trespassing may discredit the suspects' questionable claims of an innocent mental state. - Argued October 4, 2017 http://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/15-1485.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:01:28 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Whether a guilty plea inherently waives a defendant's right to challenge the constitutionality of his statute of conviction. - Argued October 4, 2017 http://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-424.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:23:47 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Labor: Does discrimination based upon sexual orientation constitute "gender discrimination" for the purposes of Title VII? - Argued September 26, 2017 http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/0ebf6efd-6fdf-4d1c-9312-929c31e50324/42/doc/15-3775%20En%20Banc.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:23:47 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: Did the song "Blurred Lines" infringe upon the Marvin Gaye song "Got To Give It Up"? - Argued October 6, 2017 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2017/10/06/15-56880.mp3 Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:43:19 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Immigration: Is the Trump Administration's narrow definition of "close family member" and "bona fide" traveler consistent with the Supreme Court's modification of the preliminary injunction issued in Trump v. Hawaii? - Argued August 28, 2017 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2017/08/28/17-16426.mp3 Mon, 09 Oct 2017 14:18:27 PDT U.S. Supreme Court International Law: Can corporations be held liable under the Alien Tort Statute? - Argued October 11, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-499.mp3 Sat, 14 Oct 2017 09:12:24 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5)(C) can deprive a court of appeals of jurisdiction over an appeal that is statutorily timely, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 4th, 7th and 10th Circuits have concluded, or whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5)(C) is instead a nonjurisdictional claim-processing rule because it is not derived from a statute, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 9th and District of Columbia Circuits have concluded, and therefore subject to equitable considerations such as forfeiture, waiver and the unique-circumstances doctrine. - Argued October 10, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-658.mp3 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:59:16 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: Must challenges to the EPA's "Waters of the United States" rule defining the scope of the Clean Water Act be filed in federal district court rather than directly in the courts of appeals? - Argued October 11, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-299.mp3 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:06:54 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Immigration: May a non-citizen minor, detained by immigration officials, be denied access to abortion services? - Argued October 20, 2017 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/EE442BCAB574219F852581BF0057B320/$file/17-5236.mp3 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:59:16 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit War Powers: May a service member object to a deployment to combat ISIS as unauthorized by Congress? - Argued October 27, 2017 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/D76816652AB6DF9F852581C60058D728/$file/16-5377.mp3 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:43:22 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Intellectual Property: When is an internet service provider responsible for copyright infringement by its users? - Argued October 25, 2017 http://coop.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/16-1972-20171025.mp3 Sun, 29 Oct 2017 20:08:01 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Religious Liberty: Does a high school's performance of a live Nativity scene violate the Establishment Clause? - Argued October 31, 2017 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/me.17-1683.17-1683_10_31_2017.mp3 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:19:30 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Death Penalty: Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that 18 U.S.C. § 3599(f) withholds "reasonably necessary" resources to investigate and develop an IAC claim that state habeas counsel forfeited, where the claimant's existing evidence does not meet the ultimate burden of proof at the time the § 3599(f) motion is made. - Argued October 30, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-6795.mp3 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:28:47 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Habeas Corpus: Did the Court's decision in Harrington v. Richter, 562 U.S. 86 (2011), silently abrogate the presumption set forth in Ylst v. Nunnemaker, 501 U.S. 797 (1991) - that a federal court sitting in habeas proceedings should "look through" a summary state court ruling to review the last reasoned decision? - Argued October 30, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-6855.mp3 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:28:47 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy: Whether the appropriate standard of review for determining non-statutory insider status in a bankruptcy proceeding is the de novo standard of review applied by the Third, Seventh and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal, or the clearly erroneous standard of review adopted for the first time by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal in this action? - Argued October 31, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/15-1509.mp3 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:28:47 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: When exercising supplemental jurisdiction, does the tolling provision in 28 U.S.C. § 1367(d) suspend the limitations period for the state-law claim while the claim is pending and for thirty days after the claim is dismissed or provide 30 days beyond the dismissal for the plaintiff to refile? - Argued November 1, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-460.mp3 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:28:47 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Immigration: Is Texas’ SB4 sanctuary cities bill, which requires municipalities to enforce immigration laws, preempted by federal law; and alternatively does it violate the First and Fifth Amendments? - Argued November 7, 2017 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/17/17-50762_11-7-2017.mp3 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 20:28:02 PST U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy: Whether the safe harbor of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e) prohibits avoidance of a transfer made by or to a financial institution, without regard to whether the institution has a beneficial interest in the property transferred, consistent with decisions from the Second, Third, Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits, but contrary to decisions from the Eleventh Circuit and now the Seventh Circuit? - Argued November 6, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-784.mp3 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 16:57:35 PST U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Does a statute directing the federal courts to "promptly dismiss” a pending lawsuit following substantive determinations by the courts (including this Court's determination that the "suit may proceed")-without amending underlying substantive or procedural laws-violate the Constitution’s separation of powers principles? - Argued November 7, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-498.mp3 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 16:57:35 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit War Powers: Was a captured Taliban commander, charged in federal court with violent crimes against U.S. personnel in Afghanistan, entitled to combatant immunity under the Geneva Conventions? - Argued December 9, 2016 http://coop.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/15-4788-20161209.mp3 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 07:21:30 PST U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Whether inter partes review—an adversarial process used by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to analyze the validity of existing patents—violates the Constitution by extinguishing private property rights through a non-Article III forum without a jury. - Argued November 27, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-712.mp3 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 10:04:38 PST U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: Does 35 U.S.C. § 318(a), which provides that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in an inter partes review "shall issue a final written decision with respect to the patentability of any patent claim challenged by the petitioner," require that Board to issue a final written decision as to every claim challenged by the petitioner, or does it allow that Board to issue a final written decision with respect to the patentability of only some of the patent claims challenged by the petitioner, as the Federal Circuit held? - Argued November 27, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-969.mp3 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 10:04:38 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Whether state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over covered class actions that allege only Securities Act of 1933 claims. - Argued November 28, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/15-1439.mp3 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 10:04:38 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Whether the anti-retaliation provision for "whistleblowers" in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 extends to individuals who have not reported alleged misconduct to the Securities and Exchange Commission and thus fall outside the Act's definition of a "whistleblower." - Argued November 28, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1276.mp3 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 10:04:38 PST U.S. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Whether the warrantless seizure and search of historical cell phone records revealing the location and movements of a cell phone user over the course of 127 days is permitted by the Fourth Amendment. - Argued November 29, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-402.mp3 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 10:04:38 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Fourth Amendment: Did the government's application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court establish probable cause to believe that appellant was an agent of a foreign power and did the government violate the Fourth Amendment by searching every file on the appellant's computers and seizing child pornography that it found in the course of the search for foreign intelligence information? - Argued December 4, 2017 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2017/12/04/16-50339.mp3 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 12:25:44 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit War Powers: Was a former Taliban commander required to have a military tribunal determine his prisoner of war status before he could be prosecuted in federal court for committing hostile acts against Americans in Afghanistan? - Argued December 5, 2017 http://coop.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/15-4788-20171205.mp3 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 11:12:36 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Procedure: Are social media companies made immune from civil suits brought under the Anti-Terrorism Act by §230 of the Communications Decency Act? - Argued December 6, 2017 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2017/12/06/16-17165.mp3 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 18:52:57 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Intellectual Property: Did fair use protect Google Android’s alleged infringement of Oracle’s Java copyrights? - Argued December 7, 2017 http://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=2017-1118.mp3 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 13:19:07 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Immigration: Does the third revised travel ban discriminate against Muslims in violation of the immigration laws and the Constitution? - Argued December 6, 2017 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2017/12/07/17-17168.mp3 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 15:10:31 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Immigration: Does the President's third travel ban discriminate against Muslims in violation of the immigration laws and the Constitution? - Argued December 8, 2017 http://coop.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/17-2231-20171208.mp3 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 09:39:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does a federal statute that prohibits modification or repeal of state-law prohibitions on sports gambling impermissibly commandeer the regulatory power of States in contravention of New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144 (1992)? - Argued December 4, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-476.mp3 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 10:22:16 PST U.S. Supreme Court International Law: Does 28 U.S.C. § 1610(g) provide a freestanding attachment immunity exception that allows terror victim judgment creditors to attach and execute upon assets of foreign state sponsors of terrorism regardless of whether the assets are otherwise subject to execution under section 1610? - Argued December 4, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-534.mp3 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 10:22:16 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does applying Colorado's public accommodations law to compel Phillips to create a wedding cake for a gay couple, which violates his sincerely held religious beliefs about marriage, violate the Free Speech or Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment? - Argued December 5, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-111.mp3 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 10:22:16 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: When awarding attorney's fees in a §1983 action, does the statutory limit of fees "not to exceed 25 percent" of the judgment mean any amount up to 25 percent (as four circuits hold), or does it mean exactly 25 percent (as the Seventh Circuit holds)? - Argued December 6, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1067.mp3 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 10:22:16 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does the tax specific obstruction of justice statute (26 U.S.C. § 7212) require there to be a pending IRS action or proceeding, such as an investigation or audit, of which the defendant was aware when he engaged in the purportedly obstructive conduct? - Argued December 6, 2017 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1144.mp3 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 10:22:16 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: Did Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'" violate the Plaintiff's moral rights in "Khosara Khosara"? - Argued December 8, 2017 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2017/12/08/16-55213.mp3 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 11:48:56 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Environmental Law: In a suit brought by two dozen children, has the government failed to safeguard a habitable climate for them and future generations, in violation of their constitutional rights to privacy, liberty and property? - Argued December 11, 2017 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2017/12/11/17-71692.mp3 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:36:40 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Rights: Does the Gardendale School District have the right to break away from the Jefferson County School System and form their own, city-controlled system, if it will impact desegregation efforts by Jefferson County? - Argued December 14, 2017 http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/17-12338.mp3 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:21:13 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Immigration: In the case of a veteran who later was rendered deportable by a drug conviction, what does it mean to face a "substantial risk" of torture for the purposes of U.S. non-refoulement obligations under the Convention Against Torture? - Argued January 3, 2018 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/dl.17-2520.17-2520_01_03_2018.mp3 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 03:59:15 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Civil Rights: Does Indiana's law, requiring parents to be notified when a minor intends to get an abortion, unduly burden the minor's right to privacy? - Argued January 5, 2018 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/me.17-2428.17-2428_01_05_2018.mp3 Sat, 06 Jan 2018 04:57:30 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Whether New Mexico is in violation of the Rio Grande Compact and the Rio Grande Project Act, which apportion water to Rio Grande Project beneficiaries. - Argued January 8, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/141-Orig.mp3 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:41:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Is Florida entitled to equitable apportionment of the waters of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and appropriate injunctive relief against Georgia to sustain an adequate flow of fresh water into the Apalachicola Region? - Argued January 8, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/142-Orig.mp3 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:41:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Does a driver have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a rental car when he has the renter's permission to drive the car but is not listed as an authorized driver on the rental agreement? - Argued January 9, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1371.mp3 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:41:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Does the Fourth Amendment's automobile exception permit a police officer to search a vehicle parked a few feet from a house on private property? - Argued January 9, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1027.mp3 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:41:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: Does 52 U.S.C. § 20507 permit Ohio's list-maintenance process, which uses a registered voter's voter inactivity to trigger a process by which a voter can be dropped from the rolls? - Argued January 10, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-980.mp3 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:41:21 PST Virginia Supreme Court Free Speech: Is hanging a noose on a tree on one's own property protected speech? - Argued January 17, 2018 http://www.courts.state.va.us/courts/scv/oral_arguments/2018/jan/161804.MP3 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:41:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Should the clarity Gelboim gave to multidistrict cases be extended to single district consolidated cases, so that the entry of a final judgment in only one case triggers the appeal clock for that case? - Argued January 16, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1150.mp3 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:41:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Does the appointment of military officers to the Court of Military Commission Review violate the dual office holding ban of 10 U.S.C. § 973 and are the decisions of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces subject to the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction? - Argued January 16, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-961.mp3 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:41:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Labor: Are service advisors at car dealerships exempt under 29 U.S.C. §213(b)(10)(A) from the FLSA's overtime-pay requirements? - Argued January 17, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1362.mp3 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:41:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Sixth Amendment: Is it unconstitutional for defense counsel to concede an accused's guilt over the accused's express objection? - Argued January 17, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-8255.mp3 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:41:21 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Immigration: Does the Attorney General have the discretion to impose immigration related conditions on federal funding against so-called sanctuary cities? - Argued January 19, 2018 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/sk.17-2991.17-2991_01_19_2018.mp3 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:41:21 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Criminal Procedure: In the case of the "D.C. Sniper," did the district court err in granting habeas relief and ordering petitioner resentenced as a juvenile under Miller v. Alabama? - Argued January 23, 2018 http://coop.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/17-6746-20180123.mp3 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:13:44 PST Missouri Supreme Court Religious Liberty: Does Missouri's informed consent law violate the Establishment Clause, where it requires women seeking abortions to review a booklet stating that abortion terminates a separate human life? - Argued January 23, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MO/SC96751.mp3 Thu, 25 Jan 2018 05:13:27 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: May Louisiana require exotic dancers to wear bikinis and be at least 21 years old to perform in strip clubs? - Argued February 7, 2018 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/17/17-30292_2-7-2018.mp3 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 04:56:37 PST New York Court of Appeals Civil Rights: In the case of Muslims who claimed improper surveillance by the NYPD, does New York State's Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) permit the State to provide a Glomar response, under which it can "neither confirm nor deny" the existence of records for national security purposes? (Originally Argued February 6, 2018) - Argued February 13, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NY/APL-2016-00219.mp3 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:29:55 PST New York Court of Appeals Free Speech: Can the actresses Lindsay Lohan and Karen Gravano sue the maker of the video game Grand Theft Auto V (#GTA5) for violating their rights to publicity by including characters in the video game that resemble them? (Argued February 7, 2018) - Argued February 13, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NY/APL-2017-00028.mp3 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:38:48 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Administrative Law: Does the DEA's assignment of a drug code to “marihuana extract” represent the scheduling of new substances – to wit, “marihuana extract” and individual cannabinoids of the Cannabis sativa plant, outside the scheduling process required under the Controlled Substances Act? - Argued February 15, 2018 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2018/02/15/17-70162.mp3 Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:19:03 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Whether a defendant who consents to severance of multiple charges into sequential trials loses his right under the Double Jeopardy Clause to the issue-preclusive effect of an acquittal. - Argued February 20, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1348.mp3 Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:18:37 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Whether the Fifth Amendment is violated when statements are used at a probable cause hearing but not at a criminal trial. - Argued February 20, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1495.mp3 Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:22:20 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: In United States v. Olano, this Court held that, under the fourth prong of plain error review, "[t]he Court of Appeals should correct a plain forfeited error affecting substantial rights if the error ‘seriously affect[s] the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings." 507 U.S. 725, 736 (1993). To meet that standard, is it necessary, as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals required, that the error be one that "would shock the conscience of the common man, serve as a powerful indictment against our system of Justice, or seriously call into question the competence or integrity of the district judge?" - Argued February 21, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-9493.mp3 Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:25:53 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Whether Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2520, requires suppression of evidence obtained pursuant to a wiretap order that is facially insufficient because the order exceeds the judge's territorial jurisdiction. - Argued February 21, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-43.mp3 Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:28:16 PST U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment: Should Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209 (1977) be overruled and public sector agency fee arrangements declared unconstitutional under the First Amendment? - Argued February 26, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1466.mp3 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:06:16 PST U.S. Supreme Court Antitrust: Under the "rule of reason," did the Government's showing that Amex's anti-steering provisions stifled price competition on the merchant side of the credit-card platform suffice to prove anticompetitive effects and thereby shift to Amex the burden of establishing any procompetitive benefits from the provisions? - Argued February 26, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1454.mp3 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:08:39 PST U.S. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Whether a United States provider of email services must comply with a probable-cause based warrant issued under 18 U.S.C. 2703 by making disclosure in the United States of electronic communications within that provider's control, even if the provider has decided to store that material abroad. - Argued February 27, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-2.mp3 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:11:55 PST U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment: Does the existence of probable cause defeat a First Amendment retaliatory-arrest claim as a matter of law? - Argued February 27, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-21.mp3 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:13:50 PST U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment: Is Minnesota Statute Section 211B.11, which broadly bans all political apparel at the polling place, facially overbroad under the First Amendment? - Argued February 28, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1435.mp3 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:16:43 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit War Powers: In the case of a Guantanamo detainee captured in 2001, does the Authorization for the Use of Military Force authorize his continued detention pursuant to the existence of hostilities in Afghanistan? - Argued March 20, 2018 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/6027EFF8F7C196D8852582560061288D/$file/17-5067.mp3 Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:35:14 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Environmental Law: Does the Clean Water Act regulate static pollutants such as coal ash piles that make their way into groundwater? - Argued March 21, 2018 http://coop.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/17-1895-20180321.mp3 Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:48:35 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Contracts Clause: Does the application of a revocation-upon-divorce statute to a contract signed before the statute's enactment violate the Contracts Clause? - Argued March 19, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1432.mp3 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:25:53 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: Do the disclosures required by the California Reproductive FACT Act violate the protections set forth in the free speech clause of the First Amendment? - Argued March 20, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1140.mp3 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:28:26 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does a court's exercise of in rem jurisdiction overcome the jurisdictional bar of tribal sovereign immunity when the tribe has not waived immunity and Congress has not unequivocally abrogated it? - Argued March 21, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-387.mp3 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:32:34 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Did the court of appeals exceed its jurisdiction in reviewing a defendant's interlocutory challenge to pretrial physical restraints? - Argued March 26, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-312.mp3 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:18:05 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the American Pipe rule toll statutes of limitations to permit a previously absent class member to bring a subsequent class action outside the applicable limitations period? - Argued March 26, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-432.mp3 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:20:04 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Under Marks v. United States, does a concurring opinion when the Court divides represent the holding of the Court where neither the plurality's reasoning nor the concurrence's reasoning is a logical subset of the other? - Argued March 27, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-155.mp3 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:22:36 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: When imposing a sentence under the "substantial assistance" provision of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e), must the judge disregard or entirely set aside the guideline range calculated according to the defendant's criminal history and offense level? - Argued March 27, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-5716.mp3 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:27:01 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: Under what circumstances do partisan gerrymanders violate the First Amendment? - Argued March 28, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-333.mp3 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:30:17 PDT Arizona Supreme Court Immigration: Are DACA recipients who are lawfully present in this country while they are participating in the DACA program eligible for resident tuition in Arizona's public colleges? - Argued April 2, 2018 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/AZ/Arizona%20v.%20Maricopa%20County%20Community%20College%20Board.mp3 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 07:36:28 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit War Powers: In the case of a U.S. citizen being detained without trial in Iraq on suspicion of fighting with ISIS, did the district court err when it enjoined the military from transferring him without notice to another country? - Argued April 5, 2018 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/E75DB6844C423D6A85258266005FDB87/$file/18-5032.mp3 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:02:02 PDT Iowa Supreme Court Civil Rights: Is it constitutional to require a pregnant woman to wait 72 hours after an initial medical consultation before terminating a pregnancy? - Argued April 11, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/IA/17-1579.mp3 Wed, 11 Apr 2018 08:55:25 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Tax: Is stock that a railroad transfers to its employees taxable under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act, 26 U.S.C. § 3231(e)(1)? - Argued April 16, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-530.mp3 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:08:36 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: Are lost profits arising from prohibited combinations occurring outside of the United States available in cases where patent infringement is proven under 35 U.S.C.§ 271(f)? - Argued April 16, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1011.mp3 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:13:48 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Commerce Clause: Should the Court overrule Quill, permitting States to require vendors to collect sales taxes when they are not physically present in the State? - Argued April 17, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-494.mp3 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:16:10 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy: When is a statement concerning a specific asset a "statement respecting the debtor's ... financial condition” within the meaning of §523(a)(2)? - Argued April 17, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1215.mp3 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:17:57 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Law: Does the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act allow restitution for costs that were "neither required nor requested" by the government, including costs incurred for the victim's own purposes and unprompted by any official government action? - Argued April 18, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1519.mp3 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:20:42 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Do fishing treaties entered into with Indian tribes allow the federal government to compel a State to undertake environmental repairs under those treaties? - Argued April 18, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-269.mp3 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:25:02 PDT Wisconsin Supreme Court Civil Rights: Originally Argued: April 19, 2018 - Does Wisconsin's anti-combination law, which prohibits a funeral home director from also owning a cemetery, violate due process and equal protection? - Argued April 19, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/WI/16AP1599.mp3 Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:50:37 PDT Wisconsin Supreme Court Free Speech: Did Marquette University violate the free speech rights of professor John McAdams, when it suspended him for writing a blog post that attacked a graduate student and philosophy instructor who told students that everybody agrees with gay rights and included a link to her contact information? Argued: April 19, 2018 - Argued April 24, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/WI/17AP1240.mp3 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:44:59 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Does Presidential Proclamation No. 9645, which bans foreign nationals from certain Muslim majority countries, violate the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Establishment Clause? - Argued April 25, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-965.mp3 Wed, 25 Apr 2018 08:40:20 PDT Missouri Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does Missouri's Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation? - Argued April 25, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MO/SC96828.mp3 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 02:58:18 PDT Missouri Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does Missouri's Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, prohibit public schools from discriminating against transgender students? - Argued April 25, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MO/SC96683.mp3 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 03:05:15 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Are the SEC's Administrative Law Judges "officers" for purposes of the Appointments Clause? - Argued April 23, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-130.mp3 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:59:00 PDT U.S. Supreme Court International Law: May a court exercise independent review of an appearing foreign sovereign's interpretation of its own domestic law? - Argued April 24, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1220.mp3 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:33:11 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: To trigger the stop-time rule in a removal proceeding by serving a "notice to appear," must the government specify the items listed in the definition of a "notice to appear," including "[t]he time and place at which the proceedings will be held"? - Argued April 23, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-459.mp3 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:37:54 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: When a district court decides not to grant a proportional sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), must it provide some explanation for its decision when the reasons are not otherwise apparent from the record? - Argued April 23, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-5639.mp3 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:38:48 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: Did the Texas legislature violate the Voting Rights Act by acting with racially discriminatory intent while redistricting? - Argued April 24, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-586.mp3 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:40:07 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit War Powers: Can a district court prohibit the military from transferring an American citizen held in military custody in Iraq to Saudi Arabia? - Argued April 27, 2018 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2018/04/18-5032b.mp3 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:48:50 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: Does the alleged underfunding of Texas' foster care system violate the children's constitutional right "to be reasonably safe from harm while in government custody"? - Argued April 30, 2018 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/18/18-40057_4-30-2018.mp3 Tue, 01 May 2018 06:26:15 PDT New Mexico Supreme Court Religious Liberty: In light of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, is New Mexico's state constitutional ban on the taxpayer funding of private schools unconstitutional religious discrimination? - Argued May 7, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NM/Moses_and_Weinbaum_mp3.mp3 Tue, 08 May 2018 10:53:12 PDT Nevada Supreme Court Death Penalty: Does the use of a paralytic drug in a lethal injection protocol violate the Eighth Amendment? - Argued May 8, 2018 https://nvcourts.gov/uploadedFiles/courts.nv.gov/Content/Supreme/Arguments/Recordings/050818_74679.MP3 Wed, 09 May 2018 08:57:40 PDT Nevada Supreme Court Immigration: Is a proposed Nevada ballot initiative that would require state and local officials to always assist federal immigration enforcement 'excessively broad and general'? - Argued May 8, 2018 https://nvcourts.gov/uploadedFiles/courts.nv.gov/Content/Supreme/Arguments/Recordings/Audio/050818_74966(4).MP3 Sat, 12 May 2018 16:55:37 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Separation of Powers: Is Congress' delegation of eminent domain power to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an impermissible delegation of legislative power? - Argued May 10, 2018 http://coop.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/18-1042-20180510.mp3 Mon, 14 May 2018 09:38:35 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Immigration: Did the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security have the discretion to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which exempted undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as minors from deportation? - Argued May 15, 2018 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2018/05/15/18-15068.mp3 Tue, 15 May 2018 19:19:23 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Civil Rights: May a school district be compelled to sex segregate its facilities so that transgender students must be forbidden from using the bathrooms and locker rooms that conform to their preferred gender? - Argued May 24, 2018 http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/17-3113USAv.Eden.mp3 Fri, 25 May 2018 07:23:35 PDT Utah Supreme Court Civil Rights: In the case of a former D.C. federal judge sued for the rape of a minor, was it constitutional for Utah to revive and extend an otherwise expired statute of limitations for child sex crimes? - Argued May 14, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/UT/20170447.mp3 Wed, 30 May 2018 14:16:31 PDT Vermont Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Is Vermont’s “sniff test” policy lawful, where it allows a state police trooper to order the search of a vehicle based upon the smell of marijuana? - Argued May 30, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/VT/17-284a.mp3 Thu, 31 May 2018 06:41:06 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Free Speech: Does the First Amendment protect Donald Trump from liability for injuries that followed from his encouraging supporters to forcibly eject protestors from his rallies? - Argued June 6, 2018 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/06-06-2018%20-%20Wednesday/17-6290%20Kashiya%20Nwanguma%20v%20Donald%20Trump%20et%20al.mp3 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:43:50 PDT USCA, Federal Circuit Federalism: Does Native American tribal immunity shield tribes from Patent Trial and Appeal Board review of patent claims? - Argued June 4, 2018 http://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=2018-1638.mp3 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:49:20 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: May Texas deny Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood based on the claim that it violated accepted medical and ethical standards? - Argued June 4, 2018 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/17/17-50282_6-4-2018.MP3 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:52:35 PDT USCA, Federal Circuit Civil Procedure: Can private parties bring complaints before the International Trade Commission to enforce the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act? - Argued June 8, 2018 http://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=2018-1247.mp3 Mon, 11 Jun 2018 06:41:49 PDT Florida Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is a car a deadly weapon? - Argued June 6, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/FL/SC17-19.mp3 Mon, 11 Jun 2018 06:54:45 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: Is California Government Code § 12580 et seq. which requires political organizations to disclose the identities of donors constitutional? - Argued June 25, 2018 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2018/06/25/16-55727.mp3 Tue, 26 Jun 2018 08:03:11 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: May California require political organizations to annually submit their IRS Form 990, Schedule B, which lists their donor information? - Argued June 25, 2018 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2018/06/25/16-56855.mp3 Tue, 26 Jun 2018 08:11:07 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: Do Texas' campus carry law and the University of Texas's campus carry policy chill academic freedom by allowing students to carry firearms on campus? - Argued July 11, 2018 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/17/17-50641_7-11-2018.mp3 Thu, 12 Jul 2018 06:39:37 PDT Michigan Supreme Court Election Law: Does a Michigan ballot initiative to create an independent redistricting commission violate the State's constitution? - Argued July 18, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MI/157925.mp3 Sun, 22 Jul 2018 07:42:53 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit FOIA: Did the DOJ properly withhold documents related to Saudi involvement in the September 11th attacks? - Argued July 19, 2018 http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/17-13787.mp3 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:21:17 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Abortion: May Kentucky require doctors to show images of a fetal ultrasound and play audio of a fetal heartbeat before performing an abortion? - Argued July 25, 2018 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/07-25-2018%20-%20Wednesday/17-6151%2017-6183%20EMW%20Women's%20Surgical%20Center%20v%20Andrew%20Beshear%20et%20al.mp3 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:34:25 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Environmental Law: Did the Trump Administration improperly waive environmental regulations in order to build the wall on the southern border? - Argued August 7, 2018 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2018/08/07/18-55474.mp3 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 11:54:05 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Free Speech: Can an immigration activist stay his deportation on the ground that ICE targeted him in retaliation for his advocacy in violation of the First Amendment? - Argued August 14, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/CA2/18-1597.mp3 Fri, 17 Aug 2018 09:28:42 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Fourth Amendment: Must evidence obtained under #FISA be suppressed where the government knew, or had reason to know, the communications of U.S. persons would be collected? - Argued August 27, 2018 http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5dab7442-aeeb-403c-9f04-3c8839951615/1/doc/15-2684%2C%2017-2669.mp3 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:06:45 PDT Florida Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: May a police officer invoke Florida's #StandYourGround law as a defense when prosecuted for shooting an unarmed criminal suspect? - Argued August 28, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/FL/SC17-1978.mp3 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:49:31 PDT Texas Supreme Court Evidence: Are materials counsel share with an expert witness protected by the attorney-client privilege? - Argued September 12, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/TX/17-0020.mp3 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:49:27 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Death Penalty: Does the public have a right to know details about the procedures, drugs, and identities of individuals involved in a state's execution protocol? - Argued September 12, 2018 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2018/09/12/17-16330.mp3 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:53:49 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit FOIA: Are the tax returns of Donald Trump (@realdonaldtrump) public records subject to release under FOIA? - Argued September 13, 2018 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/EE0853BD60003C04852583070056C76F/$file/17-5225.mp3 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:57:32 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: Does the Endangered Species Act prohibit designation of private land as unoccupied critical habitat that is neither habitat nor essential to species conservation? - Argued October 1, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-71.mp3 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 09:27:51 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, does the twenty-employee minimum that applies to private employers apply to political subdivisions of a State? - Argued October 1, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-587.mp3 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 09:31:52 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Does SORNA's delegation of authority to the Attorney General to issue regulations under 42 U.S.C. § 16913(d) violate the nondelegation doctrine? - Argued October 2, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-6086.mp3 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 09:34:59 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Death Penalty: May the State execute a prisoner whose mental disability leaves him without memory of his commission of the capital offense? - Argued October 2, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-7505.mp3 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 09:37:33 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Must property owners exhaust state court remedies to ripen federal takings claims? - Argued October 3, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-647.mp3 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 09:40:23 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is the FAA's exemption for "contracts of employment" inapplicable to independent contractor agreements? - Argued October 3, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-340.mp3 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 09:43:09 PDT South Dakota Supreme Court Torts: Must a plaintiff establish the pecuniary value of his loss of consortium to recover against the paramour of his spouse? - Argued October 2, 2018 http://ujs.sd.gov/uploads/sc/oralarguements/2018_10_02_28441_28453.mp3 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 10:06:10 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Procedure: May a district judge unseal grand jury records from 1946 at the request of a historian? - Argued October 3, 2018 http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/17-15016.mp3 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 10:19:08 PDT International Court of Justice International Law: Under the 1955 Treaty of Amity, does the ICJ have jurisdiction to decide the legality of the United States' policy of freezing Iranian assets? - Argued October 8, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/ICJ/164-1.mp3 Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:11:48 PDT International Court of Justice International Law: Under the 1955 Treaty of Amity, does the ICJ have jurisdiction to decide the legality of the United States' policy of freezing Iranian assets? - Argued October 8, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/ICJ/164-2.mp3 Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:14:22 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: Does Guam's exclusion of non-Chamorros from voting in its plebiscite on statehood violate Equal Protection? - Argued October 11, 2018 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2018/10/11/17-15719.mp3 Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:34:48 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: Does President Trump's ban on transgender military service-members violate Equal Protection? - Argued October 10, 2018 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2018/10/11/18-35347.mp3 Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:40:04 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is a robbery offense that requires overcoming "victim resistance" as an element categorically a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act? - Argued October 9, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-5554.mp3 Sat, 13 Oct 2018 15:47:24 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is the burglary of a nonpermanent or mobile home a "burglary" under the Armed Career Criminal Act? - Argued October 9, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-765.mp3 Sat, 13 Oct 2018 15:50:39 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Is a criminal alien exempt from mandatory detention if, after the alien is released from criminal custody, the Department of Homeland Security does not take him into immigration custody immediately? - Argued October 10, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1363.mp3 Sat, 13 Oct 2018 15:53:57 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Can products-liability defendants be held liable under maritime law for injuries caused by products that they did not make, sell, or distribute? - Argued October 10, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1104.mp3 Sat, 13 Oct 2018 15:55:47 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Religious Liberty: Does the income tax exemption for housing provided to religious clergy violate the Establishment Clause? - Argued October 24, 2018 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/ds.18-12771280.18-1277_10_24_2018.mp3 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 07:16:29 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Free Speech: May non-citizens enjoin their deportation if it can be shown that ICE targeted them for removal because of their political advocacy? - Argued October 29, 2018 http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/91b2c139-49f4-45c2-b4a7-1b915f61fb68/2/doc/18-1597%202.mp3 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 07:24:14 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Fourth Amendment: Does opening an email exempt it from the privacy protections of the Stored Communications Act? - Argued October 30, 2018 http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/18-1306-20181030.mp3 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 06:57:10 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Free Speech: Can the unflattering editing of a television interview support a claim for defamation? - Argued October 30, 2018 http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/17-1783-20181030.mp3 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:23:56 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the Federal Arbitration Act permit a court to decline to enforce an agreement delegating questions of arbitrability to an arbitrator if the court concludes the claim of arbitrability is "wholly groundless"? - Argued October 29, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1272.mp3 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 05:52:22 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the Federal Arbitration Act foreclose a state-law interpretation of an arbitration agreement that would authorize class arbitration? - Argued October 29, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-988.mp3 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 05:54:42 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does the Yakama Treaty of 1855 create a right for tribal members to avoid state taxes on off-reservation commercial activities that make use of public highways? - Argued October 30, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1498.mp3 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 05:57:08 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does the "presumption of prejudice" apply where a defendant instructs his counsel to file an appeal but counsel fails to do so because the defendant's plea agreement included an appeal waiver? - Argued October 30, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1026.mp3 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 05:59:47 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does a cy pres award of class action proceeds that provides no direct relief to class members support class certification? - Argued October 31, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-961.mp3 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 06:02:21 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the International Organizations Immunities Act confer the same immunity given foreign governments under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act? - Argued October 31, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1011.mp3 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 06:04:36 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: Was the appointment of Robert Mueller as Special Counsel unconstitutional for violating the Appointments Clause? - Argued November 8, 2018 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/C243B4EAC362B7B18525833F0076C55D/$file/18-3052.mp3 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 14:38:37 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act prohibit the Park Service from regulating non-federal land located within the boundaries of Alaska's national parks? - Argued November 5, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-949.mp3 Sat, 10 Nov 2018 07:15:04 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does the Atomic Energy Act preempt a state law that regulates uranium mining? - Argued November 5, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1275.mp3 Sat, 10 Nov 2018 07:18:15 PST U.S. Supreme Court Death Penalty: Must an inmate prove an adequate alternative method of execution when raising an as-applied challenge to the state's proposed method of execution? - Argued November 6, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-8151.mp3 Sat, 10 Nov 2018 07:22:22 PST U.S. Supreme Court Tax: Is a railroad's payment to an employee for time lost from work subject to employment taxes under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act? - Argued November 6, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1042.mp3 Sat, 10 Nov 2018 07:40:47 PST U.S. Supreme Court International Law: May plaintiffs suing a foreign state under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act serve the foreign state "via" or in "care of” the foreign state's diplomatic mission in the United States? - Argued November 7, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/16-1094.mp3 Sat, 10 Nov 2018 07:43:26 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the 25-percent cap on attorneys' fees in Social Security cases apply only to fees for representation in court or also fees for representation before the agency? - Argued November 7, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-773.mp3 Sat, 10 Nov 2018 07:47:03 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Criminal Procedure: Can "new evidence" discovered 40 years after a murder conviction be sufficient to support a habeas petition for actual innocence? - Argued November 15, 2018 http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/17-6518-20181115.mp3 Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:07:49 PST Illinois Supreme Court Privacy: Does Illinois tort law allow a mother to sue an amusement park for scanning her son's fingerprint for invasion of privacy? - Argued November 20, 2018 http://multimedia.illinois.gov/court/SupremeCourt/Audio/2018/112018_123186.mp3 Fri, 23 Nov 2018 07:38:28 PST Indiana Supreme Court Free Speech: Do otherwise lawful pornographic pictures and videos on a cellphone constitute "obscene matter" that can be prohibited as a condition of probation? - Argued November 20, 2018 http://content.ilight.net/supremecourt/11202018_0945am.mp3 Fri, 23 Nov 2018 07:50:15 PST U.S. Supreme Court Antitrust: May consumers sue anyone who delivers goods to them for antitrust damages, even if the damages are based upon prices set by third parties? - Argued November 26, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-204.mp3 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:44:41 PST U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: Does probable cause defeat a First Amendment retaliatory-arrest claim under § 1983? - Argued November 26, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1174.mp3 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:03:14 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Do equitable exceptions apply to mandatory claim-processing rules, excusing a party's failure to timely file for permission to appeal or reconsideration within the Rule 23(f) deadline? - Argued November 27, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1094.mp3 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:06:45 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Do the 1866 territorial boundaries of the Creek Nation within the former Indian Territory of eastern Oklahoma constitute an "Indian reservation" today? - Argued November 27, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1107.mp3 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:09:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Is the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause incorporated against the States under the Fourteenth Amendment? - Argued November 28, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1091.mp3 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:12:04 PST Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure: In the case made famous by the @Serial #Podcast, was Adnan Syed's lawyer ineffective when she failed to interview a possible alibi witness? - Argued November 29, 2018 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MD/18-24.mp3 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:49:29 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Antitrust: Will the merger of AT&T and Time Warner lead to monopolistic price increases for consumers? - Argued December 6, 2018 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/20084E298F4E754B8525835B006ABFB5/$file/18-5214.mp3 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:49:39 PST U.S. Supreme Court Tax: Does the intergovernmental tax immunity bar states from exempting state retirees from state income tax but not similarly situated federal retirees? - Argued December 3, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-419.mp3 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:54:52 PST U.S. Supreme Court Securities: Can a defective misstatement claim under the Securities Exchange Act be pursued as a fraudulent scheme claim? - Argued December 3, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1077.mp3 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:57:49 PST U.S. Supreme Court Social Security: Can a vocational expert's testimony constitute substantial evidence of "other work" available to an applicant for social security benefits on the basis of a disability? - Argued December 4, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1184.mp3 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 10:00:41 PST U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: Does an inventor's sale of an invention to a third party that is obligated to keep the invention confidential qualify as prior art for purposes of determining patentability? - Argued December 4, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1229.mp3 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 10:03:56 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Should the Court overrule the "separate sovereigns" exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause? - Argued December 6, 2018 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-646.mp3 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 10:05:54 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Rights: Is President Trump's ban on transgender individuals serving in the military unconstitutional? - Argued December 10, 2018 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/6EFCD2E7D66D17E38525835F00615642/$file/18-5257.mp3 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:42:36 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: Was the FAA justified in revoking the license of a pilot caught carrying cannabis candy in his luggage while flying a private plane? - Argued December 12, 2018 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/E45214CDE99A7231852583610057AA06/$file/18-1102.mp3 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:54:03 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Is a state-law failure-to-warn claim preempted when the FDA rejected the drug manufacturer’s proposal to warn about the same risk? - Argued January 7, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-290.mp3 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:39:42 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act apply to non-judicial foreclosure proceedings? - Argued January 7, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1307.mp3 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:42:37 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Did Wyoming's admission to the Union or the establishment of the Bighorn National Forest abrogate the Crow Tribe of Indians' 1868 federal treaty right to hunt on the "unoccupied lands of the United States"? - Argued January 8, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-532.mp3 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:45:17 PST U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: Has the registration of a copyright claim been made when the copyright holder delivers the required application, deposit, and fee to the Copyright Office, or only once the Copyright Office acts on that application? - Argued January 8, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-571.mp3 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:48:03 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Should Nevada v. Hall, 440 U.S. 410 (1979), which permits a sovereign State to be haled into another State's courts without its consent be overruled? - Argued January 9, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1299.mp3 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:50:05 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Must property owners exhaust state court remedies to ripen federal takings claims? - Argued January 16, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-647rearg.mp3 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:33:44 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does the 21st Amendment allow States to grant retail or wholesale licenses only to individuals or entities that have resided in-state for a specified time? - Argued January 16, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-96.mp3 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:37:18 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Must HHS conduct notice-and-comment rulemaking before providing instructions to a Medicare Administrative Contractor making initial determinations of payments? - Argued January 15, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1484.mp3 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:43:05 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Can an original defendant to a class-action claim remove the class action, when it was originally asserted as a counterclaim against a co-defendant? - Argued January 15, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1471.mp3 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:45:22 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is the Copyright Act's allowance of "full costs" to a prevailing party limited to taxable costs under 28 U.S.C. 1920 and 1821? - Argued January 14, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1625.mp3 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:47:25 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does a "discretionary-function exception," rather than FHA v. Burr, establish the basis of the TVA's immunity from civil liability? - Argued January 14, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1201.mp3 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:50:22 PST Indiana Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Are the deleted text messages of an accomplice "testimony" for the purposes of the hearsay rule? - Argued January 10, 2019 http://content.ilight.net/supremecourt/01102019_0900am.mp3 Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:33:56 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: Does the Chief Defense Counsel or the military commission judge have the authority to excuse defense counsel in the Guantanamo military commissions? - Argued January 22, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/1F28FD0A96A0A04B8525838A005F5E7D/$file/18-1315.mp3 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:58:17 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: Does it violate the rules of judicial conduct for a judge to secretly negotiate with a party to a case for employment? - Argued January 22, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/625AE18EB552B6EC8525838A005F5E88/$file/18-1279.mp3 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:01:14 PST New York Court of Appeals Civil Procedure: Does the failure of a plaintiff's attorney to fulfill the residency requirements of the New York Judiciary Law nullify a proceeding in which that attorney appeared? - Argued January 9, 2019 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NY/19-04.mp3 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 07:56:22 PST Arizona Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does it violate the rights to freedom of speech and religious exercise under Arizona law when a city compels a stationery store to sell custom wedding invitations to same-sex couples? - Argued January 22, 2019 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/AZ/18-0176.mp3 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 08:05:38 PST USCA, Tenth Circuit Election Law: Do electoral college electors have the right to vote for a candidate other than the one who won the popular vote in violation of state law? - Argued January 24, 2019 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/oralarguments/18/18-1173.MP3 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 08:10:50 PST Texas Supreme Court Death Penalty: Does Texas' decision to withhold the identity of the pharmacy that provides lethal injection drugs violate the state's open records law? - Argued January 23, 2019 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/TX/17-0552.mp3 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 08:18:57 PST USCA, Tenth Circuit Criminal Procedure: Does New Mexico's bail reform law, which replaces bail with an assessment of dangerousness as the basis on which to hold a defendant pre-trial, violate the Eighth Amendment? - Argued January 22, 2019 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/oralarguments/17/17-2217.MP3 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 08:28:11 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: Is it constitutional for Virginia to criminalize the possession of alcohol by adults who have been designated "habitual drunkards"? - Argued January 30, 2019 http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/17-1320-20190130.mp3 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 09:32:37 PST USCA, Sixth Circuit Abortion: May Ohio ban the selective abortion of fetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome? - Argued January 30, 2019 http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/01-30-2019%20-%20Wednesday/18-3329%20Preterm-Cleveland%20v%20Lance%20Himes%20et%20al.mp3 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:58:13 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Technology: Was it lawful for the FCC to reverse #NetNeutrality and its classification of broadband providers as telecom services? - Argued February 1, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/49DDD68B14A6896D85258394007298CC/$file/18-1051.mp3 Sat, 02 Feb 2019 13:55:39 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit International Law: Is a suit by Palestinians against Israeli settlers for genocide and war crimes barred by the political question doctrine? - Argued October 16, 2018 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/77CAFC0C6238C24685258328005F467E/$file/17-5207.mp3 Tue, 19 Feb 2019 08:28:46 PST USCA, Sixth Circuit Civil Procedure: Was the Pulse Nightclub shooting an act of international terrorism and are social media companies liable under the Anti-Terrorism Act for allegedly allowing ISIS sympathizers to use their platforms? - Argued January 15, 2019 http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/01-15-2019%20-%20Tuesday/18-1426%20Earl%20Crosby%20v%20Twitter%20Inc%20et%20al.mp3 Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:38:57 PST U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: May the government counter-sue in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to invalidate a patent it is accused of infringing? - Argued February 19, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1594.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:05:48 PST U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy: Does a debtor-licensor's rejection of a license agreement constitute a breach of contract, terminating the licensee's rights under applicable non-bankruptcy law? - Argued February 20, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1657.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:10:26 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Immigration: Was the Trump Administration's termination of the #DACA (Dreamers) Program arbitrary and capricious? - Argued February 22, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/6A98FAB63337CA9C852583A90060418F/$file/18-5243.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:18:07 PST USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: Can Facebook be sued by victims of terrorist attacks under the Anti-Terrorism Act based upon the allegation that members of a terrorist organization, HAMAS, used Facebook? - Argued February 25, 2019 http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/2952eaba-4b7d-477f-a4ba-0b9c6c3764ca/3/doc/18-397.mp3 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:52:30 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: Does the propagation of rumors that an employee had an affair with her boss constitute workplace sexual harassment? - Argued October 31, 2018 http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/18-1206-20181031.mp3 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:08:46 PST U.S. Supreme Court Free Press: Are private entities operating public access television stations state actors for constitutional purposes? - Argued February 25, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1702.mp3 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 13:18:09 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is it unconstitutional to terminate supervised release based upon a showing that the defendant violated the terms of his supervised release by a preponderance of the evidence? - Argued February 26, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1672.mp3 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 13:23:42 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is a district court required to exercise its jurisdiction in order to suspend the running of a supervised release sentence? - Argued February 26, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-8995.mp3 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 13:27:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Establishment Clause: Does the Establishment Clause require the removal of a 93-year-old memorial because the memorial bears the shape of a cross? - Argued February 27, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1717.mp3 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 13:30:12 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: Is the preference given to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native American children under the Indian Child Welfare Act constitutional? - Argued March 13, 2019 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/18/18-11479_3-13-2019.mp3 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 05:38:18 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Immigration: Can California limit police cooperation with immigration officials, require inspections of immigration detention facilities, and bar employers from allowing warrantless immigration searches? - Argued March 13, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/03/13/18-16496.mp3 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 05:43:10 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Executive Power: Does the White House's use of private email and other applications that fail to preserve government communications violate the Presidential Records Act? - Argued March 15, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/512F23CE2E4665F8852583BE00504986/$file/18-5150.mp3 Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:02:24 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Executive Power: May the president be directly sued in his official capacity? - Argued March 19, 2019 http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/18-2486-20190319.mp3 Tue, 19 Mar 2019 11:44:35 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Executive Power: Does the President's continuing financial interest in the Trump Washington Hotel violate the Emoluments Clause? - Argued March 19, 2019 http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/18-2488-20190319.mp3 Tue, 19 Mar 2019 11:48:47 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Immigration: Does the Refugee Act, which requires States to resettle federally admitted refugees, unconstitutionally infringe upon State sovereignty under the 10th Amendment? - Argued March 19, 2019 http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/03-19-2019%20-%20Tuesday/18-5478%20State%20of%20Tennessee%20v%20US%20Department%20of%20State%20et%20al.mp3 Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:26:07 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Second Amendment: Is the ATF regulation banning "bump stocks," which increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic rifles, lawful and constitutional? - Argued March 22, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/28827D2069E65262852583C500581006/$file/19-5042.mp3 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 07:47:15 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: Did Virginia comply with the Voting Rights Act in drawing its majority-minority districts for the Virginia House of Delegates? - Argued March 18, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-281.mp3 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:16:07 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Is the rejection of a disability claim from the Social Security Administration's Appeals Council on the ground that the claimant's appeal was untimely a "final decision" subject to judicial review? - Argued March 18, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1606.mp3 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:19:23 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May a relator in a False Claims Act qui tam action rely on the statute of limitations in 31 U.S.C. 3731(b)(2) in a suit in which the United States has declined to intervene? - Argued March 19, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-315.mp3 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:22:59 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Can a prosecutor's history of race discrimination be dismissed as irrelevant when assessing the credibility of his proffered explanations for peremptory strikes against minority jurors? - Argued March 20, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-9572.mp3 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:25:54 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Free Speech: Is @realDonaldTrump a public forum, such that the President is forbidden from blocking followers? - Argued March 26, 2019 http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/080b4462-f641-4e48-9ea1-a6b111a3610b/4/doc/18-1691.mp3 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:51:10 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Does the Hobbs Act require a district court to accept the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act? - Argued March 25, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1705.mp3 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:41:55 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May punitive damages be awarded to a Jones Act seaman in a personal injury suit alleging a breach of the duty to provide a seaworthy vessel? - Argued March 25, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-266.mp3 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:44:07 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: Is partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional and, if so, remediable by the courts? - Argued March 26, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-422.mp3 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:46:16 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: Did Maryland unconstitutionally discriminate against voters on the basis of viewpoint in redistricting? - Argued March 26, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-726.mp3 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:49:55 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Should the Court overturn Auer deference, under which courts defer to an agency's interpretation of its own ambiguous regulations? - Argued March 27, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-15.mp3 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:52:30 PDT USCA, First Circuit Civil Rights: May Massachusetts challenge the Trump Administration's rule, permitting employers not to cover contraception in their health plans? - Argued April 3, 2019 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/18-1514.mp3 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:32:34 PDT Michigan Supreme Court Religious Liberty: Does the deliberate refusal to give a child medical treatment on religious grounds constitute negligent parenting? - Argued April 11, 2019 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MI/157918.mp3 Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:22:38 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Immigration: May the Trump Administration restrict the disbursement of "public safety" funds to so-called sanctuary cities? - Argued April 10, 2019 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/ds.18-2885.18-2885_04_10_2019.mp3 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 11:25:26 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Civil Rights: Does Title VII, which prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sex, prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation? - Argued April 17, 2019 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2019/4/181104.mp3 Thu, 18 Apr 2019 05:24:12 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: Is the prohibition on the registration of 'immoral' or 'scandalous' trademarks facially invalid under the First Amendment? - Argued April 15, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-302.mp3 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:16:12 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is there an implied private right of action under the Securities Exchange Act for a negligent misstatement or omission made in connection with a tender offer? - Argued April 15, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-459.mp3 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:18:48 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Under what circumstances does state law govern claims brought under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act? - Argued April 16, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-389.mp3 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:21:14 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Tax: Does the Due Process Clause prohibit states from taxing trusts based on trust beneficiaries' in-state residency? - Argued April 16, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-457.mp3 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:23:02 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is the phrase 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague? - Argued April 17, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-431.mp3 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:25:13 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: When does the statute of limitations for a 1983 claim based on the fabrication of evidence in criminal proceedings begin to run? - Argued April 17, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-485.mp3 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:27:38 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Immigration: May the Trump Administration require asylum seekers to remain in Mexico pending the review of their asylum applications? - Argued April 24, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/04/24/19-15716.mp3 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:03:13 PDT U.S. Supreme Court FOIA: What non-public "commercial or financial information" must the Government withhold under Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act? - Argued April 22, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-481.mp3 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:21:56 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is Title VII's administrative exhaustion requirement before the EEOC a jurisdictional prerequisite to suit or a waivable claim-processing rule? - Argued April 22, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-525.mp3 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:25:09 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Did the Secretary of Commerce violate the Administrative Procedure Act when he added a citizenship question to the 2020 census questionnaire? - Argued April 23, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-966.mp3 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:29:04 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Is a statute authorizing a blood draw from an unconscious motorist without a warrant consistent with the Fourth Amendment? - Argued April 23, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-6210.mp3 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:31:51 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: To violate 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), prohibiting the knowing possession of a firearm by someone unlawfully in the United States, must the accused know both that they are in possession of a firearm and unlawfully in the United States? - Argued April 23, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-9560.mp3 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:34:48 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does generic burglary require proof of the intent to commit a crime at the time of unlawful entry or first unlawful remaining, or at any time while remaining in the building or structure? - Argued April 24, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-778.mp3 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:37:59 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy: Under the Bankruptcy Code, does a creditor's good-faith belief that the discharge injunction does not apply preclude a finding of civil contempt? - Argued April 24, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-489.mp3 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:40:31 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Criminal Procedure: May a judge assess a defendant's ability to pay a fine and incarcerate him for failure to pay, when the revenue from those fines makes up a significant portion of the courts' budget? - Argued April 30, 2019 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/18/18-30955_4-30-2019.mp3 Thu, 02 May 2019 14:01:14 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Labor: Must Uber drivers arbitrate their labor claims? - Argued April 29, 2019 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/17-1397JaswinderSinghv.UberTechnologies,Inc.mp3 Wed, 08 May 2019 14:41:38 PDT Ohio Supreme Court Property: Does a closure of a highway's point of access to a local property constitute a taking of the property? - Argued May 7, 2019 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/OH/17-0813.mp3 Fri, 10 May 2019 12:34:14 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Abortion: May Texas selectively refuse to provide Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood? - Argued May 14, 2019 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/17/17-50282_5-14-2019.mp3 Wed, 15 May 2019 09:41:40 PDT Illinois Supreme Court Free Speech: Do laws making it a crime to disseminate 'revenge porn' violate the First Amendment? - Argued May 14, 2019 http://multimedia.illinois.gov/court/SupremeCourt/Audio/2019/051419_123910.mp3 Mon, 20 May 2019 07:47:58 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Environmental Law: Does the United States have a constitutional obligation to minor children to try and prevent climate change? - Argued June 4, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/06/04/18-36082.mp3 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 06:48:44 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Free Speech: Do mandatory bar association dues violate the First Amendment? - Argued June 13, 2019 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2019/6/161564.mp3 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:31:18 PDT Indiana Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Following a remand from the Supreme Court, does the forfeiture of an automobile following a conviction for drug trafficking violate the Excessive Fines Clause? - Argued June 28, 2019 http://content.ilight.net/supremecourt/06282019_1030am.mp3 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:37:39 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Healthcare: Did the repeal of the Affordable Care Act's tax on not having health insurance require the invalidation of the entire law? - Argued July 9, 2019 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/19/19-10011_7-9-2019.mp3 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 13:06:08 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May the Executive refuse to comply with a Congressional subpoena based upon its assertion that it lacks a legitimate legislative purpose? - Argued July 12, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2018.nsf/443E59CB9B5B06388525843500655926/$file/19-5142.mp3 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 12:13:42 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Arbitration: Must arbitrators disclose whether they have an ownership stake in the arbitration company for whom they work? - Argued July 12, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/07/12/17-55813.mp3 Tue, 16 Jul 2019 12:08:00 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Abortion: May Louisiana obtain a writ of mandamus to dismiss lawsuits challenging its enactment of abortion restrictions? - Argued August 9, 2019 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/19/19-30353_8-9-2019.MP3 Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:46:15 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: May Congress subpoena the tax returns and other financial records of President Trump from a third-party bank? - Argued August 23, 2019 http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/dd167590-db64-4d03-bb7c-0f6558efc94c/10/doc/19-1540.mp3 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:35:24 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: Should passengers of Spirit Airlines be allowed to sue as a class, where Spirit allegedly misrepresented its baggage allowance? - Argued August 29, 2019 http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/2f96152a-cd40-4198-87c9-2427ea713ae7/7/doc/18-3484.mp3 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:42:04 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Procedure: Does a notice on the packaging of the Samsung Galaxy S7 constitute a "clear statement" that the purchaser agrees to arbitration? - Argued August 29, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/08/29/17-56556.mp3 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:46:34 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Criminal Procedure: May prosecutors create a "taint team" to review the emails of criminal defense attorneys for privilege, or must that be done by a magistrate? - Argued September 10, 2019 http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/19-1730-20190910.mp3 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:03:11 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Procedure: Do advocates of free speech on the internet and groups supporting sex workers lack standing to challenge a federal law that targets sex trafficking online? - Argued September 20, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/6AB1615EE1D6E7C58525847B00573B9A/$file/18-5298.mp3 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 06:01:36 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: When comparing two songs in a case for copyright infringement (here "Stairway to Heaven" and "Taurus"), should the jury be allowed to hear the songs side-by-side, or be limited to looking at sheet music? - Argued September 23, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/09/23/16-56057.mp3 Tue, 24 Sep 2019 05:33:53 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Immigration: May the Trump Administration require asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their claims to be decided and may it disqualify illegal entrants from seeking asylum? - Argued October 1, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/10/01/18-17274.mp3 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:38:21 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: May Mississippi ban abortions 15 weeks after conception? - Argued October 7, 2019 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/18/18-60868_10-7-2019.mp3 Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:51:55 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Do the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments permit a state to abolish the insanity defense? - Argued October 7, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-6135.mp3 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:47:48 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Must a patent applicant cover the personnel expenses the USPTO incurs in Section 145 litigation? - Argued October 7, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-801.mp3 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:52:36 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does the Fourteenth Amendment fully incorporate the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a unanimous verdict? - Argued October 7, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-5924.mp3 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:54:32 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Is discrimination against an employee because of sexual orientation discrimination on the basis of sex under Title VII? - Argued October 8, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1618.mp3 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:57:39 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Is discrimination against transgender employees discrimination on the basis of sex under Title VII? - Argued October 8, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-107.mp3 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:59:20 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: Was it lawful for the Trump Administration to impose a work requirement on the receipt of Medicaid benefits? - Argued October 11, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/836067B4CDCC615785258490005718B0/$file/19-5094.mp3 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:11:22 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: May a judge determine whether a work is creative as a matter of law? - Argued October 15, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/10/15/18-55426.mp3 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:17:47 PDT USCA, Second Circuit International Law: Must Germany compensate indigenous Africans, whose ancestors were murdered and whose bones Germany later sold to the Natural History Museum in the early twentieth century? - Argued October 17, 2019 http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/35df39c7-2d16-41ff-bb6c-853419ecf1b1/7/doc/19-609.mp3 Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:12:33 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Does the Appointments Clause govern the appointment of members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico? - Argued October 15, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1334.mp3 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:43:34 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does federal immigration law preempt state laws that criminalize using false immigration information on employment forms? - Argued October 16, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-834.mp3 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:46:25 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the discovery rule toll the one (1) year statute of limitations under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act? - Argued October 16, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-328.mp3 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:48:37 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is a sentence of life without parole, when imposed as an alternative to a death sentence, a mandatory sentence for a juvenile seeking relief under the Eighth Amendment? - Argued October 16, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-217.mp3 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:54:47 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May individual members of the House Oversight Committee go to court to gain access to documents on President Donald Trump’s D.C. hotel? - Argued October 22, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/84AD2A0F66636B978525849B005A5D8C/$file/18-5305.mp3 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:24:58 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Environmental Law: May the President designate parts of the ocean national monuments? - Argued October 22, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/485E883472F2DFDC8525849B005A5D94/$file/18-5353.mp3 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:49:40 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Immigration: May a district court order the government to conduct bond hearings for asylum applicants? - Argued October 22, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/10/22/19-35565.mp3 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:53:53 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Federalism: May State prosecutors subject the President to criminal process? - Argued October 23, 2019 http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/8aac6d80-8e68-4ac8-946d-d4679ce3f196/1/doc/19-3204.mp3 Thu, 24 Oct 2019 03:46:07 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Civil Rights: Does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee children the right to an education? - Argued October 24, 2019 http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/10-24-2019%20-%20Thursday/18-1855%20Gary%20B%20v%20Gretchen%20Whitmer%20et%20al%20and%2018-1871%20Gary%20B%20v%20Richard%20Snyder%20et%20al.mp3 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 06:46:53 PDT Indiana Supreme Court Torts: Is a bar liable for injuries its patrons suffer after getting into fights outside? - Argued October 22, 2019 http://content.ilight.net/supremecourt/10222019_1000am.mp3 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 06:52:45 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Separation of Powers: Does a Presidential pardon vacate a conviction for criminal contempt? - Argued October 23, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/10/23/17-10448.mp3 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 06:56:49 PDT New Mexico Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: May a defendant ask a jury for leniency because he has a genetic predisposition for violence, or a so-called 'Warrior Gene'? - Argued November 4, 2019 https://supremecourt.nmcourts.gov/uploads/FileLinks/e03e8566c7c145218f95b0b74e677f61/S_1_SC_37216_State_v._Yepez.mp3 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 13:23:19 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Separation of Powers: Does the Federal Reserve banks' independent status allow them to challenge patents before the PTAB? - Argued November 6, 2019 http://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=2019-1018.mp3 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:31:51 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Can a lawfully admitted permanent resident who is not seeking admission to the United States be 'render[ed] ... inadmissible' for the purposes of the stop-time rule? - Argued November 4, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-725.mp3 Sat, 09 Nov 2019 11:54:27 PST U.S. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: For purposes of an investigative stop, is it reasonable for an officer to suspect that the registered owner of a vehicle is the one driving the vehicle? - Argued November 4, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-556.mp3 Sat, 09 Nov 2019 11:56:37 PST U.S. Supreme Court Law of the Sea: Under maritime law, is a safe berth clause in a voyage charter contract a guarantee of a ship's safety or a duty of due diligence? - Argued November 5, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-565.mp3 Sat, 09 Nov 2019 11:59:00 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: May Congress abrogate state sovereign immunity by providing remedies for authors of original expression whose federal copyrights are infringed by States? - Argued November 5, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-877.mp3 Sat, 09 Nov 2019 12:01:08 PST U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: Does the Clean Water Act require a permit for pollutants that originate from a point source but are conveyed to navigable waters by groundwater? - Argued November 6, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-260.mp3 Sat, 09 Nov 2019 12:03:24 PST U.S. Supreme Court Labor: Is a claim for breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA properly pled where the harm is based upon the inevitable disclosure of an alleged fraud that generally increases over time? - Argued November 6, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1165.mp3 Sat, 09 Nov 2019 12:07:39 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Election Law: Does a political candidate have a First Amendment right to self-identify their title as 'Independent' in a State published voter guide? - Argued November 7, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/11/07/18-55457.mp3 Sat, 09 Nov 2019 12:27:23 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: Does a military judge's prior service in the Justice Department's National Security Division raise an appearance of bias, when assigned to preside over the September 11th military commission trial in Guantanamo? - Argued November 12, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/AA41D24D82611363852584B0005D8181/$file/19-1100.mp3 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:36:38 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Separation of Powers: May the President divert $2.5 billion in appropriated defense funds to construct a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border? - Argued November 12, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/11/12/19-16102.mp3 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 05:34:06 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Did the Trump Administration unlawfully repeal the DACA Dreamers Program? - Argued November 12, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-587.mp3 Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:07:04 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: When a Border Patrol Agent shoots and kills an unarmed minor across the border, does Bivens provide a remedy? - Argued November 12, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1678.mp3 Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:10:26 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does a claim of race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 fail in the absence of but-for causation? - Argued November 13, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1171.mp3 Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:13:26 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is an order denying a motion for relief from the automatic stay a final order under 28 U.S.C. § 158? - Argued November 13, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-938.mp3 Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:15:25 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Election Law: Must Arizona call a special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by the death of John McCain? - Argued November 13, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/11/13/19-16308.mp3 Wed, 20 Nov 2019 13:00:25 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May the House Judiciary Committee obtain grand jury materials not included in the Mueller Report? - Argued November 18, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/9F73D0BE765F648F852584B600642AAD/$file/19-5288.mp3 Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:39:34 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May a hotel sue the President for violating the Emoluments Clauses as a form of unfair competition? - Argued November 22, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/B6142D021824019F852584BA005D8804/$file/18-7185.mp3 Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:43:09 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Separation of Powers: Does the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's single director structure violate the separation of powers? - Argued December 4, 2019 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/18/18-60302_12-4-2019.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:22:12 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May the Trump Administration waive environmental rules when building the border wall along private property? - Argued December 5, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/14D916F9920235BD852584C70078DB5C/$file/19-5052.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:29:01 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Torts: Is the use of the word 'diet' in Diet Dr Pepper a misleading health claim? - Argued December 4, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/12/04/18-16721.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:34:44 PST U.S. Supreme Court Gun Rights: May New York City ban the transport of a handgun outside city limits? - Argued December 2, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-280.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:30:37 PST U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: May Georgia copyright statutes and case law? - Argued December 2, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1150.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:30:59 PST U.S. Supreme Court Tax: Should courts determine ownership of a tax refund paid to an affiliated group based on the federal common law or the law of the relevant State? - Argued December 3, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1269.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:31:27 PST U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: Does federal law preempt state common-law claims for restoration that seek cleanup remedies that conflict with EPA-ordered remedies? - Argued December 3, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1498.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:31:43 PST U.S. Supreme Court Labor: Does the trigger for ERISA's statute of limitations, 'actual knowledge of the breach or violation,' require a subjective or objective inquiry? - Argued December 4, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1116.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:32:00 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Under what circumstances should a timely Rule 59(e) motion be recharacterized as a second or successive habeas petition? - Argued December 4, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-6943.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:32:15 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May the president enjoin a lawsuit by lawmakers alleging that he is violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause? - Argued December 9, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/99CDBA16D75CBA18852584CB00621728/$file/19-5237.mp3 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:01:56 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Immigration: May asylum be blanket denied based upon the risk of domestic and gang-based violence? - Argued December 9, 2019 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/EE79628E3B85A18D852584CB0062172F/$file/19-5013.mp3 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:04:27 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: Did the film The Shape of Water and its novelization infringe the copyright to the play Let Me Hear You Whisper (argued by Alex Kozinski)? - Argued December 9, 2019 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2019/12/09/18-56087.mp3 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:10:25 PST USCA, First Circuit Criminal Procedure: Was the death penalty lawfully imposed on the so-called Boston Marathon Bomber? - Argued December 12, 2019 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/16-6001.mp3 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:04:33 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Separation of Powers: Was the President entitled to a writ of mandamus to dismiss an Emoluments Clause suit brought by Maryland? - Argued December 12, 2019 http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/18-2486-20191212.mp3 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:09:31 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Separation of Powers: May the District of Columbia proceed against the President for violating the Emoluments Clause? - Argued December 12, 2019 http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/18-2488-20191212.mp3 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:12:28 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Procedure: Must Baltimore bring its civil action over climate change against energy companies in federal court? - Argued December 11, 2019 http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/19-1644-20191211.mp3 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:15:46 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Is a request for equitable tolling, as it applies to statutory motions to reopen, judicially reviewable as a question of law? - Argued December 9, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-776.mp3 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:20:18 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) permit appeal of the PTAB's decision to institute an inter partes review upon finding that § 315(b)'s time bar does not apply? - Argued December 9, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-916.mp3 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:23:00 PST U.S. Supreme Court Appropriations: Does the presumption against retroactivity apply to the interpretation of an appropriations rider that is claimed to have impliedly repealed the government's obligation? - Argued December 10, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1023.mp3 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:26:10 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is a formal objection after pronouncement of sentence necessary to invoke appellate reasonableness review of the length of a defendant's sentence? - Argued December 10, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-7739.mp3 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:29:08 PST U.S. Supreme Court International Law: How is a minor's habitual residence determined under the Hague Convention? - Argued December 11, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-935.mp3 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:32:02 PST U.S. Supreme Court Death Penalty: Are courts required to apply current law when weighing mitigating and aggravating evidence when determining whether a death sentence is warranted? - Argued December 11, 2019 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1109.mp3 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:34:22 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Civil Procedure: Is the location of a defendant's servers in a forum sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction in a patent infringement suit? - Argued December 13, 2019 http://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=2019-126.MP3 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 17:39:06 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: Does Executive Privilege protect the White House Counsel from appearing to testify relating to the impeachment of the President? - Argued January 3, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/6E2288243B32D70E852584E40066ECD7/$file/19-5331.mp3 Fri, 03 Jan 2020 11:44:09 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May Congressional committees sue to compel compliance with their subpoenas? - Argued January 3, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/F443323EF0BE1B56852584E40066ECE0/$file/19-5288.mp3 Fri, 03 Jan 2020 11:49:06 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Separation of Powers: Can the Executive be compelled to pay subsidies mandated under the Affordable Care Act but for which Congress has appropriated no funds? - Argued January 9, 2020 http://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=2019-1290.MP3 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:44:18 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: Is a capital defendant entitled to a writ of mandamus to enjoin the destruction of the location where he was tortured after his arrest? - Argued January 10, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/63F2C1920A461374852584EB0058F363/$file/19-1146.mp3 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:00:55 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Separation of Powers: Does the Trade Expansion Act's delegation to the President of the authority to restrict imports that he determines "impair the national security" violate the non-delegation doctrine? - Argued January 10, 2020 http://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=2019-1727.mp3 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:13:47 PST USCA, First Circuit Religious Liberty: May a state provide funding for private school, but limit that funding to nonsectarian schools? - Argued January 8, 2020 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/19-1746.mp3 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:12:56 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Death Penalty: Does the statutory requirement that federal executions be performed in the manner of the State in which it is imposed require strict compliance with State procedures? - Argued January 15, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/A293198BA411495A852584F00064A7BE/$file/19-5322.mp3 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:20:48 PST Illinois Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Does the smell of marijuana give the police probable cause to conduct a warrantless vehicle search, given that marijuana is now legal in Illinois? - Argued January 14, 2020 http://multimedia.illinois.gov/court/SupremeCourt/Audio/2020/011420_124595.mp3 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:24:18 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Do federal preclusion principles bar a defendant from raising defenses that were not litigated and resolved in a prior case between the parties involving the same subject matter? - Argued January 13, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1086.mp3 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:26:47 PST U.S. Supreme Court Labor: May an ERISA plan participant or beneficiary seek remedies for fiduciary breaches without demonstrating individual financial losses or the imminent risk of such losses? - Argued January 13, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1712.mp3 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:29:42 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does a public official defraud the government of its property by advancing a pretextual public policy reason for an official decision? - Argued January 14, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1059.mp3 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:31:53 PST U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: Is willful infringement a prerequisite for an award of an infringer's profits for a violation of section 35 of the Lanham Act? - Argued January 14, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1233.mp3 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:34:48 PST U.S. Supreme Court Labor: Does the Age Discrimination in Employment Act require a plaintiff to prove that age was a but-for cause of the challenged personnel action? - Argued January 15, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-882.mp3 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:36:55 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is the phrase 'serious drug offense' under the Armed Career Criminal Act governed by the same categorical approach as 'violent felony' is under the Act? - Argued January 21, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-6662.mp3 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:45:49 PST U.S. Supreme Court International Law: Does the New York Convention permit a non-signatory to an arbitration agreement to compel arbitration based on the doctrine of equitable estoppel? - Argued January 21, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1048.mp3 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:49:16 PST U.S. Supreme Court Religious Liberty: Does it violate the Religion Clauses for a state court to invalidate a student-aid program because the program allows students to use the aid for religious schools? - Argued January 22, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1195.mp3 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:52:33 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Election Law: May Florida require ex-felons to pay all court costs, fines, and restitution before registering to vote, regardless of their means to pay? - Argued January 29, 2020 http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/19-14551.mp3 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:57:04 PST Ohio Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does requiring employees to expose their genitals as part of a drug test violate the employees' common law right to privacy? - Argued January 28, 2020 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/OH/18-1431.mp3 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:55:39 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Separation of Powers: May the federal judiciary be sued for misusing millions of dollars collected in PACER fees? - Argued February 3, 2020 http://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=2019-1081.mp3 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:03:09 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: May Stephanie Clifford (Stormy Daniels) sue Donald Trump for denying their sexual relationship? - Argued February 4, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/02/04/18-56351.mp3 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:17:13 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Environmental Law: May municipalities sue fossil fuel companies for climate change related damages? - Argued February 5, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/02/05/18-15499.mp3 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:20:08 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Environmental Law: May municipalities sue fossil fuel companies for climate change related damages? - Argued February 5, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/02/05/18-16663.mp3 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:22:22 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: Did the designation of a retired civilian judge to preside over the Guantanamo military commissions violate the Appointments Clause? - Argued February 7, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/FA041A7EA50E4F2E85258507005D5B3F/$file/19-1076.mp3 Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:57:20 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Election Law: Does the winner-take-all system of allocating electoral votes by state violate the rule of one-person-one-vote? - Argued February 6, 2020 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/19/19-50214_2-6-2020.mp3 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:32:58 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: May Mississippi ban abortion whenever a fetal heartbeat can be detected? - Argued February 6, 2020 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/19/19-60455_2-6-2020.MP3 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:40:15 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May the House sue to prevent the President from reallocating Department of Defense funds to build the border wall? - Argued February 18, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/6F00F2FD5B27B77385258512006B0B92/$file/19-5176.mp3 Thu, 20 Feb 2020 05:29:30 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Immigration: May the Trump Administration unilaterally impose a public charge rule, denying immigration status to individuals who have or may use public services? - Argued February 26, 2020 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/mn.19-3169.19-3169_02_26_2020.mp3 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 14:25:38 PST U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: Does the Forest Service have the authority to grant rights-of-way under the Mineral Leasing Act through lands traversed by the Appalachian Trail within national forests? - Argued February 24, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1584.mp3 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 07:07:04 PST U.S. Supreme Court International Law: Does the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act permit the retroactive recovery of punitive damages against foreign states for terrorist activities? - Argued February 24, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/17-1268.mp3 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 07:14:08 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Is the federal criminal prohibition against encouraging or inducing illegal immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain facially unconstitutional? - Argued February 25, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-67.mp3 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 07:16:38 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does dismissal without prejudice for failure to state a claim count as a strike under 28 U.S.C. §1915(g)? - Argued February 26, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-8369.mp3 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 07:18:50 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Fourth Amendment: Is it a search to insert a key into a lock of a car? - Argued March 2, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/03/02/19-10112.mp3 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 06:30:19 PST USCA, First Circuit Contracts: Do colleges and universities owe a fiduciary duty to their students? - Argued March 2, 2020 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/19-1624.mp3 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 06:36:16 PST USCA, Second Circuit Immigration: Is New York entitled to an injunction of the Trump Administration's public charge rule? - Argued March 2, 2020 http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/a1c62631-7f81-40e4-b815-4ccd3abb99a5/3/doc/19-3591%2C%2019-3595.mp3 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 06:40:04 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: Has the opening of combat positions to women rendered the all-male draft no longer constitutional? - Argued March 3, 2020 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/19/19-20272_3-3-2020.mp3.MP3 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 04:04:43 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Do courts of appeals possess jurisdiction to review factual findings underlying denials of withholding (and deferral) of removal? - Argued March 2, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1432.mp3 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:26:39 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Does 1252(e)(2), which bars habeas petitions in certain cases of expedited removal, violate the Suspension Clause? - Argued March 2, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-161.mp3 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:29:57 PST U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Do the tenure protections afforded the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violate the separation of powers? - Argued March 3, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-7.mp3 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:32:01 PST U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: May the SEC seek and obtain disgorgement from a court as equitable relief for a securities law violation? - Argued March 3, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1501.mp3 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:34:13 PST U.S. Supreme Court Abortion: Does Louisiana's requirement that physicians who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a local hospital constitute an undue burden? - Argued March 4, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1323.mp3 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:37:33 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit War Powers: Could an agent of Yemen's secret-police (Political Security Organization) be detained in Guantanamo for providing support to Al Qaeda? - Argued March 5, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/61B8F7800686860385258522005AC11F/$file/19-5079.mp3 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:19:53 PDT Texas Supreme Court Torts: Does an employer commit an intentional tort, when it pushes one of its truck drivers to drive longer than is safe or legal, and the driver gets into a fatal crash? - Argued February 26, 2020 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/TX/18-0852.mp3 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:03:12 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Antitrust: Do the NCAA's caps on benefits that schools may give to student athletes violate the antitrust laws? - Argued March 9, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/03/09/19-15566.mp3 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:40:01 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Abortion: May Ohio forbid doctors from terminating a pregnancy because the fetus is disabled? - Argued March 11, 2020 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/03-11-2020%20-%20Wednesday/18-3329%20Preterm-Cleveland%20v%20Amy%20Acton%20et%20al.mp3 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 10:00:55 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Does someone commit wire fraud when they provide money or other compensation to student athletes in violation of NCAA rules? - Argued March 13, 2020 http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/a8523013-e57f-469f-aa5e-cc7b661fa207/5/doc/19-783%2C%2019-786%2C%2019-788.mp3 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 08:08:50 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: Did the Trump Administration improperly expand Obamacare exceptions for short-term health insurance policies? - Argued March 20, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/CF058F1446B074A8852585310073A617/$file/032020.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 10:40:13 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Free Speech: Did the Trump Administration violate the First Amendment when it revoked Playboy's White House press credentials? - Argued March 23, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/F743D7B5CBF9D18F8525853400736151/$file/19-5255.mp3 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:45:36 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: May the victims of terrorist attacks sue social media companies under the Anti-Terrorism Act for failing to prevent terrorist content on their services? - Argued March 26, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/03/26/18-16700.mp3 Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:36:00 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: May the victims of terrorist attacks sue social media companies under the Anti-Terrorism Act for failing to prevent terrorist content on their services? - Argued March 26, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/03/26/18-17192.mp3 Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:38:41 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May the House enforce its subpoenas in the courts? - Argued April 28, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/8E4D5177F5050064852585580063B278/$file/19-5176and19-5331.mp3 Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:37:10 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: Is a Star Trek themed take on 'Oh, the Places You'll Go!' protected as fair use under the Copyright Act? - Argued April 27, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/04/28/19-55348.mp3 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 06:18:25 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Civil Procedure: Can Miller pursue an unfair competition claim against Budweiser for claiming its beer contains "no corn syrup" when beer drinkers don't seem to care? - Argued April 28, 2020 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/mn.19-2200.19-2200_04_28_2020.mp3 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 06:23:08 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Intellectual Property: May the claimed co-creator of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee wait too long to sue for copyright infringement, or is he master of this domain? - Argued April 29, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/7bf01f00-5877-45de-9f6b-9e9dee02c86a/1/doc/19-3335.mp3 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:02:48 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: Can the addition of a generic top-level domain ('.com') to an otherwise generic term create a protectable trademark? - Argued May 4, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-46.mp3 Mon, 04 May 2020 12:12:27 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Contracts: Do Coachella's exclusivity agreements with performing artists interfere with the contract rights of other music festivals? - Argued May 4, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/05/04/19-35301.mp3 Tue, 05 May 2020 06:29:39 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: May the government require foreign aid recipients to confirm that their overseas affiliates have a policy explicitly opposing prostitution and sex trafficking? - Argued May 5, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-177.mp3 Tue, 05 May 2020 13:11:56 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Religious Liberty: Did the federal government lawfully exempt religious objectors from the regulatory requirement to provide health plans that include contraceptive coverage? - Argued May 6, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-431.mp3 Wed, 06 May 2020 11:38:39 PDT Wisconsin Supreme Court Police Powers: Did the Wisconsin Department of Health Services have the legal authority to order "nonessential businesses" to close in order to contain the COVID-19 pandemic? - Argued May 5, 2020 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/WI/20AP765.mp3 Wed, 06 May 2020 12:50:53 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: Does the federal debt collection exception to the federal prohibition on automated telephone calling violate the First Amendment and, if so, is it severable? - Argued May 6, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-631.mp3 Wed, 06 May 2020 16:13:27 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Environmental Law: Are Boulder, Colorado's state-law claims against energy companies for damages arising from climate change preempted by federal law? - Argued May 6, 2020 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/oralarguments/19/19-1330.MP3 Thu, 07 May 2020 07:13:57 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Immigration: May the Trump Administration impose a public charge rule to deny immigration status to individuals who have or may use public benefits? - Argued May 8, 2020 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/19-2222-20200508.mp3 Fri, 08 May 2020 10:36:59 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: May the Post Office be required to publish information regarding foreign deliveries for which artificially low prices distort competition among carriers? - Argued May 8, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/1D689C0E5EDEF7858525856200578747/$file/19-1155.mp3 Mon, 11 May 2020 08:29:51 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Can Oklahoma assert criminal jurisdiction over Indians accused of offenses covered by the Indian Major Crimes Act? - Argued May 11, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-9526.mp3 Mon, 11 May 2020 17:14:43 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Religious Liberty: Does the First Amendment bar employment discrimination claims brought by employees against religious employers, where employees carry out important religious functions? - Argued May 11, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-267.mp3 Mon, 11 May 2020 17:18:43 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: May a Congressional committee have the constitutional and statutory authority to subpoena the President's financial records? - Argued May 12, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-715.mp3 Tue, 12 May 2020 11:39:27 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: May a local prosecutor subpoena Presidential records that are otherwise within the prosecutor's jurisdiction? - Argued May 12, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-635.mp3 Tue, 12 May 2020 12:57:40 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: Does the compelled membership in the Oregon State Bar violate lawyers' First Amendment rights? - Argued May 12, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/05/13/19-35463.mp3 Wed, 13 May 2020 11:36:24 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: May a state require for whom electors may vote in a Presidential election? - Argued May 13, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-465.mp3 Wed, 13 May 2020 11:41:45 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: Does an elector have standing to challenge the constitutionality of a state law requiring them to vote for the winner of the state's popular vote under the Twelfth Amendment? - Argued May 13, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-518.mp3 Wed, 13 May 2020 11:45:21 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: Does a motor vehicles employee have standing to challenge a New York law that allows undocumented immigrants to obtain drivers' licenses? - Argued May 13, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/aef2a720-c9cd-4975-b4fa-ee34a2bda981/16/doc/19-3769.mp3 Fri, 15 May 2020 09:11:01 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Immigration: Should the Flores settlement, which set limits on the duration and conditions under which migrant families could be detained, be abrogated to allow ICE greater leeway? - Argued May 19, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/05/20/19-56326.mp3 Wed, 20 May 2020 09:00:20 PDT Texas Supreme Court Election Law: Does fear of COVID infection constitute a valid physical condition to be entitled to vote by mail in Texas? - Argued May 20, 2020 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/TX/20-394.mp3 Thu, 21 May 2020 07:03:51 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: May a school require high-school students to use the bathroom that conforms to their sex at birth? - Argued May 26, 2020 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/19-1952-20200526.mp3 Thu, 28 May 2020 12:50:00 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Procedure: May the former Secretary of State be compelled to testify in a public records case about her reasons for using a private email server? - Argued June 2, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/52121F3109D95B458525857B00560CF9/$file/20-5056.mp3 Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:24:40 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: Is the former National Security Advisor entitled to a writ of mandamus dismissing charges to which he already pled guilty where the Justice Department later decides to move to dismiss the charges? - Argued June 12, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/FB1BF1063411B091852585850056852D/$file/20-5143.mp3 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:54:17 PDT USCA, First Circuit Federalism: Under the Wire Act, may the Justice Department prevent states from operating non-sports online gambling enterprises? - Argued June 18, 2020 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/19-1835.mp3 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 14:14:44 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Entertainment Law: Does Philadelphia Eagles lineman Lane Johnson's admission that he took banned substances justify his 10-game suspension? - Argued June 24, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/b078585a-1e2f-4281-b76c-358c1dca142a/4/doc/19-2734.mp3 Thu, 25 Jun 2020 08:13:30 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: In an infringement suit against Pirates of the Caribbean, are "cockiness, bravery, and drunkenness ... generic, non-distinct characteristics" with respect to pirates, and therefore not protectable? - Argued July 6, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/07/07/19-55669.mp3 Tue, 07 Jul 2020 05:46:53 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Free Speech: Was a woman who spoke at a public hearing in opposition to California's sanctuary cities law a public figure, such that Joy Reid cannot be sued for posting allegedly misleading tweets that called the woman racist? - Argued May 14, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/90279ce8-c13b-454c-9dfe-f2f9ebbb89da/92/doc/19-3574.mp3 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:59:49 PDT Tennessee Supreme Court Election Law: Do the citizens of Tennessee have the right to cast absentee ballots due to the COVID pandemic? - Argued July 30, 2020 http://audioarguendo.com/audio/TN/20-831.mp3 Fri, 31 Jul 2020 07:25:45 PDT USCA, First Circuit Immigration: Is there a common law privilege that bars Immigration and Customs Enforcement from making immigration arrests in state courthouses? - Argued July 29, 2020 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/19-1838.mp3 Fri, 31 Jul 2020 07:31:55 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Immigration: Does a non-citizen become a "fugitive" if they have taken sanctuary in a church to avoid deportation? - Argued August 5, 2020 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/08-05-2020%20-%20Wednesday/19-2148%20Ded%20Rranxburgaj%20v%20Kirstjen%20Nielsen%20et%20al.mp3 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 05:33:37 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: In the case of the former National Security Advisor, when the government moves to dismiss an indictment after a guilty plea, and the defendant consents, must the district court automatically dismiss? - Argued August 11, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2019.nsf/324FBA9AC9A31E28852585C10064B209/$file/20-5143%208.11.2020.mp3 Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:49:17 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Election Law: May Florida make the restoration of voting rights for re-enfranchised felons contingent upon their payment of all legal financial obligations arising out of their convictions? - Argued August 18, 2020 http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/20-12003_0.mp3 Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:38:58 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Election Law: Do Texas’ mail-in ballot requirements unlawfully discriminate against voters under 65? - Argued August 31, 2020 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/20/20-50407_8-31-2020.mp3 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 08:55:15 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Federalism: Is California's ban on companies' hiring independent contractors to do the work of its employees preempted by federal law when applied to the trucking industry? - Argued September 1, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/09/02/20-55106.mp3 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 08:06:52 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Separation of Powers: Is the President entitled to a stay of the New York grand jury subpoena of his financial records, while he appeals on grounds that the subpoena is in bad faith? - Argued September 1, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/08d4ab49-8429-434b-bdde-403fd226a767/9/doc/20-2766.mp3 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 09:31:21 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Rights: May New York ban private gatherings of fifty or more persons, such as weddings, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19? - Argued September 4, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/908fcc00-8cea-4965-bf2e-94c228a29b2d/2/doc/20-2683.mp3 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 14:04:13 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit FOIA: Must the FBI turn over unredacted copies of memos that former FBI Director James Comey wrote about his interactions with President Trump? - Argued September 15, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2020.nsf/FA78F6D5CD1E939E852585E4006C7661/$file/19-5278.mp3 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:53:59 PDT USCA, First Circuit Civil Rights: Does Harvard's holistic approach to admissions unlawfully disadvantage Asian applicants in favor of other demographics? - Argued September 16, 2020 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/19-2005.mp3 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 09:55:01 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: May political donors seek favors from the police? - Argued September 21, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/3ae072d4-31fa-4b7b-ba9c-8e5767c19f9b/6/doc/19-1645.mp3 Tue, 22 Sep 2020 08:30:02 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Rights: May a tenant bring a suit for housing discrimination if a landlord allows other tenants to create a hostile housing environment? - Argued September 24, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/81b9977c-57ec-45f9-baa9-2c71d6410177/8/doc/15-1823.mp3 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:24:59 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Civil Rights: May States ban abortion after 20 weeks or when done on the basis of sex, race, or disability? - Argued September 23, 2020 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2020/9/192690.mp3 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:36:16 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Federalism: May the Manhattan DA subpoena the Trump Organization's business records? - Argued September 25, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/19d55d50-3ea9-4b65-b739-ef0612318eb6/1/doc/20-2766A.mp3 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:14:57 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: Does Hawaii's requirement that someone must have "good cause" to obtain a permit to carry a gun in public violate the Second Amendment? - Argued September 24, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/09/25/12-17808.mp3 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 07:25:52 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Free Speech: May a state require labor unions to represent nonmember public workers who don’t pay for union services? - Argued September 29, 2020 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/ds.19-3413.19-3413_09_29_2020.mp3 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 06:52:55 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: May Delaware require a partisan balance on its courts, such that judges from one political party may only ever hold a "bare majority" of the seats on any court? - Argued October 5, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-309.mp3 Wed, 07 Oct 2020 07:06:21 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May a river master retroactively alter the procedural rules by which water rights disputes between two states are mediated? - Argued October 5, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/65-Orig.mp3 Wed, 07 Oct 2020 07:12:56 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does ERISA preempt state laws that regulate reimbursement rates for prescription drugs? - Argued October 6, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-540.mp3 Wed, 07 Oct 2020 07:16:18 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 permit suits seeking money damages against individual federal employees? - Argued October 6, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-71.mp3 Wed, 07 Oct 2020 07:18:51 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: Does copyright protection extend to a software interface? - Argued October 7, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-956.mp3 Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:10:23 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May state courts exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant when none of the defendant's forum contacts caused the plaintiff’s claims? - Argued October 7, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-368.mp3 Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:15:04 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Rights: Can the NY State Board of Law Examiners be held liable as part of New York State's unified court system in a disability claim brought by a bar exam taker who suffers from anxiety? - Argued October 8, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/7dcb62c0-11d5-49a2-bb51-2a0023552629/8/doc/19-4136.mp3 Mon, 12 Oct 2020 06:36:02 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Should a sealed deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell be publicly released while the criminal case arising out of the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein remains pending? - Argued October 13, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/77721423-2f9f-43a9-8195-73b4eaee17ce/5/doc/20-3061.mp3 Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:39:38 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is the statute of limitations for rape in the military justice system five years? - Argued October 13, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-108.mp3 Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:49:45 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does an entity that passively retains possession of property in which a bankruptcy estate has an interest have an affirmative obligation to return that property to the debtor upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition? - Argued October 13, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-357.mp3 Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:52:43 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does the use of force to detain a suspect constitute a "seizure" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment? - Argued October 14, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-292.mp3 Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:55:40 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Does a criminal conviction make a noncitizen removable when the record of conviction is ambiguous as to whether it is an offense under the Immigration and Nationality Act? - Argued October 14, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-438.mp3 Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:58:45 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May a committee of Congress subpoena the President's personal financial records? - Argued October 20, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2020.nsf/593CEEC2E103B015852586070054C109/$file/19-5142.mp3 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:03:22 PDT U.S. Supreme Court FOIA: Does FOIA exemption 5 protect against compelled disclosure a federal agency's draft documents that were prepared as part of a formal interagency consultation process? - Argued November 2, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-547.mp3 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:46:00 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is the Railroad Retirement Board's denial of a request to reopen a prior benefits determination a 'final decision' subject to judicial review? - Argued November 2, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-199.mp3 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:49:57 PST U.S. Supreme Court Eighth Amendment: Must the sentencing authority make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before imposing a sentence of life without parole? - Argued November 3, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1259.mp3 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:53:06 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does the 'use of force' clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act encompass crimes with a mens rea of mere recklessness? - Argued November 3, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-5410.mp3 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:57:16 PST U.S. Supreme Court Religious Liberty: May the state condition a religious agency's ability to participate in the foster care system on taking actions and making statements that contradict the agency's religious beliefs? - Argued November 4, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-123.mp3 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 18:00:50 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Must the government serve a removable alien with a notice containing all the information contained in 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a) in order to trigger the "stop time rule"? - Argued November 9, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-863.mp3 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:08:43 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: When the United States prevails under the Federal Tort Claims Act, is a plaintiff estopped from bringing a Bivens action relating to the same underlying facts? - Argued November 9, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-546.mp3 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:11:46 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does the repeal of the tax penalty supporting the individual mandate compel the invalidation of the Affordable Care Act in toto? - Argued November 10, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-840.mp3 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 11:18:18 PST Wisconsin Supreme Court Police Powers: Does the governor of Wisconsin have the power to issue multiple emergency orders to address the COVID-19 pandemic without the Legislature voting to extend them? - Argued November 16, 2020 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/WI/20AP1718-OA.m4a Wed, 18 Nov 2020 12:32:42 PST USDC, MD Pennsylvania Election Law: Should Pennsylvania be prohibited from certifying its presidential election results due to President Trump's allegation of voting irregularities? - Argued November 17, 2020 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/mdpa/20-cv-2078.mp3 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 11:45:56 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Does the state secrets privilege allow the government to conceal whether a U.S. citizen is being targeted for assassination? - Argued November 16, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2020.nsf/F0995D9BB5E6DA82852586220060675D/$file/19-5328.mp3 Fri, 20 Nov 2020 10:14:53 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: May the president limit the census enumeration to only a state's lawful residents? - Argued November 30, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-366.mp3 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:14:11 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does a person who is authorized to access information on a computer for certain purposes violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act if he accesses the same information for an improper purpose? - Argued November 30, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-783.mp3 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:16:49 PST U.S. Supreme Court International Law: May U.S. corporations be sued under the Alien Tort Statute for aiding and abetting child slavery abroad based on general corporate activity in the United States? - Argued December 1, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-416.mp3 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:19:55 PST U.S. Supreme Court Tax: Does the Anti-Injunction Act bar challenges to regulatory mandates issued by administrative agencies? - Argued December 1, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-930.mp3 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:23:06 PST Pennsylvania Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: May past but uncharged allegations of sexual assault by Bill Cosby be admitted to convict him of rape? - Argued December 1, 2020 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/PA/39-MAP-2020.mp3 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:48:37 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does the unanimous jury requirement the Court identified in Ramos v. Louisiana apply retroactively? - Argued December 2, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-5807.mp3 Thu, 03 Dec 2020 08:48:37 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit COVID: May a district court compel a prison to take extra hygiene precautions to protect elderly inmates from COVID infection? - Argued December 3, 2020 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/20/20-20525_12-3-2020.mp3 Fri, 04 Dec 2020 07:08:36 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May a court abstain where foreign nationals have sued their home country in the United States without exhausting the remedies available to them in their home country? - Argued December 7, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/18-1447.mp3 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 12:24:40 PST U.S. Supreme Court International Law: Does the expropriation exception to foreign sovereign immunity apply where a country takes the property of its own nationals in supposed violation of international human rights law? - Argued December 7, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-351.mp3 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 12:28:05 PST U.S. Supreme Court Technology: Does an automatic platform for sending text messages constitute an "automatic telephone dialing system" if it does not message phone numbers randomly? - Argued December 8, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-511.mp3 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 09:11:10 PST U.S. Supreme Court Arbitration: Does a provision in an arbitration agreement that exempts certain claims from arbitration negate the delegation of questions of arbitrability to an arbitrator? - Argued December 8, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-963.mp3 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 09:14:53 PST USCA, Third Circuit Tax: Does the Tax Injunction Act apply to challenges to the tax laws of insular possessions? - Argued December 8, 2020 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/20-1964_20-1965_AmericanResortDevv.GovVirginIslands.mp3 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 09:21:20 PST USCA, Second Circuit COVID: Is New York's restaurant curfew, barring the service of food after a certain hour, a lawful means to limit the spread of COVID-19? - Argued December 8, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5b10a6c1-533a-422f-8cbd-6b43e6b61607/1/doc/20-3574.mp3 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 09:24:59 PST U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Does the single-head structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency violate the separation of powers? - Argued December 9, 2020 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-422.mp3 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:41:32 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Labor: May employees, who live in right-to-work states, refuse to pay non-member dues to a national union that represents the employees of an out-of-state employer? - Argued December 9, 2020 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/20/20-50319_12-9-2020.mp3 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 06:20:28 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: May a man maintain a discrimination action against a male employer for sex discrimination? - Argued December 10, 2020 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/19-1215-20201210.mp3 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:09:13 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit COVID: Must churches be entitled to the same 25% capacity cap imposed on other Nevada businesses to suppress the spread of COVID-19? - Argued December 8, 2020 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2020/12/09/20-16274.mp3 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:15:56 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Criminal Procedure: Did the district judge improperly dismiss the conviction of a former Michael Flynn associate convicted of acting as an unregistered foreign agent? - Argued December 11, 2020 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/19-4803-20201211.mp3 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:16:52 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Did the Trump Administration properly invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to ban the use of TikTok? - Argued December 14, 2020 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2020.nsf/31F182605F720B498525863E0064C310/$file/20-5302.mp3 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 07:57:27 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Criminal Procedure: Does a cash bail schedule, which sets bail based on the charge irrespective of the defendant's ability to pay, violate due process? - Argued December 16, 2020 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/18-13894.mp3 Thu, 17 Dec 2020 19:18:27 PST USCA, First Circuit Fourth Amendment: Must government agents obtain a warrant before searching the electronic devices of travelers crossing an international border into the United States? - Argued January 5, 2021 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/20-1077.mp3 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 06:42:37 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: Where a judge and the judge's aide violate the rules of professional conduct by secretly negotiating with a party to a case for employment, is the vacatur of the proceedings required? - Argued January 11, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2020.nsf/FDA427C85CDA26DE8525865A005AB5DE/$file/19-1212.mp3 Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:08:18 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Is the detention of an alien who is challenging a reinstated removal order governed by 8 U.S.C. 1231, or instead by 8 U.S.C. 1226? - Argued January 11, 2021 http://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-897.mp3 Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:15:34 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does the government's post-filing change of an unconstitutional policy moot nominal-damages claims that vindicate the government's past, completed violation of a plaintiff's constitutional rights? - Argued January 12, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-968.mp3 Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:23:49 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Does the Federal Trade Commission's power to issue injunctions include the power to demand monetary relief, such as restitution? - Argued January 13, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-508.mp3 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:02:39 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit FOIA: May the FBI withhold documents reflecting its agents' practice of impersonating journalists during investigations? - Argued January 12, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2020.nsf/515FC3CA20D6BAC18525865C00642D54/$file/20-5091.mp3 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:08:36 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit FOIA: May the CIA withhold documents reflecting what it knew about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi? - Argued January 12, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2020.nsf/6E0096401B6E33E48525865C00642D4E/$file/20-5045.mp3 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:11:14 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Procedure: Does CDA § 230 bar Los Angeles from enjoining car-share company, Turo, from letting users leave cars at LAX due to their contribution to traffic congestion? - Argued January 12, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/01/13/20-55729.mp3 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:16:35 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Securities: Did Volkswagen have a fiduciary duty to its bond holders to disclose the fraudulent emissions testing of its hybrid diesel cars? - Argued January 12, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/01/13/20-15564.mp3 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:20:17 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit National Security: Does the President have the authority to block the WeChat app on national security grounds? - Argued January 14, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/01/15/20-16908.mp3 Fri, 15 Jan 2021 07:44:11 PST USCA, First Circuit First Amendment: Does the First Amendment protect cockfighting? - Argued December 8, 2020 https://www.courtlistener.com/mp3/2020/12/08/hernandez-gotay_v._united_states_cl.mp3 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:23:07 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit First Amendment: May Wisconsin require practicing lawyers to be admitted to the State Bar Association? - Argued January 15, 2021 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/ds.20-2387.20-2387_01_15_2021.mp3 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:28:33 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: What administrative record must the FCC create to change media ownership rules? - Argued January 19, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-1231.mp3 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 10:48:29 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May a court of appeals review any issue encompassed in a district court's order remanding a removed case where the defendant premised removal on the federal-officer removal statute? - Argued January 19, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-1189.mp3 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 10:52:53 PST USCA, Second Circuit Privacy: Do police officers have a privacy right against the public disclosure of their disciplinary records under State law? - Argued January 19, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/d71e80c0-ddcc-44b7-8027-218566b34858/6/doc/20-2789%2C%2020-3177.mp3 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:26:29 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Tax: Is it constitutional to deny otherwise lawful marijuana businesses tax deductions for business expenses? - Argued February 9, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/02/10/19-73078.mp3 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:26:04 PST U.S. Supreme Court Water Rights: Is Florida entitled to equitable apportionment of the waters of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and injunctive relief against Georgia to sustain an adequate flow of fresh water into the Apalachicola Region? - Argued February 22, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/142-Orig_2.mp3 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:58:03 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Are the claims made by an asylum applicant presumptively true when an immigration judge fails to make an adverse credibility determination? - Argued February 23, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-1155.mp3 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:03:20 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Criminal Procedure: May jurors be dismissed if they express a conviction during deliberations that the "holy spirit" has told them the defendant is not guilty? - Argued February 23, 2021 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/17-15470_0.mp3?download=1 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:26:18 PST U.S. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Does pursuit of a person who a police officer has probable cause to believe has committed a misdemeanor categorically qualify as an exigent circumstance sufficient to allow the officer to enter a home without a warrant? - Argued February 24, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-18.mp3 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 06:08:10 PST U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Are patent judges principal officers for the purposes of the Appointments Clause? - Argued March 1, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-1434.mp3 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 06:09:03 PST U.S. Supreme Court Voting Rights: Does the Voting Rights Act compel states to authorize any voting practice used disproportionately by racial minorities? - Argued March 2, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-1257.mp3 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:38:44 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Must Social Security claimants raise Appointments Clause challenges before Administrative Law Judges? - Argued March 3, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-1442.mp3 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:42:08 PST USCA, First Circuit Labor: Does the Federal Arbitration Act’s exemption for transportation workers “engaged in interstate commerce” cover rideshare drivers? - Argued March 2, 2021 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/20-1373.mp3 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:49:02 PST USCA, First Circuit Labor: Are rideshare drivers appropriately classified as independent contractors? - Argued March 2, 2021 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/20-1386.mp3 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:52:08 PST Minnesota Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure: Did the officer who strangled George Floyd commit an act "eminently dangerous to others" sufficient to be charged with third-degree murder? - Argued March 1, 2021 http://mnstcourts.hs.llnwd.net/v1/mjbaud2021/2021-03-01_A21-0201.mp3 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 06:10:35 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: Are religious employers entitled to enjoin HHS from issuing rules requiring healthcare coverage that does not discriminate on the basis of gender identity? - Argued March 3, 2021 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/20/20-10093_3-3-2021.mp3 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 06:18:50 PST USCA, Sixth Circuit Civil Procedure: Can GM sue Fiat Chrysler under RICO for bribing United Auto Workers officials on the theory that the bribery scheme resulted in GM incurring higher labor costs? - Argued March 4, 2021 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/03-04-2021%20-%20Thursday/20-1791%20General%20Motors%20LLC%20et%20al%20v%20FCA%20US%20LLC%20et%20al.mp3 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 06:06:49 PST Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Separation of Powers: Is the extension of court-martial jurisdiction over military retirees constitutional? - Argued March 9, 2021 https://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/newcaaf/CourtAudio9/20210309A.mp3 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:33:23 PST USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Is nearly two years of confinement for contempt against a former lawyer who refuses to provide access to electronic records excessive? - Argued March 10, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/b1cf1375-f5b6-4f4a-b8ad-e14eb334ac10/4/doc/20-1710.mp3 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 06:32:11 PST USCA, Sixth Circuit Federalism: Does the dormant Commerce Clause prevent state officials from investigating COVID-19 related price gouging by online retailers? - Argued March 10, 2021 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/03-10-2021%20-%20Wednesday/20-5723%20Online%20Merchants%20Guild%20v%20Daniel%20Cameron.mp3 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 06:35:25 PST USCA, Second Circuit Free Speech: May New York enjoin anti-abortion activists for engaging in protests that New York state claims interfere with women's access to abortion clinics? - Argued September 26, 2019 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/aaac810b-4e94-47c4-9318-f200d99649df/275/doc/18-2454%2C%2018-2623%2C%2018-2627.mp3 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:03:36 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Eighth Amendment: Do inmates have a constitutional right to sunlight? - Argued March 11, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/03/11/20-15341.mp3 Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:58:28 PDT Washington Supreme Court Eighth Amendment: Did Seattle violate the Homestead Act and the Excessive Fines Clause, when they towed the truck that a man was using as his home? - Argued March 16, 2021 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/WA/98824-2.mp3 Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:40:00 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Antitrust: Are Chinese vitamin exporters liable for antitrust violations when their collusive conduct was compelled by Chinese regulators? - Argued March 17, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/fa6958ca-58ee-4e79-a0b7-8d1f444abdd9/1/doc/13-4791.mp3 Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:49:13 PDT USCA, Federal Circuit Separation of Powers: May the President unilaterally raise national security tariffs previously imposed under the Trade Expansion Act? - Argued March 18, 2021 http://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=20-2157_03182021.mp3 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:15:41 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Property: Does a California law permitting labor organizers to enter private property without the business owner's consent constitute an uncompensated taking? - Argued March 22, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-107.mp3 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:11:37 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does an officer from an Indian tribe have the power to arrest non-Indians on non-Indian land for violations of non-Indian law? - Argued March 23, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-1414.mp3 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:05:11 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Does the "community caretaking" exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement extend to the home? - Argued March 24, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-157.mp3 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 11:52:14 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Securities: Can a defendant in a securities class action rebut the presumption of classwide reliance recognized in Basic by pointing to the generic nature of the alleged misstatements? - Argued March 29, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-222.mp3 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:21:57 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Are class actions permissible under the Fair Credit Reporting Act when the named plaintiff's injuries are atypically severe compared to the class as a whole? - Argued March 30, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-297.mp3 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:01:46 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Antitrust: Do the NCAA's eligibility rules restricting the compensation of student-athletes violate antitrust law? - Argued March 31, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-512.mp3 Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:10:06 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Civil Procedure: Can consumers sue companies that market dog food as biologically appropriate and made with fresh regional ingredients, when it contains potentially toxic chemicals and non-regional ingredients? - Argued April 1, 2021 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/ds.20-2235.20-2235_04_05_2021.mp3 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 09:03:37 PDT USCA, Second Circuit International Law: Is a sovereign-owned bank immune from prosecution? - Argued April 12, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/42b8d0b8-caf0-4ae2-97bc-2bf0c2684fb2/6/doc/20-3499.mp3 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 08:32:52 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Contracts: Are business losses suffered from closures made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic covered by business interruption insurance? - Argued April 14, 2021 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2021/4/203211.mp3 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:34:57 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Criminal Procedure: En banc - Do Jeffrey Epstein's victims have the right under the Crime Victims' Rights Act to challenge the federal government's refusal to prosecute him in 2007? - Argued December 3, 2020 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/19-13843_0.mp3 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:49:49 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Indian Law: Are Alaskan regional and village corporations "Indian Tribes"? - Argued April 19, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-543.mp3 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 07:10:36 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Does a grant of Temporary Protected Status authorize eligible noncitizens to obtain lawful-permanent-resident status? - Argued April 19, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-315.mp3 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 07:12:51 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: When applying plain-error review based upon an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, may a circuit court of appeals review matters outside the trial record? - Argued April 20, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-8709.mp3 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:48:07 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is a defendant who pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon automatically entitled to plain-error relief if the district court did not advise him that an element of the offense is knowledge of his status as a felon? - Argued April 20, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-444.mp3 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:51:18 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Do district courts lack discretion to deny or reduce appellate costs deemed “taxable” in district court under Fed. R. App. P. 39(e)? - Argued April 21, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-334.mp3 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:19:14 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: May a defendant in a patent infringement action who assigned the patent, or is in privity with an assignor of the patent, assert a defense of invalidity? - Argued April 21, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-440.mp3 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:21:57 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Civil Procedure: Can Carter Page assert jurisdiction over the Democratic National Committee in Illinois over a libel suit arising out of the so-called Steele Dossier? - Argued April 21, 2021 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/ds.20-2781.20-2781_04_21_2021.mp3 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 06:43:14 PDT U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment: Does strict scrutiny apply to disclosure requirements that burden non-electoral, expressive association rights? - Argued April 26, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-251.mp3 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 18:36:41 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: Does a settlement that disclaims any liability determination trigger a contribution claim under CERCLA? - Argued April 26, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-382.mp3 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 18:39:47 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: To qualify for a hardship exemption from the Renewable Fuel Standards, does a small refinery need to receive uninterrupted, continuous hardship exemptions for every year since 2011? - Argued April 27, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-472.mp3 Wed, 28 Apr 2021 07:22:00 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: When can a defendant charged with unlawful reentry assert the invalidity of the original order of removal as an affirmative defense if they previously failed to exhaust administrative remedies? - Argued April 27, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-437.mp3 Wed, 28 Apr 2021 07:26:38 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Should Ghislaine Maxwell, alleged co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, be granted bail due to the allegedly harsh conditions of her pre-trial confinement? - Argued April 26, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/71114049-25aa-459f-921a-e47979b35d50/5/doc/21-58%2C%2021-770.mp3 Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:51:47 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Criminal Procedure: Can someone be guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud if the alleged victim of the scheme suffered no harm? - Argued April 27, 2021 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/18-15019.mp3 Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:56:51 PDT U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment: May public school officials regulate off campus speech that would materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school? - Argued April 28, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-255.mp3 Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:02:18 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does the Natural Gas Act delegate to FERC certificate holders eminent domain powers to condemn land in which a state claims an interest? - Argued April 28, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-1039.mp3 Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:06:32 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Rights: Does a State deny due process when it arbitrarily delays the review of applications to grow marijuana? - Argued April 30, 2021 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/19-14930.mp3 Mon, 03 May 2021 07:41:56 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: May a State prohibit males who identify as female from playing on women's sports teams? - Argued May 3, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/05/04/20-35813.mp3 Tue, 04 May 2021 06:32:00 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Criminal Procedure: When does a juror's use of social media require their disqualification? - Argued May 3, 2021 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/19-4137-20210503.mp3 Tue, 04 May 2021 06:37:10 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Do pre-August 3, 2010 crack offenders have a “covered offense” under Section 404 of the First Step Act? - Argued May 4, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-5904.mp3 Tue, 04 May 2021 11:46:48 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Procedure: Does Wikimedia have organizational standing to challenge upstream data surveillance by the federal government? - Argued March 12, 2021 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/20-1191-20210312.mp3 Wed, 05 May 2021 06:02:14 PDT USCA, First Circuit Civil Rights: Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac government actors such that they must comply with due process when conducting a foreclosure? - Argued May 4, 2021 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/20-1673.mp3 Wed, 05 May 2021 06:08:40 PDT USCA, First Circuit Civil Rights: Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac government actors such that they must comply with due process when conducting a foreclosure? - Argued May 4, 2021 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/20-2025.mp3 Wed, 05 May 2021 06:11:06 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Free Speech: Is mandatory pre-publication review of former government employees' writings an unconstitutional prior restraint? - Argued May 4, 2021 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/20-1568-20210504.mp3 Wed, 05 May 2021 06:15:10 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Civil Rights: Did a Colorado ballot initiative stripping the State government of the power to raise taxes deprive Colorado citizens of their entitlement to a republican form of government? - Argued May 10, 2021 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/oralarguments/17/17-1192_enbanc.mp3 Wed, 12 May 2021 07:25:33 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Rights: Is sexual harassment by a landlord actionable under the Fair Housing Act? - Argued May 13, 2021 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/20-12620.mp3 Fri, 14 May 2021 09:47:19 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Human Rights: Can trafficking victims hold hotels secondarily liable for human trafficking done at their properties? - Argued May 18, 2021 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/20-11764.mp3 Wed, 19 May 2021 05:45:28 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Administrative Law: May employees obtain injunctions against employers who allegedly fail to take adequate precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19? - Argued May 19, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/c60fd657-cd70-4916-b3a6-79e4617a70f6/7/doc/20-3989.mp3 Thu, 20 May 2021 06:47:02 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Religious Liberty: May religious schools seek interlocutory relief when a district court finds that a teacher's claims are not barred by the ministerial exception? - Argued May 11, 2021 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/oralarguments/20/20-1230.mp3 Thu, 20 May 2021 06:52:34 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Death Penalty: Was the gunman who murdered nine worshipers at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston incompetent to stand trial on capital charges? - Argued May 25, 2021 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/17-0003-20210525.mp3 Wed, 26 May 2021 07:01:27 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Can the government freeze the accounts of an allegedly fraudulent charity, while its directors are facing criminal prosecution? - Argued June 1, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/40dd688d-5419-4bb0-a2cf-a650993427ab/2/doc/20-4274.mp3 Wed, 02 Jun 2021 06:58:33 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Civil Procedure: Do right of publicity claims fall within CDA § 230's exception for intellectual property claims brought against social media companies? - Argued June 2, 2021 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/20-2725Heppv.Facebooketal.mp3 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:39:48 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Abortion: May States impose a 48-hour waiting period on women seeking abortions? - Argued June 2, 2021 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/06-02-2021%20-%20Wednesday/20-6267%20Bristol%20Regional%20Womens%20Center%20v%20Herbert%20Slatery%20III%20et%20al.mp3 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 06:31:37 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Immigration: May localities challenge state sanctuary directives that prohibit information sharing with federal immigration authorities? - Argued June 3, 2021 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/20-2754BoardofChosenFreeholdersv.AttyGenStateofNJ.mp3 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 08:21:47 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Administrative Law: Did the DEA properly preserve marijuana's status as a Schedule I drug? - Argued June 10, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/06/11/20-71433.mp3 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:23:18 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Second Amendment: May California ban the possession of large capacity magazines for firearms? - Argued June 22, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/06/22/19-55376.mp3 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 14:15:49 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Civil Procedure: Does the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act immunize nursing homes from liability for wrongful death claims arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic? - Argued June 23, 2021 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/20-2833EstateofJosephMagliolietalvAllianceHCHoldingsLLCetal.mp3 Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:20:59 PDT Missouri Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Did a voter referendum amending the Missouri constitution to compel the expansion of Medicaid violate the Missouri constitution? - Argued July 13, 2021 https://www.courts.mo.gov/SupremeCourtVideo/SCaudio/SC99185.mp3 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:59:57 PDT USCA, Third Circuit COVID: Are legal challenges to COVID-19 restrictions now moot? - Argued July 22, 2021 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/20-2936CountyofButlerv.GovernorofPA.mp3 Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:12:16 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: Can One America News Network sue Rachel Maddow for libel for calling its broadcasts "Russian propaganda"? - Argued July 27, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/07/27/20-55579.mp3 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:46:00 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Election Law: Was it unconstitutional for Harris County, Texas, to permit drive-thru voting in the 2020 election? - Argued August 4, 2021 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/20/20-20574_8-4-2021.mp3 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 19:12:32 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit COVID: Is the cancellation of the minor league baseball season due to the COVID-19 pandemic covered by business interruption insurance? - Argued August 11, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/08/11/20-17422.mp3 Thu, 12 Aug 2021 07:26:52 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit COVID: Are temporary business closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic uncovered by business interruption insurance because they were not a “permanent dispossession or deprivation” of property? - Argued August 11, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/08/11/20-16858.mp3 Thu, 12 Aug 2021 07:31:55 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit COVID: May California businesses bring a class action against insurers who deny business interruption claims arising from the COVID-19 pandemic? - Argued August 11, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/08/11/21-55123.mp3 Thu, 12 Aug 2021 07:38:28 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Religious Liberty: May those convicted of vandalizing a nuclear weapons facility assert their sincerely held religious beliefs against nuclear weapons as a defense? - Argued August 13, 2021 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/20-14341.mp3 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 09:40:40 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Torts: Is it false advertising for Starbucks to claim that it strives to make the perfect cup of coffee, when it allegedly uses harmful pesticides in its stores? - Argued August 18, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/42655fc3-d574-4cc7-b8bf-c6aa7544e69b/3/doc/20-4050.mp3 Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:30:38 PDT USCA, Second Circuit COVID: Is the COVID pandemic a force majeure sufficient to cancel a contract to sell a painting at a public auction? - Argued August 19, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/da2e43ba-7b26-4327-8b0d-ed9674a370fa/2/doc/21-32.mp3 Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:02:29 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: Does a ban on women being topless at the beach, but not men, deny equal protection of the law? - Argued May 5, 2021 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/20-1530-20210505.mp3 Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:53:49 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Administrative Law: Are terminally ill patients entitled to use psilocybin under the federal Right-to-Try law? - Argued September 2, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/09/02/21-70544.mp3 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 06:35:01 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Immigration: Should the Biden Administration's revised removal priorities be permitted to go into effect while they are finalized? - Argued September 8, 2021 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-40618_9-8-2021.mp3 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 07:29:36 PDT USCA, First Circuit COVID: Can New Hampshire State lawmakers sue the State's Speaker of the House for requiring their physical presence to vote during the COVID-19 pandemic? - Argued September 10, 2021 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/21-1177.mp3 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:03:48 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Second Amendment: Do undocumented immigrants have a Second Amendment right to bear firearms? - Argued February 13, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/c965a94d-7824-401f-9bf7-c45e2aeaadf7/662/doc/19-620.mp3 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:11:58 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Privacy: Under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, is a defendant liable for each unauthorized disclosure of protected information, or only the first? - Argued September 14, 2021 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/gw.20-3202.20-3202_09_14_2021.mp3 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:20:01 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Federalism: Is Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act preempted by the Labor Management Relations Act? - Argued September 14, 2021 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/gw.21-1067.21-1067_09_14_2021.mp3 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:21:42 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Federalism: Is California's Net Neutrality law preempted by the federal Telecommunications Act? - Argued September 14, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/09/14/21-15430.mp3 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:25:58 PDT Texas Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Does the political question doctrine bar suits against military contractors? - Argued September 14, 2021 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/TX/TX_20-0270.mp3 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:03:33 PDT USCA, First Circuit Employment: Is it racial discrimination to sanction an employee for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask? - Argued September 15, 2021 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/21-1171.mp3 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 05:48:38 PDT Missouri Supreme Court Privacy: If a teacher uploads students' private information to a cloud storage service like Google Drive, has the teacher improperly "disclosed" that information under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act? - Argued September 14, 2021 https://www.courts.mo.gov/SupremeCourtVideo/SCaudio/SC98959.mp3 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 05:56:17 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Free Speech: To what extent may the federal judiciary restrict off-duty political activity by its staff? - Argued September 20, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/6A54F0701DF43DEC852587560058BDEA/$file/20-5183.mp3 Tue, 21 Sep 2021 08:15:18 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Fourth Amendment: Does a citizen have standing to challenge warrantless search policies at the border? - Argued September 20, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/9DAC783E5EF29AA2852587560058BDEF/$file/20-5202.mp3 Tue, 21 Sep 2021 08:19:24 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Abortion: May Missouri ban abortions motivated by a diagnosis of Down Syndrome? - Argued September 21, 2021 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2021/9/192882eb.mp3 Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:22:42 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Procedure: Is there personal jurisdiction over the owner of a Japanese ship that collided with a U.S. naval vessel in Japanese territorial waters? - Argued September 21, 2021 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/20/20-30382_9-21-2021.mp3 Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:31:10 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Voting Rights: May Mississippi disenfranchise citizens based upon their commission of a selective list of felonies, which initially was crafted to prevent black people from voting? - Argued September 22, 2021 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/19/19-60632_9-22-2021.mp3 Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:37:14 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Civil Procedure: Must venue lie in federal court for wrongful death suits brought against a meatpacking plant, where supervisors started a betting pool on how many employees would die of COVID, on the ground the meatpacking plant was operating under federal guidance? - Argued September 23, 2021 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2021/9/203518.mp3 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:24:44 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Abortion: May Georgia ban abortions once an embryonic heartbeat can be detected? - Argued September 24, 2021 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/20-13024.mp3 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:17:42 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Contracts: May Revlon's creditors keep the inadvertent pre-payment of its debts under the rule of discharge for value? - Argued September 29, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/85fc1560-7c64-447f-845f-2df0b7f3c0e0/4/doc/21-487.mp3 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 07:43:05 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Are Guantanamo detainees entitled to due process? - Argued September 30, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/84546B2E94BC3E278525876000592921/$file/19-5079.mp3 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:02:48 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Tax: Must Congress permit taxpayers to deduct state and local taxes from their income? - Argued December 3, 2020 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/92946262-7107-42ae-8dac-ab15f76d716b/56/doc/19-3962.mp3 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:03:36 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Water Rights: Does Tennessee have the unilateral right to draw ground water that crosses its border with Mississippi? - Argued October 4, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/143-Orig.mp3 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:10:42 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Do burglaries occur on “occasions different from one another” under the Armed Career Criminal Act, if a defendant robs multiple storage units within a single storage facility? - Argued October 4, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-5279.mp3 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:14:55 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Habeas Corpus: May a federal habeas court grant relief based solely on its conclusion that the State court's error caused the defendant "actual prejudice"? - Argued October 5, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-826.mp3 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:19:12 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does a criminal defendant who opens the door to responsive evidence forfeit the right to exclude other evidence otherwise barred by the Confrontation Clause? - Argued October 5, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-637.mp3 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:21:25 PDT U.S. Supreme Court National Security: May the United States assert the state secrets privilege to prevent the disclosure of the use of torture? - Argued October 6, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-827.mp3 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 10:58:52 PDT New York Court of Appeals Criminal Law: Are fantasy sports gambling? - Argued October 5, 2021 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NY/21-59.mp3 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:34:22 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit International Law: Is Hungary immune from suit in a case to recover artwork looted during World War II? - Argued October 6, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/66F4587375715248852587670054F4BC/$file/20-7047%20and%2020-8001.mp3 Fri, 08 Oct 2021 07:25:40 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May a state attorney general vested with the power to defend state law intervene to defend the constitutionality of a state law when no other state actor will defend the law? - Argued October 12, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-601.mp3 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:32:38 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: To maintain a § 1983 action for false arrest, must the plaintiff's prosecution have ended in a manner that affirmatively indicates his innocence or in a manner not inconsistent with his innocence? - Argued October 12, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-659.mp3 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:10:22 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: In the case of the Boston Marathon Bombing, was the defendant entitled to be prosecuted in a venue other than Boston? - Argued October 13, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-443.mp3 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:13:10 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Is a civil-service pension payment based on dual-status military technician service to the National Guard a payment based wholly on service as a member of a uniformed service? - Argued October 13, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-480.mp3 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:15:02 PDT USCA, Second Circuit COVID: May New York City require its schoolteachers to be vaccinated against COVID? - Argued October 15, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/96317d7e-da01-401c-8cd7-cca3f8562cfb/4/doc/21-601.mp3 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:25:13 PDT Supreme Court of Canada Criminal Procedure: Does a criminal defendant have a constitutional right to raise voluntary intoxication as a defense? - Argued October 12, 2021 https://video.isilive.ca/scc/2021/2021-10-12--39270-english.mp3 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:29:59 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: May LinkedIn restrict third-party businesses from accessing its users' public profiles? - Argued October 18, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/10/18/17-16783.mp3 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 07:01:19 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Can HSBC be held liable under the Antiterrorism Act for allegedly facilitating money laundering for terrorist organizations? - Argued October 18, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/655622C724871973852587720051222F/$file/21-7018.mp3 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 07:06:48 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May Congress subject military retirees to court-martial jurisdiction? - Argued October 22, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/CBC74C3CE3BB83388525877600543100/$file/21-5012.mp3 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:25:13 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Was Steven Donziger entitled to bail pending his appeal challenging the constitutionality of his prosecution? - Argued October 26, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/b495d24a-6568-4fa3-9be1-b4cc8babcf19/1/doc/21-2486.mp3 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:50:47 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Did juror misconduct deny El Chapo Guzman a fair trial? - Argued October 25, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/ade1e770-49fa-4c7d-b178-e5f67aa013f5/16/doc/19-2239.mp3 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:53:47 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Employment: Does transferring (or refusing to transfer) an employee based upon their race violate Title VII? - Argued October 26, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/C227ECB3F50CEC698525877A005B18EB/$file/19-7098%20En%20Banc.mp3 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:57:44 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Second Amendment: Was it Constitutional to categorize gun stores as non-essential businesses in the context of the COVID pandemic? - Argued October 27, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/ade1e770-49fa-4c7d-b178-e5f67aa013f5/4/doc/20-3187.mp3 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 11:48:13 PDT USCA, Second Circuit COVID: May healthcare employees be compelled to receive the COVID vaccine without a religious exemption? - Argued October 27, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/ade1e770-49fa-4c7d-b178-e5f67aa013f5/1/doc/21-5266%2C%2021-2179.mp3 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 11:51:43 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Contracts: Does a State law that newly permits the disclosure of police disciplinary records violate the Contracts Clause? - Argued October 29, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/cde185f6-a872-4f31-b704-b7c440a2c73a/3/doc/20-3530-.mp3 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:37:35 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: Are university adjudicators in Title IX proceedings entitled to quasi-judicial immunity? - Argued October 29, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/cde185f6-a872-4f31-b704-b7c440a2c73a/2/doc/21-95.mp3 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:42:50 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Abortion: May Texas create a private right of action against those who obtain or facilitate abortions? - Argued November 1, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-463.mp3 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:23:34 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Abortion: May the United States sue to enjoin State judicial officials from enforcing a law that impairs the right to obtain an abortion? - Argued November 1, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-588.mp3 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:26:43 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit First Amendment: May the government categorically deny PPP loans to strip clubs? - Argued November 1, 2021 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/gw.21-2589.21-2589_11_01_2021.mp3 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 06:05:02 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: Does the First Amendment restrict the authority of an elected body to issue a censure resolution in response to a member's speech? - Argued November 2, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-804.mp3 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:15:09 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Arbitration: Do federal courts have subject-matter jurisdiction over arbitration awards, where the underlying dispute involved a federal question? - Argued November 2, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1143.mp3 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:18:28 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Immigration: May the Biden Administration rescind the Trump Administration's "remain in Mexico" policy for asylum applicants? - Argued November 2, 2021 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-10806_11-2-2021.mp3 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 07:00:32 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment: When, if ever, must a State grant licenses to carry concealed firearms? - Argued November 3, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-843.mp3 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:33:34 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment: Does the Constitution protect an individual right to bear arms? - Argued March 18, 2008 https://s3.amazonaws.com/oyez.case-media.mp3/case_data/2007/07-290/20080318a_07-290.delivery.mp3 Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:26:17 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Procedure: Do tech workers have standing to challenge a work-permit program targeted to foreign science and math students? - Argued November 4, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/2FF0A924777533398525878200582368/$file/21-5028.mp3 Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:32:06 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Privacy: Does the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act displace the state-secrets privilege in cases alleging unlawful surveillance? - Argued November 8, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-828.mp3 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 10:23:58 PST U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: Must a claim of copyright infringement be submitted to the Copyright Office where there is no indicia of fraud or material error? - Argued November 8, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-915.mp3 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 10:28:14 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Did Congress violate equal protection by denying social security benefits to residents of Puerto Rico? - Argued November 9, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-303.mp3 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:56:42 PST U.S. Supreme Court Religious Freedom: Does the State’s decision to allow a pastor to enter the execution chamber, but forbid the pastor from laying his hands on his parishioner as he dies, burden the exercise of his religion? - Argued November 9, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-5592.mp3 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:59:08 PST U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: Is a zoning restriction that distinguishes between on- and off-premise signs a facially unconstitutional content-based regulation of speech? - Argued November 10, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1029.mp3 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:08:32 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: May a hospital's entitlement to additional reimbursement for serving low-income patients be calculated based upon the number of patients who are "eligible" for Medicare, or only those who are "entitled" to Medicare? - Argued November 29, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1312.mp3 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:30:19 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Are damages for emotional distress available for civil rights claims under Title VI? - Argued November 30, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-219.mp3 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:33:09 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Is HHS entitled to Chevron deference when devising the formula for drug cost reimbursements under Medicare? - Argued November 30, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1114.mp3 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:36:41 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May a former President assert Executive privilege when the sitting President has waived the privilege? - Argued November 30, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/FD54BD71E064ED088525879D00650B05/$file/21-5254.mp3 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:39:19 PST USCA, Second Circuit Separation of Powers: May a district judge appoint a private attorney to prosecute a criminal contempt when the Justice Department declines? - Argued November 30, 2021 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/1925320a-42d3-41c6-9509-5a6e7e315f5c/1/doc/21-2486-.mp3 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:20:20 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Environmental Law: Should the construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Library be halted to conduct a more comprehensive assessment of its environmental impact? - Argued November 30, 2021 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/gw.21-2449.21-2449_11_30_2021.mp3 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 10:56:28 PST U.S. Supreme Court Abortion: Are all prohibitions on elective pre-viability abortions unconstitutional? - Argued December 1, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-1392.mp3 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:00:39 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit FOIA: May the DOJ withhold its memoranda examining whether former President Trump obstructed justice in the context of the Mueller Investigation? - Argued December 1, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/6627BA7F707D66718525879E0064DC98/$file/21-5113.mp3 Thu, 02 Dec 2021 07:33:22 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Is a noncitizen inadmissible for "falsely representing" themselves as a U.S. citizen for a government benefit when the misrepresentation was immaterial? - Argued December 6, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-979.mp3 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 06:14:54 PST U.S. Supreme Court ERISA: Are allegations that a defined-contribution retirement plan paid or charged its participants fees that substantially exceeded fees for alternative available investment products sufficient to state a claim under ERISA? - Argued December 6, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-1401.mp3 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 06:17:04 PST USCA, First Circuit Federalism: Does judicial immunity protect state judges from federal prosecution for their judicial acts? - Argued December 6, 2021 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/20-1787.mp3 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 06:18:44 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of "crime of violence" exclude attempted Hobbs Act robbery? - Argued December 7, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1459.mp3 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:13:35 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Intellectual Property: Is it fair use to tweet a page from a book? - Argued December 7, 2021 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-10504_12-7-2021.mp3 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:08:29 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit COVID: Are students entitled to a refund of tuition due to a university's closure of facilities and use of remote instruction in response to COVID? - Argued December 7, 2021 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/mm.21-1304.21-1304_12_07_2021.mp3 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:15:26 PST U.S. Supreme Court Establishment Clause: Must a state permit funds from a student-aid program to be used toward religious, or "sectarian," instruction? - Argued December 8, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1088.mp3 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:04:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Habeas Corpus: Does the ineffective assistance of state counsel provide an exception to AEDPA's prohibition on a habeas petitioner relying upon evidence not developed in the state court proceeding? - Argued December 8, 2021 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1009.mp3 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:08:28 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit First Amendment: Is the owner of a Miami sex club liable to models whose images were unwittingly used in the club's advertisements? - Argued December 8, 2021 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/20-11315.mp3 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:17:54 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: Can recording artists sue as a class for the bootlegging of their concerts? - Argued December 9, 2021 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2021/12/09/20-17397.mp3 Sat, 11 Dec 2021 05:57:50 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: Is Congress' subpoena for former President Trump's financial records lawful? - Argued December 14, 2021 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/4BBC135F9459ECEB852587AA0064EED9/$file/21-5176.mp3 Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:46:39 PST USCA, Eighth Circuit Religious Liberty: May religious employers block the government from promulgating regulations mandating health care coverage for transgender procedures? - Argued December 15, 2021 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2021/12/211890.mp3 Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:11:43 PST Connecticut Supreme Court Civil Liberties: Must the police abide by traffic laws when surveilling criminal suspects? - Argued December 15, 2021 https://mediaservices.jud.ct.gov/courtaudio/supApp/2021/51/Daley%20SC%2020498.mp3 Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:16:40 PST Missouri Supreme Court Privacy: Does a State constitutional guarantee of confidentiality for applications for marijuana licenses bar state agencies from disclosing application information in litigation? - Argued December 14, 2021 https://www.courts.mo.gov/SupremeCourtVideo/SCaudio/SC99205.mp3 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 11:49:29 PST Ohio Supreme Court Voting Rights: Did the Ohio legislature violate the State constitution by redistricting for a partisan advantage? - Argued December 28, 2021 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/OH/21-1428.mp3 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 11:58:09 PST Supreme Court of Canada Criminal Procedure: Is a man guilty of rape if he falsely assures a woman that he is wearing a condom during sex? - Argued November 3, 2021 https://video.isilive.ca/scc/2021/2021-11-03--39287-english.mp3 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 07:45:54 PST USCA, First Circuit COVID: May Maine strip prison inmates of unemployment benefits received for work-release jobs they lost due to the pandemic? - Argued January 3, 2022 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/21-1346.mp3 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 09:44:46 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit COVID: Did United Airlines unlawfully discriminate on the basis of religion by requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19? - Argued January 3, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-11159_01-03-2022.mp3 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 09:47:10 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: When are police officers entitled to qualified immunity for tasing criminal suspects in the course of an arrest? - Argued January 6, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/20/20-40334_1-6-2022.mp3 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:38:24 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Abortion: Is SB8, which provides a private right of action against anyone who participates in an abortion after six weeks, constitutional? - Argued January 7, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-50792_1-7-2022.mp3 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 12:41:52 PST U.S. Supreme Court COVID: Should the Court order a stay of OSHA's vaccine-or-testing regime for all businesses with 100 or more employees? - Argued January 7, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21A244.mp3 Sat, 08 Jan 2022 04:26:33 PST U.S. Supreme Court COVID: Should the Supreme Court stay a federal rule that requires non-exempt health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19? - Argued January 7, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21A240.mp3 Sat, 08 Jan 2022 04:27:25 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: May a state Medicaid program recover reimbursement for its payment of past medical expenses by taking funds from a beneficiary's tort recovery for future medical expenses? - Argued January 10, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1263.mp3 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 14:35:43 PST USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: Does the discovery rule toll the statute of limitations for claims against Chase for its alleged complicity in the Iranian hostage crisis? - Argued January 10, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/85861b4f-b0ff-45e9-bfdc-e13a76cd143a/3/doc/21-552.mp3 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 14:38:08 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Is an alien who is detained under 8 U.S.C. 1231 statutorily entitled to a bond hearing after six months of detention? - Argued January 11, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/19-896.mp3 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:10:42 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Do district courts have jurisdiction to grant classwide injunctive relief under 8 U.S.C. 1252(f)(1)? - Argued January 11, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-322.mp3 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:12:42 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Is the 30-day time limit to file a petition for review in the Tax Court jurisdictional? - Argued January 12, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1472.mp3 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:59:58 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Intellectual Property: Can a software platform be copyrighted? - Argued January 13, 2022 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=21-1542_01132022.mp3 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 14:45:27 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Abortion: Do Indiana's restrictions on who may provide abortions, requirements for in-person consultation, and compelled physician disclosures unduly burden a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy? - Argued January 12, 2022 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/mm.21-2480.21-2480_01_12_2022.mp3 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 14:50:34 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Federalism: Does the American Rescue Plan's prohibition on using COVID relief funds to finance tax cuts unconstitutionally infringe on the sovereign rights of the States? - Argued January 13, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/01/13/21-16227.mp3 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:33:30 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Intellectual Property: What is an adhesive? - Argued January 13, 2022 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=21-1166_01132022.mp3 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:35:40 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit COVID: Are university students entitled to refunds because of the move to virtual learning and other COVID restrictions? - Argued January 14, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/DB2374FE0516B5A1852587CA006CDDD5/$file/21-7040%20and%2021-7064.mp3 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:53:02 PST U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: May a city restrict religious speakers from using a state sponsored public forum? - Argued January 18, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1800.mp3 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:54:02 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: For state law claims brought under the FSIA, do you apply federal common law or the forum state’s choice-of-law rules to determine what substantive law governs? - Argued January 18, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1566.mp3 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:57:47 PST U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: May Congress limit the amount of funds raised after an election that may be used toward paying off a candidate's personal loans to their campaign? - Argued January 19, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-12.mp3 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:52:18 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: When deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" under the First Step Act, must a district court consider intervening legal and factual developments? - Argued January 19, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1650.mp3 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:52:55 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Immigration: Does the COVID pandemic provide a basis on which the Biden Administration can summarily expel migrant families seeking asylum? - Argued January 19, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/B3B94B103E306210852587CF00613D49/$file/21-5200.mp3 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:21:38 PST USCA, Third Circuit COVID: Are constitutional challenges to New Jersey's COVID-based eviction moratorium moot now that it has expired? - Argued January 19, 2022 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/21-1795_Johnsonv.GovNJ.mp3 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:25:06 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Free Speech: May immigration judges be required to seek pre-approval before publicly expressing opinions on immigration policies in their personal capacities? - Argued January 25, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/20-1868-20220125.mp3 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:02:09 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Procedure: Must Baltimore's suit against energy companies for contributing to climate change be in federal or state court? - Argued January 25, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/19-1644-20220125.mp3 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:04:08 PST USCA, Third Circuit Religious Liberty: To what extent must an employer accommodate an employee's religiously based schedule restrictions? - Argued January 25, 2022 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/21-1900_Groffv.DeJoy.mp3 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:08:29 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Abortion: May South Carolina ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected? - Argued January 27, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/21-1369-20220127.mp3 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 06:58:49 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Ethics: Must the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts release all records concerning how it chose the special panel deciding allegations of sexual harassment in the judiciary? - Argued January 31, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/21-1346-20220131.mp3 Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:23:32 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit COVID: Should the district court have enjoined the enforcement of Texas’s ban on mask mandates in public schools? - Argued February 2, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-51083_2-2-2022.mp3 Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:50:16 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Rights: May a city ban the inclusion of terms relating to discipline in collective bargaining agreements with police unions? - Argued February 2, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/75C7A1E4CE3BD37E852587DD005FA526/$file/21-7059.mp3 Thu, 03 Feb 2022 17:05:20 PST Missouri Supreme Court Second Amendment: May a State bar its locality from enforcing federal firearms laws or providing "material aid and support" to federal authorities' enforcement efforts? - Argued February 7, 2022 https://www.courts.mo.gov/SupremeCourtVideo/SCaudio/SC99290.mp3 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 15:09:35 PST USCA, First Circuit Criminal Procedure: Is it wire fraud to pay bribes to boost an applicant's entrance score for college admissions? - Argued February 9, 2022 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/21-1421.mp3 Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:16:38 PST Maryland Court of Appeals Eighth Amendment: Is the D.C. Sniper entitled to have his sentence of life without parole reconsidered because he was a juvenile? - Argued February 9, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MD/22-29.mp3 Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:32:48 PST Ohio Supreme Court Home Rule: May the state legislature deter localities from installing traffic cameras by cutting back on funding? - Argued February 9, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/OH/21-247.mp3 Sat, 12 Feb 2022 06:51:00 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: Is the M. Night Shyamalan series, Servant, so substantially similar to the movie The Truth About Emanuel as to be infringing? - Argued February 14, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/02/14/20-55664.mp3 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:25:52 PST North Carolina Supreme Court Voting Rights: May State legislators whose districts were deemed unlawfully gerrymandered amend their State constitution? - Argued February 14, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NC/261A18-3.mp3 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:41:48 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Antitrust: Does the Hollywood Foreign Press Association unlawfully monopolize foreign press access to the entertainment industry? - Argued February 16, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/02/16/21-55347.mp3 Fri, 18 Feb 2022 09:32:07 PST Washington Supreme Court Civil Rights: May the police demand that passengers on public transportation show proof that they paid the fare? - Argued February 17, 2022 https://invintus-audio.global.ssl.fastly.net/9375922947/780daa920561c0061437db6eb993f75b0fdadcf3_audio.mp3 Fri, 18 Feb 2022 09:41:44 PST U.S. Supreme Court Tribal Sovereignty: Are Texas tribes subject to State anti-gambling laws on tribal land? - Argued February 22, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-493.mp3 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:44:01 PST U.S. Supreme Court Tribal Sovereignty: Are tribal courts federal agencies such that double-jeopardy bars any subsequent federal prosecution? - Argued February 22, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-7622.mp3 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:45:41 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May States intervene to defend a federal rule when the United States ceases to defend it? - Argued February 23, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1775.mp3 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:44:54 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Rights: May school boards require students to use bathrooms that conform to their sex at birth? - Argued February 22, 2022 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/18-13592_0.mp3 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:47:56 PST Texas Supreme Court Abortion: May Texas permit plaintiffs to seek a bounty against anyone involved in the abortion of an embryo with a detectable heartbeat? - Argued February 24, 2022 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/TX/22-0033.mp3 Sat, 26 Feb 2022 11:46:05 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Did Congress constitutionally authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to issue significant rules to combat climate change? - Argued February 28, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1530.mp3 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:03:36 PST USCA, Second Circuit COVID: Does business insurance cover losses that result from the government-mandated closure of a business due to COVID? - Argued February 28, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/8baa1cda-5e4c-42fa-bb25-661aa94f2132/3/doc/21-1523.mp3 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:17:09 PST USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: Is there personal jurisdiction over a foreign bank under the Anti-Terrorism Act for claims arising from wholly foreign financial transactions? - Argued February 28, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/8baa1cda-5e4c-42fa-bb25-661aa94f2132/5/doc/20-3849.mp3 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:20:12 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: May physicians who prescribe controlled substances outside the usual course of their practice be convicted under the Controlled Substances Act without regard to their good faith in the practice of medicine? - Argued March 1, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1410.mp3 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:41:06 PST U.S. Supreme Court Healthcare: Does a plan that provides the same dialysis benefits to all plan participants comply with the Medicare Secondary Payer Act? - Argued March 1, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1641.mp3 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:43:37 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does Bivens encompass First Amendment retaliation claims and/or immigration-related Fourth Amendment claims? - Argued March 2, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-147.mp3 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:42:45 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: May the judicial branch and its officials be sued over its workplace misconduct policies, and do those policies violate constitutional rights? - Argued March 2, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/21-1346-20220302.mp3 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 19:44:14 PST USCA, Second Circuit Takings: Does New York's Rent Stabilization Law effect an unconstitutional taking of property? - Argued February 16, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/103ba237-0a32-41f9-95e2-a051c30a3f4b/28/doc/20-3366%2C%2021-467.mp3 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 06:32:38 PST Michigan Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does Michigan's Civil Rights Law prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people in employment, housing, education and public accommodations? - Argued March 2, 2022 https://www.courts.michigan.gov/492a23/siteassets/courts/msc/2021-2022-case-info/rouch_world_otter.ai.mp3 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 06:37:58 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Second Amendment: May the ATF ban "bump stocks" as a category of machine gun? - Argued March 8, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/502395F43099E797852587FF005F6E94/$file/21-5045.mp3 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:20:03 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit COVID: May the federal government mandate the vaccination of federal employees and contractors? - Argued March 8, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-40043_3-8-2022.mp3 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:23:44 PST USCA, Eighth Circuit Federalism: May a State sue oil companies for propagating misinformation about global warming? - Argued March 15, 2022 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2022/3/211752.mp3 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 07:04:47 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit First Amendment: May Florida criminalize protests against law enforcement, provide immunity for those who use violence against counter-protestors, and prohibit doxing of public figures? - Argued March 17, 2022 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/21-13489.mp3 Fri, 18 Mar 2022 07:50:23 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Arbitration: Must a party's waiver of arbitration entail prejudice to be valid? - Argued March 21, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-328.mp3 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 07:15:04 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Must a state agent overcome a presumption of adequate representation to intervene as of right in a case in which a State official is a defendant? - Argued March 21, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-248.mp3 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 07:17:00 PDT International Court of Justice International Law: Did Russia's invasion of Ukraine violate the Genocide Convention? - Argued March 7, 2022 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/ICJ/2022-5.mp3 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 07:23:27 PDT U.S. Supreme Court International Law: If returning to their country of habitual residence places a child at grave risk, must a district court consider ameliorative measures that would facilitate the return of the child under the Hague Convention? - Argued March 22, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1034.mp3 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:54:06 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: Can former President Trump shield his tax returns from a Congressional committee? - Argued March 24, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/17A027B7D22AB4128525880F00553CE7/$file/21-5289.mp3 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:41:40 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May litigants seek assistance from United States courts in gathering evidence for use in private commercial arbitral tribunals? - Argued March 23, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-401.mp3 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:44:58 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Torts: Is a train "in use" when it is in a rail yard for maintenance during a journey? - Argued March 28, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-807.mp3 Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:31:33 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Arbitration: Are workers who load or unload goods from vehicles that travel in interstate commerce, but do not physically transport such goods themselves, interstate "transportation workers" exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act? - Argued March 28, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-309.mp3 Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:33:16 PDT USCA, Second Circuit COVID: Are students entitled to a refund for the diminished educational experience universities were forced to offer by the COVID pandemic? - Argued March 28, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/9c2a7b5c-09bd-4f5d-abd4-71cfc51345cd/3/doc/21-1333.mp3 Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:17:55 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does Congress have the power to authorize suits against nonconsenting states pursuant to its War Powers? - Argued March 29, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-603.mp3 Wed, 30 Mar 2022 06:23:12 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Arbitration: Does the FAA require enforcement of a bilateral arbitration agreement providing that an employee cannot raise representative claims? - Argued March 30, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1573.mp3 Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:32:20 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Torts: What measure of damages is owed to the federal government by a company that provided federal agents with defective body armor? - Argued March 30, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/4A19F216161EA41A852588150053A287/$file/21-5179.mp3 Thu, 31 Mar 2022 07:04:57 PDT USCA, Federal Circuit Administrative Law: Does the supervision of an acting department head over inferior officers satisfy the Appointments Clause? - Argued March 30, 2022 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=18-2140_03302022.mp3 Thu, 31 Mar 2022 07:08:31 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Labor: Does the Fair Labor Standards Act protect prospective employees against retaliation? - Argued March 30, 2022 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/CA3/21-1874.mp3 Thu, 31 Mar 2022 07:10:18 PDT Ohio Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does Ohio's cap on damages for nonmonetary injuries violate the state constitutional rights of victims who are sexually abused as children? - Argued March 30, 2022 https://ohiochannel.org/Assets/Files/UserContent/108891/Video/100/183464.mp3 Thu, 31 Mar 2022 07:15:59 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Employment: Does offering lighter-duty options to workers with disabilities, but not pregnant women, constitute employment discrimination? - Argued March 31, 2022 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/mm.21-1960.21-1690_03_31_2022.mp3 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 13:56:23 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Civil Procedure: Do Pennsylvania Republican politicians have standing to challenge a multi-State agency's ban on fracking? - Argued March 31, 2022 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/21-2315Yawv.DelawareRiverCommission.mp3 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 14:01:18 PDT USCA, First Circuit Torts: Is a 13-inch step an unreasonable hazard for passengers departing a plane? - Argued April 4, 2022 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/21-1037.mp3 Tue, 05 Apr 2022 06:29:09 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Establishment Clause: May a justice of the peace begin sessions of court with multi-denominational prayer? - Argued April 5, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-20279_4-5-2022.mp3 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 19:08:25 PDT USCA, Federal Circuit Intellectual Property: May a liquor company make products that parody the Lehman Brothers brand? - Argued April 5, 2022 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=21-1107_04052022.mp3 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 19:11:43 PDT Indiana Supreme Court Separation of Powers: May a State's legislative leaders call the General Assembly into an emergency session when the governor has declared a statewide emergency? - Argued April 7, 2022 http://content.ilight.net/supremecourt/04072022_0900am.mp3 Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:12:56 PDT USCA, First Circuit Federalism: May a State impose a residency requirement on the owners of Cannabis businesses? - Argued April 7, 2022 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/21-1719.mp3 Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:15:28 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit COVID: May the President mandate that government contractors vaccinate their employees? - Argued April 8, 2022 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/21-14269.mp3 Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:53:49 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: May the FCC require broadcasters to determine if foreign governments are sponsoring their programming? - Argued April 12, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/BBAF4A6ABFCFB734852588220055C0EF/$file/21-1171.mp3 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 18:24:41 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Is a State workers' compensation law that applies exclusively to federal contractors barred by intergovernmental immunity? - Argued April 18, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-404.mp3 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:44:45 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy: Does the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violate the uniformity requirement of the Bankruptcy Clause by increasing quarterly fees solely in U.S. Trustee districts? - Argued April 18, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-441.mp3 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:46:04 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: When the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denies a veteran’s claim in reliance on an agency interpretation that is later deemed invalid, is that the kind of "clear and unmistakable error" that the veteran may invoke to challenge VA’s decision? - Argued April 19, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-234.mp3 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:32:46 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does Rule 60(b)(1) authorize relief from a final judgment based on a district court’s error of law? - Argued April 19, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-5726.mp3 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:34:37 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Procedure: Do hemp producers have standing to challenge a DEA rule that defines CBD products but carries no enforcement provisions? - Argued April 19, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/B10EC046030C3E658525882900504A9F/$file/20-1376.mp3 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:48:09 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Procedure: Do hemp producers have standing to challenge a DEA rule that defines CBD products but carries no enforcement provisions? - Argued April 19, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/595F768FC475ED378525882900504AA0/$file/21-5111.mp3 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:48:50 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit First Amendment: Does Missouri's electronic filing system, which can substantially delay public access to complaints after they are filed, violate the freedom of the press? - Argued April 14, 2022 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2022/4/212632.mp3 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:53:04 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: May a plaintiff bring a claim under § 1983 against a police officer for failure to give a Miranda warning? - Argued April 20, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-499.mp3 Wed, 20 Apr 2022 15:25:12 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Religious Liberty: May a public-school employee be terminated for praying visibly in front of students? - Argued April 25, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-418.mp3 Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:12:54 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Death Penalty: Must an inmate's method-of-execution challenge be raised in a habeas petition or a § 1983 action if the inmate pleads an alternative method of execution not authorized by state law? - Argued April 25, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-439.mp3 Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:15:12 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: Did the federal government lawfully relax the rules governing the hours short-haul truck drivers may be on the road? - Argued April 25, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/3EC4A6641A1DD1B28525882F0058FBCE/$file/20-1370.mp3 Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:20:41 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit First Amendment: May Planned Parenthood sue an anti-abortion group for publishing misleadingly edited video of its employees? - Argued April 21, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/04/21/20-16068.mp3 Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:25:19 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Was the Biden Administration able to rescind the Trump Administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy? - Argued April 26, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-954.mp3 Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:22:03 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Habeas Corpus: May federal courts order state prisoners transferred across state lines for reasons other than testifying under the All Writs Act? - Argued April 26, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-511.mp3 Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:24:59 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does a State have the authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country? - Argued April 27, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-429.mp3 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:36:46 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit COVID: Does the D.C. Circuit have jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal from a Pennsylvania district court's refusal to dismiss under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act? - Argued April 28, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/29DC8D1C4AE462E085258832005730A8/$file/21-7096.mp3 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 07:04:36 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit COVID: Is a nursing home immune from suit for administering hydroxychloroquine and doxycycline to a COVID patient without consent? - Argued April 28, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/62DA8C3539D03AEA85258832005730A9/$file/21-7067.mp3 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 07:08:02 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: May the government garnish Martin Shkreli's attorney's law firm-based retirement accounts to satisfy a judgment of restitution for his role in the fraud? - Argued April 28, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/eb7a64a7-4622-47a7-a0b2-247fc7103bf8/2/doc/21-993.mp3 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 07:11:37 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Bankruptcy: Did the reorganization plan for Purdue Pharma properly include non-consensual releases of claims against non-debtor entities, such as the Sackler family? - Argued April 29, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/a8b026a0-7f5c-4556-a507-2ad49b4d7e09/1/doc/22-110%2C%2022-113%2C%2022-116%2C%2022-117%2C%2022-119%2C%2022-121%2C%2022-299%2C%2022-203.mp3 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 15:44:01 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Election Law: Did the 14th Amendment's Insurrection Clause bar Madison Cawthorn from running for Congress? - Argued May 3, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-1251-20220503.mp3 Wed, 04 May 2022 09:44:18 PDT Tennessee Supreme Court Telecommunications: Are streaming services subject to state-level laws requiring broadcasters to obtain a franchise? - Argued May 3, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/TN/21-01107-SC-R23-CV.mp3 Wed, 04 May 2022 09:59:17 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Should the D.C. Circuit forbid the use of evidence obtained by torture in military tribunal proceedings? - Argued May 4, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/7D45AF292D7AC867852588380051EBC0/$file/21-1208.mp3 Wed, 04 May 2022 10:36:44 PDT USCA, First Circuit COVID: May a state university impose a COVID vaccine mandate on students? - Argued May 5, 2022 http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/21-1770.mp3 Thu, 05 May 2022 13:50:14 PDT Michigan Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: In a case arising out of the special grand jury created to prosecute crimes relating to the Flint Water Crisis, is a defendant charged with a felony entitled to a preliminary examination? - Argued May 5, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MI/163667.mp3 Fri, 06 May 2022 07:09:02 PDT Michigan Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: In a case arising out of the Flint Water Crisis, is the use of a one-judge grand jury a violation of due process and the separation of powers? - Argued May 5, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MI/164191.mp3 Fri, 06 May 2022 08:35:55 PDT Michigan Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: In a case arising out of the Flint Water Crisis, is a defendant charged with a felony entitled to a preliminary hearing? - Argued May 5, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MI/163672.mp3 Fri, 06 May 2022 09:18:39 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Arbitration: May an arbitral award be vacated under Title 9 where the arbitrators refused to decide an issue based upon "fairness," rather than the law? - Argued May 9, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2021.nsf/ACC909B4223FFA768525883D00518622/$file/21-7128.mp3 Mon, 09 May 2022 13:57:32 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: May Texas forbid social media companies from removing users and require them to disclose how they promote content, moderate users and use algorithms? - Argued May 9, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-51178_5-9-2022.mp3 Tue, 10 May 2022 06:45:30 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Procedure: Was the operation of meatpacking plants during the pandemic action under the direction of a federal officer due to President Trump's statements on maintaining the food supply? - Argued May 10, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-40622_5-10-2022.mp3 Wed, 11 May 2022 06:15:08 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Environmental Law: May the Biden Administration pause the issuance of new drilling leases on federal lands? - Argued May 10, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-30505_5-10-2022.mp3 Wed, 11 May 2022 06:22:01 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Judicial Ethics: Did the district judge's ownership of Exxon stock require the vacatur of a judgment in Exxon's favor? - Argued May 10, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/ece4e9a6-2636-4e46-a8cd-bf248e56a415/1/doc/20-1946.mp3 Wed, 11 May 2022 06:28:24 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Immigration: May States compel the federal government to build a wall along the Mexican border? - Argued May 11, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-40110_5-11-2022.mp3 Thu, 12 May 2022 10:02:14 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Environmental Law: May a locality ban natural gas in new buildings? - Argued May 12, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/05/12/21-16278.mp3 Fri, 13 May 2022 05:58:51 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Civil Procedure: May a U.S. court order a judgment debtor to turn over assets located abroad to satisfy a U.S. judgment? - Argued May 16, 2022 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/21-1324.mp3 Thu, 19 May 2022 10:52:30 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Election Law: Can a handwritten date on an absentee ballot envelope be a deciding factor for whether a vote was timely? - Argued May 18, 2022 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/22-1499_Miglioriv.LehighCountyBoardElections.mp3 Fri, 20 May 2022 12:12:28 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit COVID: Can a State ban so-called "vaccine passports" and prohibit a cruise company from requiring passengers to be vaccinated against COVID? - Argued May 18, 2022 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/21-12729.mp3 Fri, 20 May 2022 12:17:30 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Religious Freedom: May a Catholic school terminate a lesbian teacher for being in a same-sex marriage? - Argued May 16, 2022 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/mn.21-2524.21-2524_05_16_2022.mp3 Fri, 20 May 2022 12:20:10 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Free Speech: May a public school expel a student for posting an antisemitic message on Snapchat? - Argued May 18, 2022 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/20-1320.mp3 Fri, 20 May 2022 12:25:05 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit First Amendment: Do bystanders have a First Amendment right to record the police? - Argued May 18, 2022 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/21-1247.mp3 Fri, 20 May 2022 12:27:11 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Telecommunications: May vaccine opponents sue social media companies for taking down their posts? - Argued May 17, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/05/17/21-16210.mp3 Fri, 20 May 2022 12:30:30 PDT Georgia Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Do pro-confederacy groups have standing to challenge municipalities' removal of monuments to the Confederacy? - Argued May 19, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/GA/S22G0039_S22G0045.mp3 Fri, 20 May 2022 12:42:32 PDT New York Court of Appeals Civil Rights: Do elephants have a right to bodily integrity? - Argued May 23, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NY/22-52.mp3 Mon, 23 May 2022 10:57:16 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit First Amendment: Do Anti-SLAPP statutes extend to copyright suits? - Argued May 20, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/05/20/20-56134.mp3 Mon, 23 May 2022 10:59:47 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit COVID: Do businesses have a First Amendment right to defy mask mandates? - Argued May 27, 2022 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/mm.21-3338.21-3338_05_27_2022.mp3 Tue, 31 May 2022 07:30:59 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Intellectual Property: When do trademarks containing common words preclude competitors from using those common words when naming related products? - Argued June 1, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/74deb42b-f115-4fac-a8fd-5abc09f5f14d/2/doc/21-2768.mp3 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:47:13 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Death Penalty: If a condemned prisoner has a back condition that prevents them from lying flat, is strapping them to a gurney for lethal injection cruel and unusual? - Argued June 6, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/06/06/22-15821.mp3 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:26:07 PDT USCA, Federal Circuit Intellectual Property: Who owns the patent for inventions created by artificial intelligence systems? - Argued June 6, 2022 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=21-2347_06062022.mp3 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:33:25 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit COVID: Do at-will hospital employees have a right against being fired for refusing the COVID vaccine? - Argued June 6, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-20311_6-6-2022.mp3 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:35:27 PDT USCA, Third Circuit First Amendment: Did Fox News defame Michael Avenatti in its coverage of his arrest and trial? - Argued June 7, 2022 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/21-2702MichaelAvenattivs.FoxNewsLLC;SeanHannity;LauraIngraham;MariaBartiromoetal.mp3 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 08:55:07 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: Are SEC gag orders unconstitutional prior restraints? - Argued June 7, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-10985_6-7-2022.mp3 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 08:56:55 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Civil Rights: May Arkansas ban "gender confirming medical care" for minors? - Argued June 15, 2022 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2022/6/212875.MP3 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:30:42 PDT USCA, Second Circuit First Amendment: May Roy Moore sue Sacha Baron Cohen for his depiction in the series Who Is America? - Argued June 10, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/fabb78e7-da3a-44cb-a515-1fc933b5e7a1/14/doc/21-1702.mp3 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:33:17 PDT Florida Supreme Court Second Amendment: May Florida ban its municipalities from enacting their own gun regulations? - Argued June 6, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/FL/SC21-917.mp3 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:47:33 PDT Idaho Supreme Court Death Penalty: May a governor veto the grant of a death row inmate's clemency application? - Argued June 13, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/ID/49489.mp3 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:51:55 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Immigration: May States enjoin the Biden Administration's revised immigration enforcement priorities? - Argued June 10, 2022 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/06-10-2022%20-%20Friday/22-3272%20AZ%20v%20Joseph%20Biden%20et%20al.mp3 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 07:01:15 PDT USCA, Federal Circuit Administrative Law: Does the USPTO Director's blanket refusal to rehear PTO Board decisions violate the Appointments Clause? - Argued June 21, 2022 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=22-145_06212022.mp3 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 07:09:26 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Environmental Law: Are state law claims against oil companies seeking damages for climate change preempted by federal law? - Argued June 21, 2022 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/ChevronCorpvs.CityofHobokenB.PAmericaInc.BPp.l.cetal.vs.StateofDelaware,exrel.KathleenJennings,AttorneyGeneralofDelaware.mp3 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:28:27 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Second Amendment: Did the closure of gun stores during the COVID pandemic violate the Second Amendment? - Argued June 22, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/06/22/20-56220.mp3 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:56:26 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Federalism: May a state ban the operation of private detention facilities within its borders, when some of those facilities are used for immigration detention? - Argued June 21, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/06/21/20-56172.mp3 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 07:01:08 PDT Georgia Supreme Court Family Law: May children in temporary State custody receive routine immunizations over their parents’ objections? - Argued June 23, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/GA/22A0584.mp3 Sat, 25 Jun 2022 07:10:06 PDT Georgia Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Are clerks of court entitled to quasi-judicial immunity? - Argued June 23, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/GA/21G0405.mp3 Sat, 25 Jun 2022 07:12:23 PDT Colorado Supreme Court Indian Law: When does a court have 'reason to know' the child is an 'Indian child' under the Indian Child Welfare Act? - Argued June 21, 2022 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/CO/22SC29.mp3 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:57:04 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Immigration: May the Biden Administration continue the DACA ("Dreamers") program? - Argued July 6, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-40680_7-6-2022.mp3 Sat, 09 Jul 2022 09:24:51 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Labor: Does California's regulation of when companies may classify employees as independent contractors arbitrarily discriminate against certain categories of employers? - Argued July 13, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/07/13/21-55757.mp3 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:00:16 PDT USCA, First Circuit Civil Rights: May a student anonymously sue a university for wrongfully expelling him over sexual assault allegations? - Argued July 27, 2022 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/22-1056_20220727.mp3 Thu, 28 Jul 2022 17:54:33 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Administrative Law: May the Department of Agriculture classify hydroponically grown food as "organic"? - Argued July 27, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/07/27/21-15883.mp3 Thu, 28 Jul 2022 17:56:56 PDT Idaho Supreme Court Abortion: Does Idaho's trigger law, under which all abortion will become a felony at the end of August 2022, violate the Idaho Constitution and Human Rights Law? - Argued August 3, 2022 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/ID/49615.mp3 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 07:44:44 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Religious Liberty: May religiously affiliated medical institutions refuse to provide abortion services and gender affirming medical treatments? - Argued August 4, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-11174_8-4-2022.mp3 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 06:05:17 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Judicial Conduct: Are the judges of the D.C. Circuit and the D.C. District Court improperly biased against Larry Klayman? - Argued August 10, 2022 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/CADC/21-5269.mp3 Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:42:28 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Election Law: May courts decide whether a candidate is ineligible for federal office because they supported an insurrection against the United States? - Argued August 11, 2022 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/22-11299.mp3 Fri, 12 Aug 2022 06:57:02 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Administrative Law: May the SEC compel corporate boards to disclose diversity information about the board members? - Argued August 29, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-60626_8-29-2022.mp3 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:21:48 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Telecommunications: Does § 230 confer immunity on Reddit for claims brought by child pornography victims? - Argued August 29, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/08/29/21-56293.mp3 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:25:29 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Labor: Were dog walkers on the "Uber for Dog Walkers" improperly treated as independent contractors rather than employees? - Argued August 29, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/08/29/21-15935.mp3 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:27:28 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Administrative Law: May the President set aside land as a National Monument under the Antiquities Act if Congress previously dedicated the land for logging? - Argued August 30, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/08/30/19-35921.mp3 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:22:38 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Telecommunications: Does the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act preempt state law breach of privacy claims against internet providers? - Argued August 31, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/08/31/21-16281.mp3 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 06:25:12 PDT USCA, First Circuit Criminal Procedure: Was the sentence imposed on the pharmacist for the compounding pharmacy at the center of the 2012 meningitis outbreak unduly severe? - Argued September 7, 2022 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/21-1602_20220907.mp3 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 03:25:34 PDT USCA, First Circuit Federalism: May Maine fine logging companies who hire foreign drivers through the federal H-2A program? - Argued September 7, 2022 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/22-1198_20220907.mp3 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:24:45 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: May Austin ban digital billboards? - Argued September 12, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/19/19-50354_9-12-2022.mp3 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:55:15 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit COVID: May federal employees be mandated to receive the COVID vaccine? - Argued September 13, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-40043_9-13-2022.mp3 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:56:43 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Technology: May Congress prohibit the development of technologies that circumvent digital copyright protections? - Argued September 12, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/D88E0612C3A7A6C1852588BB005AEE64/$file/21-5195.mp3 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:06:09 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Free Exercise: Does the taking of land from a religious organization for the building of a pipeline violate the owner's religious liberty? - Argued September 15, 2022 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/21-2898_AdorersofBloodofChristv.TranscontinentalGasPipeLine.mp3 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:42:47 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Federalism: May Illinois require cannabis dispensary licenses to be given to State residents? - Argued September 15, 2022 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/gw.22-2050.22-2050_09_15_2022.mp3 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:47:23 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Do military commissions in Guantanamo have jurisdiction over juveniles? - Argued September 19, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/B51FF44169059B64852588C2005A9343/$file/21-1218.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 10:52:19 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Antitrust: Does Meta's ownership of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp violate the Sherman Act? - Argued September 19, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/3E678CBAEAF813C3852588C2005A933C/$file/21-7078.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 10:58:27 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Procedure: Does a former college-basketball prospect have standing to bring a RICO case against an apparel company for bribing his father and thereby ending his NCAA eligibility? - Argued September 16, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/21-1764-20220916.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:44:46 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Procedure: Can legal advice be used as a defense to liability under the False Claims Act? - Argued September 15, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/20-2330-20220915.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:47:43 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Rights: May corporations sue for racial discrimination? - Argued September 16, 2022 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/20-14694.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:50:56 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Intellectual Property: Did the MTV reality show Floribama Shore violate the trademarks of the restaurant, the Flora-Bama Lounge? - Argued September 16, 2022 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/21-13458.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:53:24 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: Did Thomas Jefferson High School discriminate against Asian-American students by dispensing with standardized testing for admissions? - Argued September 16, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-1280-20220916.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:36:46 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Bankruptcy: May Johnson and Johnson use a Texas state law that allows companies to split into two, with one of those new entities exclusively housing tort liability, commonly called the “Texas Two-Step"? - Argued September 19, 2022 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/22-2003etal.v.InReLTLManagementLLC.mp3 Tue, 20 Sep 2022 08:40:39 PDT Texas Supreme Court Education: May the University of Texas revoke a degree once it has been conferred? - Argued September 20, 2022 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/TX/20-0811.mp3 Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:57:14 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Must the government afford Chinese telecom companies the opportunity for an evidentiary hearing before barring their operations inside the United States on national security grounds? - Argued September 20, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/046215009EAE456D852588C3005233BA/$file/21-5215.mp3 Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:37:34 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Must the government afford Chinese telecom companies the opportunity for an evidentiary hearing before barring their operations inside the United States on national security grounds? - Argued September 20, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/490A4DBA9CF74542852588C3005233BF/$file/21-1233.mp3 Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:38:09 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Must the government afford Chinese telecom companies the opportunity for an evidentiary hearing before barring their operations inside the United States on national security grounds? - Argued September 20, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/1A7FCCC7AD30B56C852588C3005233C0/$file/22-1054.mp3 Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:38:47 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: Must Connecticut's suit against Exxon for damages arising from global warming be pursued in federal court because the alleged harms were nationwide? - Argued September 23, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/2404587a-d531-4e86-b297-3409debf2da5/1/doc/21-1446-app.mp3 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 05:52:57 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: May shareholders pursue fraud claims as a class against Goldman Sachs for its practices in the run up to the 2008 mortgage crisis? - Argued September 21, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/2404587a-d531-4e86-b297-3409debf2da5/5/doc/22-484.mp3 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 05:54:19 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: May the federal government bar the Mongol Nation motorcycle gang from enforcing its trademarks? - Argued September 23, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/09/23/19-50176.mp3 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 06:00:13 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Constitutional Law: Was Illinois' ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in 2018 sufficient to amend the Constitution? - Argued September 28, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/2028A02E9D3802F3852588CB005AFED7/$file/21-5096.mp3 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:24:06 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Administrative Law: May the President mandate government contractors to provide employees a $15 minimum wage? - Argued September 28, 2022 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/22-1023.mp3 Thu, 29 Sep 2022 10:35:36 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Intellectual Property: To what extent may a sneaker design be fair use of a trademarked design? - Argued September 28, 2022 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/11afa284-88e0-4808-ad7b-62acfd4b087c/6/doc/22-1006.mp3 Thu, 29 Sep 2022 10:38:55 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: What is the standard for identifying the "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act? - Argued October 3, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-454.mp3 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:14:37 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: Is a MoneyGram Official Check “a money order, traveler’s check, or other similar written instrument ... on which a banking or financial organization or a business association is directly liable”? - Argued October 3, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/145-Orig.mp3 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 05:59:59 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Administrative Law: May the President mandate the vaccination of government contractors' employees? - Argued October 3, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-30019_10-3-2022.mp3 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:54:11 PDT USCA, First Circuit Fourth Amendment: How long may the government retain and search electronic devices seized pursuant to border searches? - Argued October 3, 2022 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/21-1832_20221003.mp3 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:57:53 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Voting Rights: Did Alabama's redistricting violate section 2 of the Voting Rights Act? - Argued October 4, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1086.mp3 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 11:36:21 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Are veterans entitled to assert equitable tolling to excuse late applications for disability benefits? - Argued October 4, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-432.mp3 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 11:37:23 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Do California's laws to protect the welfare of agricultural animals in the State violate the dormant commerce clause? - Argued October 11, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-468.mp3 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:32:37 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the statute of limitations for a § 1983 claim seeking DNA testing begin to run once state-court appeals have been exhausted or when the state trial court denies DNA testing? - Argued October 11, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-442.mp3 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:33:19 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: How transformative must a work be of its source material to constitute fair use? - Argued October 12, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-869.mp3 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:22:52 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Labor: Is a supervisor who makes over $200k per year a "highly paid supervisory" exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act? - Argued October 12, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-984.mp3 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:25:01 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Religious Liberty: May the Marine Corps require Sikhs to conform to grooming standards contrary to the Sikh religion? - Argued October 11, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/35A847C125E5338C852588D800446D0F/$file/22-5234.mp3 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:45:38 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: Is Seattle legally responsible for those injured inside its Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone, when police were forbidden from entering? - Argued October 17, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/10/17/21-35975.mp3 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 06:25:04 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Free Speech: May judicial employees be terminated for having made anti-Muslim remarks on social media? - Argued October 19, 2022 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/10-19-2022%20-%20Wednesday/22-5200%20Gerald%20Morgan%20v%20Board%20of%20Prof%20Responsibility.mp3 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 06:59:49 PDT South Carolina Supreme Court Abortion: Does South Carolina's ban on abortion violate the state’s constitutional rights to privacy and equal protection? - Argued October 19, 2022 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/SC/22-1062.mp3 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:50:29 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Free Speech: Is brandishing a gun protected speech? - Argued October 20, 2022 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/10-20-2022%20-%20Thursday/22-1015%20Patricia%20MacIntosh%20v%20Ron%20Clous.mp3 Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:50:33 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Free Speech: May a state university invite anonymous complaints of "bias" that can, in turn, be a basis for disciplinary actions against students? - Argued October 25, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/21-2061-20221025.mp3 Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:42:59 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Religious Liberty: Is a church entitled to a locality's least restrictive permitting requirements? - Argued October 26, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/21-2392-20221026.mp3 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 06:48:28 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Environmental Law: Are dead fish a pollutant under the Clean Water Act? - Argued October 26, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/21-1839-20221026.mp3 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 06:50:41 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Civil Procedure: Does a locality have standing to sue a bank for discriminatory lending that caused foreclosures within its community? - Argued October 27, 2022 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/mm.22-1407.22-1407_10_27_2022.mp3 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 06:57:49 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit First Amendment: Is there a First Amendment right to live stream a traffic stop? - Argued October 27, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/21-1827-20221027.mp3 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:38:25 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Immigration: Is termination due to an employee's DACA status a basis for a claim of workplace discrimination? - Argued October 28, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/21-2211-20221028.mp3 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:32:35 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Procedure: Did the negotiated restoration of Sudan's sovereign immunity violate existing tort plaintiffs' constitutional rights? - Argued October 28, 2022 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2022/10/21-5250.mp3 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:38:20 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Procedure: May Qatar block the release of documents reflecting its communications with a public relations firm? - Argued October 28, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/D8538102DDDDCCC6852588E9005F91E6/$file/22-7082.mp3 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:41:34 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does the use of race as a factor in admissions decisions violate the equal protection clause? - Argued October 31, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-707.mp3 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:46:36 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does the use of race in admissions decisions by private universities violate Title VI? - Argued October 31, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/20-1199.mp3 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:47:19 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: May federal inmates who did not challenge their convictions on the ground that the statute of conviction did not criminalize their activity apply for habeas relief? - Argued November 1, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-857.mp3 Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:41:34 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is the Arizona Supreme Court’s holding that Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.1 (g) precluded post-conviction relief an adequate and independent state-law ground for the judgment? - Argued November 1, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-846.mp3 Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:44:50 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: When a defendant has several foreign accounts and fails to file the required disclosure form, have they committed a single violation of the Bank Secrecy Act or a violation for each foreign account not disclosed? - Argued November 2, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1195.mp3 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:01:50 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Executive Power: May the president dismiss a member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States before his term has expired? - Argued November 1, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/F25EF589B1AF7DD7852588ED005A1537/$file/22-5047.mp3 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 08:25:21 PDT Nebraska Supreme Court Employment: May Nebraska's Department of Health and Human Services prohibit employees from wearing denim? - Argued November 2, 2022 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NE/22-119.mp3 Sat, 05 Nov 2022 18:45:14 PDT Virginia Supreme Court Civil Rights: May a high school teacher be fired for failing to use a student's preferred pronouns? - Argued November 4, 2022 https://www.vacourts.gov/courts/scv/oral_arguments/2022/nov/211061.mp3 Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:04:54 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Did Congress impliedly strip federal district courts of jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s structure, procedures, and existence? - Argued November 7, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-86.mp3 Mon, 07 Nov 2022 12:07:43 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Does a district court have jurisdiction to hear constitutional challenges to the composition of an ongoing SEC proceeding? - Argued November 7, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1239.mp3 Mon, 07 Nov 2022 12:08:36 PST USCA, First Circuit Criminal Procedure: In the Varsity Blues prosecution, were parents who provided "donations" to ensure their children's admission to universities guilty of conspiring to commit fraud? - Argued November 7, 2022 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/22-1129_20221107.mp3 Tue, 08 Nov 2022 06:28:00 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does a State violate due process by requiring a corporation to consent to personal jurisdiction to do business in the State? - Argued November 8, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1168.mp3 Tue, 08 Nov 2022 13:34:20 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Can plaintiffs bring civil rights suits under section 1983 for rights enacted under the Spending Clause? - Argued November 8, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-806.mp3 Tue, 08 Nov 2022 13:37:03 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: May Congress enact a preference for Native American families in the adoption of Native American children? - Argued November 9, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-376.mp3 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 14:50:02 PST USCA, Third Circuit Labor: Does federal law exempt ride-share drivers from compelled arbitration? - Argued November 8, 2022 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/21-3234,21-3363JaswinderSingh;JamesCalabrese;etal.v.UberTechnologies,INC;etal.mp3 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 14:51:41 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit National Security: May the Defense Department compel the vaccination of National Guard personnel over the objections of their State government? - Argued November 9, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-40399_11-8-2022.mp3 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 14:53:46 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May the courts review fines imposed on members of the House for failure to follow COVID safety protocols? - Argued November 9, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/81DDE28CE75084EA852588F5005B30C3/$file/22-5058.mp3 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:37:38 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Antitrust: Does Apple's App Store fee structure violate the Sherman Act? - Argued November 14, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/11/14/21-16506.mp3 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:51:55 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Labor: May the FLRA prohibit immigration judges from unionizing? - Argued November 17, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/73EE324E2FF4E545852588FD0049AA8C/$file/22-1028.mp3 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:47:16 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Arbitration: Are breach of privacy claims brought by Amazon delivery workers subject to mandatory arbitration? - Argued November 17, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/11/17/21-56107.mp3 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:49:25 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Rights: May Alabama prohibit the provision of gender affirming medical care to minors? - Argued November 18, 2022 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/22-11707.mp3 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 13:40:25 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit National Security: Did the district court prevent the government from investigating former President Trump's retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago? - Argued November 22, 2022 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/22-13005.mp3 Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:33:55 PST Illinois Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is the stoop of a house a place of public accommodation? - Argued November 17, 2022 https://ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resources/resources/c79593d2-348d-4a5d-b5d3-f630f124d9c4/111722_128051.mp3 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:51:25 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Can a private citizen who holds no elected office or government employment owe a fiduciary duty to the general public? - Argued November 28, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1158.mp3 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:07:16 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Can depriving someone of complete and accurate information bearing on an economic decision constitute wire fraud? - Argued November 28, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1170.mp3 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:09:05 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: May Texas sue to enjoin the Biden Administration's immigration enforcement priorities? - Argued November 29, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-58.mp3 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 05:59:40 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: May Idaho ban transgender student athletes from competing in sex-segregated sports aligned with their chosen gender? - Argued November 22, 2022 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2022/11/22/20-35813.mp3 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 06:05:07 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is the Quiet Title Act's Statute of Limitations a jurisdictional requirement or a claim-processing rule? - Argued November 30, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1164.mp3 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:16:12 PST North Dakota Supreme Court Abortion: Was North Dakota's trigger law, under which all abortions became illegal after the Dobbs decision, unconstitutional under State law? - Argued November 29, 2022 https://www.ndcourts.gov/Media/Default/SupremeCourt/Audio/20220260.mp3 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 07:01:38 PST U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: Do public accommodation laws violate freedom of speech when applied to for-hire artists? - Argued December 5, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-476.mp3 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 13:02:24 PST U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy: Does the Bankruptcy Code limit appellate court jurisdiction over any sale order or order deemed integral to a sale order? - Argued December 5, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1270.mp3 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 13:02:51 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the government have the power to dismiss a qui tam action brought under the False Claims Act? - Argued December 6, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1052.mp3 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:10:12 PST U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy: When may an individual be subject to liability for the fraud of another that is barred from discharge in bankruptcy? - Argued December 6, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-908.mp3 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:12:03 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit COVID: Can Tyson Foods be held liable for the spread of COVID amongst its employees? - Argued December 5, 2022 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-10171_12-5-2022.mp3 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:14:06 PST U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: May state courts invalidate voting regulations promulgated by the state legislature for violating the state constitution? - Argued December 7, 2022 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1271.mp3 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 12:08:57 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Free Speech: May a state criminalize the spread of false information to damage a candidate’s shot at winning an election? - Argued December 6, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-1844-20221206.mp3 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 12:14:51 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: Is former President Trump entitled to official acts immunity against civil suits arising from the January 6 attack on the Capitol? - Argued December 7, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/930895706FB678098525891100497519/$file/22-5069.mp3 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 14:00:58 PST USCA, Sixth Circuit Administrative Law: Did Congress unconstitutionally delegate lawmaking authority to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority? - Argued December 7, 2022 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/12-07-2022%20-%20Wednesday/22-5487%20OK%20v%20USA%20et%20al.mp3 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 11:48:12 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: To corruptly obstruct Congress, must January 6th rioters have taken some action against a document, record, or other object? - Argued December 12, 2022 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/1D6FA815302719F785258916005C9654/$file/22-3038.mp3 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:53:55 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Intellectual Property: Has Gruyere cheese suffered genericide, such that it is no longer entitled to protection as an appellation of origin? - Argued December 9, 2022 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-1041-20221209.mp3 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:06:29 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Election Law: Does Georgia's state-wide election for its Public Service Commission discriminate against Black voters? - Argued December 15, 2022 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/22-12593.mp3 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 08:55:37 PST USCA, Third Circuit Free Speech: May a police officer be terminated for using violent and racist language in his personal social media posts? - Argued December 14, 2022 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/22-1326_Fenicov.Philadelphia.mp3 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 08:59:07 PST South Carolina Supreme Court Death Penalty: May South Carolina execute inmates with the firing squad and the electric chair? - Argued January 5, 2023 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/SC/22-1280.mp3 Fri, 06 Jan 2023 12:19:54 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Federalism: May Indiana impose registration obligations on out of state sex offenders that are not imposed on individuals who committed sex offenses in Indiana? - Argued January 6, 2023 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/mm.22-2150.22-2150_01_06_2023.mp3 Sat, 07 Jan 2023 12:50:04 PST U.S. Supreme Court Professional Responsibility: Is a communication involving both legal and non-legal advice protected by attorney-client privilege where obtaining or providing legal advice was one of the significant purposes behind the communication? - Argued January 9, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1397.mp3 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:05:28 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does the Federal Labor Relations Authority have the power to regulate the labor practices of state militias? - Argued January 9, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1454.mp3 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:07:12 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does the National Labor Relations Act impliedly preempt a state tort claim against a union for intentionally destroying an employer's property in the course of a labor dispute? - Argued January 10, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1449.mp3 Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:27:24 PST USCA, First Circuit Criminal Procedure: Is the accused Boston Marathon Bomber entitled to a new trial because two of the jurors that convicted him failed to disclose social media posts about the case? - Argued January 10, 2023 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/16-6001_20230110.mp3 Wed, 11 Jan 2023 06:33:44 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act generally waive the sovereign immunity of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico? - Argued January 11, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-96.mp3 Wed, 11 Jan 2023 06:37:10 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Criminal Procedure: When does a lawyer become a conspirator in a drug enterprise by representing a drug dealer? - Argued January 11, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-4369-20230111.mp3 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 14:24:05 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Free Speech: Is the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act unconstitutionally vague in creating liability for internet companies for failing to block content related to sex trafficking? - Argued January 11, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/2FA460EB31E18FA3852589340057B3CD/$file/22-5105.mp3 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 14:33:25 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Must a noncitizen who challenges a new error introduced by the BIA first ask the agency to exercise its discretion to reopen or reconsider before appealing to federal court? - Argued January 17, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1436.mp3 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:47:00 PST U.S. Supreme Court International Law: May U.S. district courts exercise subject-matter jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions against foreign sovereigns and their instrumentalities? - Argued January 17, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1450.mp3 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:48:32 PST USCA, Eighth Circuit Election Law: May private citizens sue to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act? - Argued January 11, 2023 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2023/1/221395.mp3 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 06:50:28 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Intellectual Property: Can Facebook's newsfeed suggestions feature be patented? - Argued January 13, 2023 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=22-1397_01132023.mp3 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 07:06:17 PST District of Columbia Court of Appeals Executive Power: Was President Trump acting within the scope of his presidential duties when he denied E. Jean Carroll's rape accusation? - Argued January 10, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/DC/22-SP-0745.mp3 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 07:21:50 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Must plaintiffs suing under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act exhaust for remedies that are futile or not available administratively? - Argued January 18, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-887.mp3 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:04:59 PST USCA, Sixth Circuit Gun Rights: May the ATF ban bump stocks as machine guns? - Argued January 19, 2023 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/01-19-2023%20-%20Thursday/20-6380%20Scott%20Hardin%20v%20ATF%20et%20al.mp3 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 06:35:43 PST USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: In the case of Michael Avenatti, when do threats made in the course of settlement negotiations constitute criminal extortion? - Argued January 19, 2023 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/8d688c89-63b0-4910-82d1-6fdf9267f31c/3/doc/21-1778.mp3 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 06:45:17 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit International Law: Does the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act govern Exxon's claims against Cuba for the seizure of its property? - Argued January 19, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/EFD723F92105876E8525893C00493410/$file/21-7127.mp3 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 06:47:55 PST Indiana Supreme Court Abortion: Does Indiana's constitution protect a right to abortion? - Argued January 19, 2023 http://content.ilight.net/supremecourt/01192023_0900am.mp3 Sun, 22 Jan 2023 06:47:31 PST USCA, Tenth Circuit Immigration: Did Congress unconstitutionally discriminate in criminalizing unlawful reentry? - Argued January 20, 2023 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/22-6036.mp3 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 11:40:18 PST Philippine Supreme Court Civil Rights: Is the use of automatic traffic enforcement technology unconstitutionally discriminatory on the basis of income? - Argued January 25, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/SCP/261892.mp3 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 06:43:06 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Religious Freedom: May the DEA deny a church an exemption for the use of Ayahuasca in its rituals? - Argued January 25, 2023 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/22-11072.mp3 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 06:46:45 PST Missouri Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Under Missouri law, may the attorney general override a local prosecutor's motion to vacate a wrongful conviction? - Argued January 24, 2023 https://www.courts.mo.gov/SupremeCourtVideo/SCaudio/SC99813.mp3 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 06:52:26 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: Did the police violate the civil rights of the citizen journalist La Gordiloca, when they arrested her for publishing non-public information on Facebook? - Argued January 25, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/20/20-40359_1-25-2023.mp3 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 06:57:04 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Federalism: Is a state-issued cannabis license a legally protected interest, given that cannabis remains illegal under federal law? - Argued January 27, 2023 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/22-11046.mp3 Tue, 31 Jan 2023 06:53:11 PST USCA, Sixth Circuit COVID: Does a private employer violate the constitutional rights of its employees when it imposes a vaccine mandate without a religious exemption? - Argued January 26, 2023 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/01-26-2023%20-%20Thursday/22-3462%20David%20Ciraci%20v%20JM%20Smucker%20Company%20et%20al.mp3 Tue, 31 Jan 2023 07:36:15 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Can victims of the 1998 Embassy Bombings sue banks for helping terrorists launder money through Sudan? - Argued February 2, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/792B06B44BC88AFC8525894A0049BD5D/$file/22-7083.mp3 Fri, 03 Feb 2023 14:12:22 PST North Carolina Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does North Carolina's felon disenfranchisement law impermissibly discriminate against Black citizens? - Argued February 2, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NC/331PA21.mp3 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 14:44:13 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit COVID: May the Defense Department require service members to receive the COVID vaccine? - Argued February 6, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-10077_2-6-2023.mp3 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 09:09:23 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: May a State prohibit the use of meat-related terms for meat substitutes? - Argued February 7, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-30236_2-7-2023.mp3 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:43:19 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: Does the Religious Freedom Restoration Act compel a categorical exception to Title VII for claims of LGBT discrimination? - Argued February 7, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-10145_2-7-2023.mp3 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:47:21 PST USCA, Second Circuit COVID: May New York City require municipal workers to have the COVID vaccine? - Argued February 8, 2023 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/018d8623-7c9d-4d88-bcc1-5e1d4c5279a4/1/doc/22-1801%20(L).mp3 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:49:44 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: Can a police report be defamatory? - Argued February 8, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-30245_2-8-2023.mp3 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:40:22 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Second Amendment: Do defendants under indictment retain their right to purchase firearms? - Argued February 8, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-50834_2-8-2023.mp3 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:42:40 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Employment: Can playing uncensored hip-hop music in a workplace create a hostile work environment? - Argued February 9, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/02/09/21-17138.mp3 Fri, 10 Feb 2023 08:57:14 PST USCA, Third Circuit Second Amendment: May convicted felons be barred from owning firearms, regardless of the nature of the felony? - Argued February 15, 2023 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/21-2835_Rangev.AttyGenUSA_EnBanc.mp3 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:12:29 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Federalism: Does the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violate the uniformity requirement of the Constitution's bankruptcy clause by increasing quarterly fees solely in U.S. Trustee districts? - Argued February 13, 2023 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/20-12547_0.mp3 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:22:56 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Arbitration: May an international arbitral award be vacated under domestic standards? - Argued February 14, 2023 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/20-13039_0.mp3 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:25:08 PST USCA, Third Circuit Labor: Are college athletes entitled to labor protections as employees? - Argued February 14, 2023 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/22-1223RalphTreyJohnson;etalv.NationalCollegiateAthleticAssociation;etal.mp3 Fri, 17 Feb 2023 06:29:00 PST U.S. Supreme Court Technology: Does CDA § 230 immunize internet platforms that recommend user content? - Argued February 21, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1333.mp3 Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:43:25 PST U.S. Supreme Court National Security: What must a plaintiff show to establish aiding and abetting liability under the Anti-Terrorism Act? - Argued February 22, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1496.mp3 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 09:29:27 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Technology: Did Salesforce.com violate the federal sex trafficking statutes by maintaining a business relationship with Backpage.com? - Argued February 22, 2023 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/kra.22-2621.22-2621_02_22_2023.mp3 Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:57:49 PST Texas Supreme Court COVID: May the Governor of Texas ban localities from imposing local mask mandates? - Argued February 21, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/TX/21-1079.mp3 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:34:45 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: Does the Speech or Debate Clause protect a legislator's independent fact finding efforts? - Argued February 23, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/799B6F1DE9AB37708525895F0046D338/$file/23-3001%20PUBLIC%20Session%20ONLY.mp3 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 07:08:18 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does someone commit aggravated identity theft whenever they mention someone else's name while committing a predicate offense? - Argued February 27, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-10.mp3 Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:02:08 PST U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Do States have standing to object to Biden's student loan forgiveness program? - Argued February 28, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-506.mp3 Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:58:59 PST U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Do borrowers who did not qualify for student loan forgiveness have standing to object to the legality of the program as a whole? - Argued February 28, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-535.mp3 Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:59:29 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: May New Jersey unilaterally withdraw from the Waterfront Commission Compact? - Argued March 1, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/156-Orig.mp3 Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:28:58 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: Did the SEC improperly bar the creation of a Bitcoin-based exchange traded fund? - Argued March 7, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/9A9798EA9628BB9B8525896B004C9C98/$file/22-1142%20USB.mp3 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:18:09 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: May States prohibit the use of Medicaid funds for "gender affirming care"? - Argued March 7, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-1927-20230307.mp3 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:00:06 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: Do parents have a right to be informed if their child changes their gender identity at school? - Argued March 9, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-2034-20230309.mp3 Fri, 10 Mar 2023 06:58:15 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Second Amendment: May Maryland impose a training and licensing requirement for would-be handgun purchasers? - Argued March 10, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/21-2017-20230310.mp3 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:37:17 PDT Illinois Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is it constitutional to eliminate cash bail? - Argued March 14, 2023 https://ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resources/resources/703e43ee-6d51-456e-95af-7251e265ce8b/031423_129248.mp3 Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:34:41 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Indian Law: Does the federal government owe the Navajo Nation a judicially enforceable fiduciary duty to address the Navajo Nation's need for water? - Argued March 20, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1484.mp3 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 08:42:27 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Intellectual Property: What copyright protection exists for private industry rules that are later promulgated as federal regulations? - Argued March 20, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/EB35FD15CFEC17DD85258978004041E7/$file/22-7063.mp3 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:44:00 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the Lanham Act apply extraterritorially to foreign sales that never reached the United States or confused U.S. consumers? - Argued March 21, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1043.mp3 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 11:02:06 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does a non-frivolous appeal from the denial of a motion to compel arbitration oust a district court's jurisdiction to proceed pending appeal? - Argued March 21, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-105.mp3 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 11:03:49 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Second Amendment: May New York prohibit the concealed carry of firearms in sensitive places, such as mass transit facilities? - Argued March 20, 2023 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/e296dfe6-b5b9-4fc7-b447-abc2401c078d/8/doc/22-2908.mp3 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:52:29 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Second Amendment: May New York prohibit the concealed carry of firearms in places of worship? - Argued March 20, 2023 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/e296dfe6-b5b9-4fc7-b447-abc2401c078d/7/doc/22-2933.mp3 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:53:15 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Second Amendment: May New York prohibit firearms in sensitive public places? - Argued March 20, 2023 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/e296dfe6-b5b9-4fc7-b447-abc2401c078d/6/doc/22-2987.mp3 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:54:30 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Second Amendment: Do New York's gun licensing laws violate the Second Amendment? - Argued March 20, 2023 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/e296dfe6-b5b9-4fc7-b447-abc2401c078d/5/doc/22-3068.mp3 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:55:56 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Second Amendment: May New York prohibit licensed firearms carriers from bringing guns into places of worship? - Argued March 20, 2023 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/e296dfe6-b5b9-4fc7-b447-abc2401c078d/4/doc/22-3237.mp3 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:57:23 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: Is the humorous use of another's trademark as one's own on a commercial product a permissible "noncommercial" use? - Argued March 22, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-148.mp3 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:31:04 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Is the Convening Authority for Military Commissions a principal officer under the Appointments Clause? - Argued March 22, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/166D051BE2416E518525897A00462314/$file/22-1097.mp3 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:48:41 PDT USCA, Third Circuit COVID: Is there a fundamental right to refuse a vaccine? - Argued March 22, 2023 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/22-2230_Sczesnyv.Murphy.mp3 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:29:33 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Intellectual Property: Was Netflix's use of a YouTube video in the Tiger King documentary fair use? - Argued March 22, 2023 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/22-6086.mp3 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:19:57 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Federalism: May Tulsa enforce its municipal laws against Native American citizens? - Argued March 23, 2023 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/22-5034.mp3 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:27:21 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Religious Freedom: Does a school district violate the First Amendment when it withdraws recognition from a Christian student group that barred LGBTQ members from leadership positions? - Argued March 23, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/03/23/22-15827.mp3 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:32:07 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: Must a patent enable those skilled in the art to make all or nearly all embodiments of the invention without substantial time and effort? - Argued March 27, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-757.mp3 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:47:18 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: May the federal government criminalize encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain? - Argued March 27, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-179.mp3 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:49:18 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is the proper remedy for the government's failure to prove venue an acquittal barring re-prosecution of the offense? - Argued March 28, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1576.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:05:10 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: May a sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(j) run concurrently with the sentence for other crimes of conviction? - Argued March 28, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-49.mp3 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:07:17 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does admitting a codefendant's redacted out-of-court confession that inculpates a defendant violate the defendant's rights under the Confrontation Clause? - Argued March 29, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-196.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:58:59 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Tax: May the IRS issue a summons for records without notice when the delinquent taxpayer owns or has a legal interest in the summonsed records or whenever that person's records might somehow help it collect a delinquent taxpayer's liability? - Argued March 29, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1599.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:03:31 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Rights: May former Trump Administration officials be held liable for orchestrating the violent clearing of Black Lives Matter protestors from Lafayette Square in 2020? - Argued April 4, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/406543BF314E8B728525898700586CE2/$file/22-5133.mp3 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:12:30 PDT USCA, Federal Circuit Trade: Does the President have the power to impose more stringent import controls to protect domestic manufacturers of solar panels? - Argued April 3, 2023 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=22-1392_04032023.mp3 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:17:32 PDT Ohio Supreme Court Civil Rights: Do people have a constitutional right to change the sex indicated on their birth certificates? - Argued April 4, 2023 https://ohiochannel.org/Assets/Files/UserContent/108891/Video/100/187402.mp3 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:21:06 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit COVID: Do eviction moratoria imposed during pandemics violate the constitutional rights of landlords? - Argued April 10, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/04/10/22-35656.mp3 Tue, 11 Apr 2023 12:45:11 PDT Iowa Supreme Court Abortion: May Iowa ban abortion once a "fetal heartbeat" is detected? - Argued April 11, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/IA/22-2036.mp3 Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:21:49 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Procedure: May fossil fuel companies challenge the EPA's 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger the public? - Argued April 14, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/01F1FE0D66B39009852589910043E997/$file/22-1139.mp3 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 06:03:51 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: Is there a First Amendment right to collect individuals' names and personal information into a for profit database? - Argued April 14, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/04/14/22-35305.mp3 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 06:08:37 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: To qualify as an "offense relating to obstruction of justice," must the predicate offense have a nexus to a pending or ongoing investigation or judicial proceeding? - Argued April 17, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-23.mp3 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:55:58 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Securities: When plaintiffs allege securities fraud based upon a registration statement, must they plead and prove that they bought shares registered under that registration statement? - Argued April 17, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-200.mp3 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:57:50 PDT Supreme Court of India Civil Rights: Does the Indian constitution confer a right to same-sex marriage? - Argued April 18, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/INDIA/1011-2022.mp3 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:49:11 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Religious Freedom: Does Title VII entitle a postal worker to demand Sundays off? - Argued April 18, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-174.mp3 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:56:18 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is a defendant's contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct relevant to whether it "knowingly" violated the False Claims Act? - Argued April 18, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/21-1326.mp3 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:56:53 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit International Law: Were Jews in Nazi Germany "stateless" such that the forced sale of their property constituted expropriation under international law? - Argued April 18, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2022.nsf/E671DEFE1A7693F185258995004018BA/$file/22-7010.mp3 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 07:01:32 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit COVID: May municipal employees object to receiving the COVID vaccine on the ground that it was derived from "murdered children"? - Argued April 18, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/04/18/22-16567.mp3 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 07:04:07 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: To constitute a true threat, must the speaker subjectively know or intend the threatening nature of the statement? - Argued April 19, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-138.mp3 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 09:36:21 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: When are voluntary early-retirement programs unlawfully discriminatory? - Argued April 21, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/04/21/22-15726.mp3 Mon, 24 Apr 2023 08:06:02 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: To preserve an issue for appellate review, must a party reassert in a post-trial motion a purely legal issue rejected at summary judgment? - Argued April 24, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-210.mp3 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 12:04:28 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does the Bankruptcy Code abrogate the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes? - Argued April 24, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-227.mp3 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 12:05:47 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: When can a foreign plaintiff state a cognizable civil RICO claim based upon an injury to intangible property? - Argued April 25, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-381.mp3 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 12:07:20 PDT New York Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure: May a trial judge close the courtroom to all spectators out of a fear that a defendant's supporters will be disruptive? - Argued April 20, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NY/23-41.mp3 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 08:53:23 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Takings: Does taking and selling a home to satisfy a debt to the government, and keeping the surplus value as a windfall, violate the Takings Clause? - Argued April 26, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-166.mp3 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 09:00:25 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Administrative Law: Did the Occupational Safety and Health Act violate the nondelegation doctrine by empowering the Secretary of Labor to regulate workplace safety? - Argued April 27, 2023 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/04-27-2023%20-%20Thursday/22-3772%20Allstates%20Refractory%20Contractors%20LLC%20v%20Martin%20Walsh.mp3 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:49:04 PDT South Carolina Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: May a judge order the release of a prisoner based upon an ex parte request of their counsel? - Argued April 26, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/SC/23-629.mp3 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:55:36 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit First Amendment: Did Florida Governor DeSantis violate the First Amendment when he used his power to suspend an elected local prosecutor after a dispute over prosecutorial discretion? - Argued May 2, 2023 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/23-10459.mp3 Wed, 03 May 2023 07:07:38 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Procedure: May consumers whose personal information was released in a data breach sue as a class? - Argued May 3, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-1744-20230503.mp3 Sat, 06 May 2023 15:03:03 PDT Minnesota Supreme Court Civil Rights: Does the de facto racial and socioeconomic segregation in Minnesota schools violate the state constitution’s education clause? - Argued May 3, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MN/A22-0118.mp3 Sat, 06 May 2023 15:06:12 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: Do windows installed to allow staff to monitor the locker rooms at a South Carolina Catholic school constitute an unlawful invasion of privacy? - Argued May 4, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-1750-20230504.mp3 Sat, 06 May 2023 15:10:20 PDT Colorado Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: May police issue search warrants that require Google to turn over account information for any users who searched particular keywords in a particular time frame? - Argued May 4, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/CO/23SA12.mp3 Sat, 06 May 2023 15:27:10 PDT Utah Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: When is shooting at the driver of an automobile self-defense? - Argued May 8, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/UT/20220325-SC.mp3 Tue, 09 May 2023 06:46:50 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Procedure: Are consumers who were misled by Benihana's inclusion of imitation crab in their sushi sufficiently common to mount a class action? - Argued May 8, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/05/11/22-55529.mp3 Fri, 12 May 2023 11:41:58 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Free Speech: Can the SEC require Elon Musk to have his tweets vetted by a lawyer for Tesla as part of a consent decree? - Argued May 11, 2023 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/986c36e8-015d-4515-864c-5e1fd3bc3916/15/doc/22-1291.mp3 Tue, 16 May 2023 09:15:49 PDT USCA, Second Circuit International Law: Does a district court owe deference to a foreign arbitration tribunal's jurisdictional determination of arbitrability against a foreign sovereign? - Argued May 15, 2023 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/6daef93e-fe96-4b7d-ba8f-e6c6ef5b7daa/7/doc/22-825.mp3 Tue, 16 May 2023 09:22:51 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Environmental Law: What injuries must plaintiffs show in order to sue an oil company for violating the Clean Air Act? - Argued May 16, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/17/17-20545_5-16-2023.mp3 Wed, 17 May 2023 06:38:33 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Environmental Law: What must e-cigarette manufacturers show to demonstrate that a new tobacco product will reduce tobacco use? - Argued May 16, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-60766_5-16-2023.mp3 Wed, 17 May 2023 06:44:24 PDT Illinois Supreme Court Second Amendment: May Illinois prohibit the use or sale of new assault weapons? - Argued May 16, 2023 https://ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resources/resources/6a677365-7d24-447c-ab87-24e4ec097d03/051623_129453.mp3 Wed, 17 May 2023 06:48:15 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Abortion: Must the FDA revoke its approval of the abortion drug mifepristone? - Argued May 17, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-10362_5-17-2023.mp3 Wed, 17 May 2023 14:33:08 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Employment: In the case of the Central Park bird watching incident, did Amy Cooper's employer violate her rights in firing her? - Argued May 19, 2023 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/499807a4-a816-4c4f-975d-eb83836e716f/4/doc/22-2763.mp3 Mon, 22 May 2023 04:58:19 PDT Missouri Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: When may a state prosecute a parent because their child skipped school? - Argued May 24, 2023 https://www.courts.mo.gov/SupremeCourtVideo/SCaudio/SC99719.mp3 Thu, 25 May 2023 07:59:41 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Ethics: Is Wisconsin entitled to sanctions against Sidney Powell for bringing frivolous voter fraud suits after Donald Trump lost the 2020 elections? - Argued May 31, 2023 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/gw.22-2704.22-2704_05_31_2023.mp3 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 05:54:45 PDT USCA, Third Circuit International Law: Can the assets of a state oil company be attached as belonging to the alter ego of a foreign sovereign? - Argued June 2, 2023 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/23-1647_EtAl_OIEuropeanGroupBVv.BolivarianRepVenezuela.mp3 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 08:13:32 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Rights: Does allowing transgender athletes to participate in women's school sports violate Title IX? - Argued June 6, 2023 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/c1944ce9-531f-4991-a43d-ec8472b26fe1/1/doc/21-1365%20En%20Banc.mp3 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 05:31:30 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit First Amendment: When may district courts exclude the press from sentencing hearings? - Argued June 6, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-20097_6-6-2023.mp3 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 05:37:12 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Fourth Amendment: When may the government search a phone at an international border? - Argued June 5, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-10772_6-5-2023.mp3 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 05:38:56 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Healthcare: May employers object to the Affordable Care Act's requirement that insurance cover preventative care, and specifically HIV prevention medication, based upon their religious beliefs? - Argued June 6, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-10326_6-6-2023.mp3 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 05:45:18 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Second Amendment: Is New Jersey's statute authorizing suits against firearm manufacturers and sellers for recklessly distributing firearms preempted by federal law? - Argued June 7, 2023 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/23-1214_NatlShootingSportsFndtnv.AttyGenNJ.mp3 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 13:48:24 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit First Amendment: Does a local library violate the First Amendment when it removes books from its shelves as inappropriate? - Argued June 7, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-50224_6-7-2023.mp3 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 06:29:08 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit National Security: Does the state secrets privilege require the dismissal of a legal challenge to the FBI's allegedly unconstitutional surveillance of mosques? - Argued June 8, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/06/08/12-56867.mp3 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 09:58:55 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Procedure: May a defendant pay a plaintiff to appeal a legal question in order to create a circuit split? - Argued June 13, 2023 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/21-10994_0.mp3 Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:29:52 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Antitrust: Is Major League Baseball entitled to an antitrust exception, when its teams collude to limit the minor league teams from which players may be hired? - Argued June 14, 2023 https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/4c83d57e-9723-4e41-92f8-a288b127273b/2/doc/22-2859.mp3 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 07:34:30 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Fourth Amendment: Did the FBI improperly seize My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell’s cellphone during its investigation into efforts to subvert the 2020 election? - Argued June 14, 2023 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2023/6/223510.mp3 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 07:39:30 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Free Speech: What must the government show to overcome the claim that a threat against a judge was sarcastic? - Argued June 20, 2023 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/22-10509.mp3 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 14:55:20 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Intellectual Property: May a company trademark the wedge shape of a watermelon flavored gummy? - Argued June 20, 2023 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/22-2821PIMBrandsIncv.HariboofAmericaInc.mp3 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 14:58:05 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Voting Rights: May a state leave the restoration of disenfranchised felons' voting rights to the sole discretion of the governor? - Argued June 22, 2023 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/06-22-2023%20-%20Thursday/22-5703%20Deric%20Lostutter%20et%20al%20v%20KY%20et%20al.mp3 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:02:00 PDT South Carolina Supreme Court Abortion: May the South Carolina legislature ban abortion after six weeks? - Argued June 28, 2023 http://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/SC/23-896.mp3 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:24:35 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Second Amendment: May Illinois ban assault weapons? - Argued June 29, 2023 http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/kra.23-1353.23-1353_06_29_2023.mp3 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 06:06:13 PDT Missouri Supreme Court COVID: Did Missouri localities have the authority to shut down schools and other assemblies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic? - Argued July 12, 2023 https://www.courts.mo.gov/SupremeCourtVideo/SCaudio/SC99864.mp3 Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:40:49 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: Does compelled membership in the Louisiana State Bar Association violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments because the association is involved in "non-germane" activities? - Argued July 11, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-30564_7-11-2023.mp3 Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:44:44 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit COVID: Must employers allow workers to wear face shields in lieu of masks to prevent the spread of COVID? - Argued July 17, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/07/17/22-55293.mp3 Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:51:21 PDT Missouri Supreme Court Abortion: Must Missouri's attorney general approve a ballot initiative that aims to restore abortion rights? - Argued July 18, 2023 https://www.courts.mo.gov/SupremeCourtVideo/SCaudio/SC100132.mp3 Sun, 23 Jul 2023 10:55:01 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Federalism: Could litigants challenging the constitutionality of the Stop WOKE Act subpoena the records of Florida legislators who sponsored the bill? - Argued July 18, 2023 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/23-10616.mp3 Sun, 23 Jul 2023 11:00:02 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Death Penalty: May a death row inmate obtain a stay when challenging a method of execution claim brought after Alabama lifted its moratorium? - Argued July 17, 2023 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/23-12242.mp3 Sun, 23 Jul 2023 11:03:23 PDT USCA, First Circuit Second Amendment: May the government of Mexico sue gun makers for facilitating the unlawful proliferation of firearms into Mexico? - Argued July 24, 2023 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/22-1823_20230724.mp3 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 13:04:31 PDT Court of Military Commission Review Ethics: May a military judge apply for a civilian job in the Defense Department while presiding? - Argued July 24, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/CMCR/23-004.mp3 Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:40:15 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Civil Rights: May a local civil rights law require a photographer to work same-sex weddings? - Argued July 28, 2023 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/07-28-2023%20-%20Friday/22-5884%2022-5912%20Chelsey%20Nelson%20Photography%20LLC%20v%20Louisville%20Jefferson%20Co%20KY%20et%20al.mp3 Sat, 29 Jul 2023 08:26:38 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Environmental Law: Is the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline exempt from generally applicable environmental laws? - Argued July 27, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/23-1384-20230727.mp3 Sat, 29 Jul 2023 08:29:30 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Criminal Procedure: Are Boeing 737 MAX crash victims entitled to be heard under the Crime Victims' Rights Act before Boeing gains the benefit of a deferred prosecution agreement? - Argued July 25, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-10168_7-25-2023.mp3 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:44:06 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Administrative Law: Can the SEC repeal the requirement that proxy advisory firms include management's opinions of matters that are up for a shareholder vote? - Argued August 7, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-51069_8-7-2023.mp3 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 09:12:16 PDT Utah Supreme Court Abortion: Is Utah's 2020 trigger law, criminalizing abortion, constitutional under State law? - Argued August 8, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/UT/20220696-SC.mp3 Thu, 10 Aug 2023 08:13:04 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: Can third parties enjoin the Executive Branch from making content moderation requests to social media platforms? - Argued August 10, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-30445_8-10-2023.mp3 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:53:41 PDT Hawaii Supreme Court Environmental Law: May Hawaiian municipalities sue oil companies under State law for the effects of climate change? - Argued August 17, 2023 http://oaoa.hawaii.gov/jud/oa/23/SCOA_081723_SCAP-22-0000429.mp3 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:07:12 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: Does San Francisco have the power to forbid and clear homeless encampments on public property? - Argued August 23, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/08/23/23-15087.mp3 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 15:01:56 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Free Speech: May Florida, under its STOP WOKE Act, prohibit private employers from conducting DEI trainings for employees? - Argued August 24, 2023 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/22-13135.mp3 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 15:06:59 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Civil Rights: May Kentucky prohibit doctors from providing "gender affirming care" for transgender minors? - Argued September 1, 2023 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/09-01-2023%20-%20Friday/23-5609%20Jane%20Doe%201%20et%20al%20v%20William%20Thornbury%20Jr%20et%20al.mp3 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 15:09:56 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Civil Rights: May Tennessee prohibit doctors from providing "gender affirming care" for transgender minors? - Argued September 1, 2023 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/recent/09-01-2023%20-%20Friday/23-5600%20L%20W%20et%20al%20v%20Jonathan%20Skrmetti%20et%20al.mp3 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 15:11:32 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: Is the Sixth Amendment violated when COVID-19 suppresses the representation of black jurors in the jury pool? - Argued September 7, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/3A8192E46E557ED485258A23005AC13B/$file/22-3015.mp3 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 08:58:11 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Second Amendment: Are the ATF's regulations on ghost guns invalid because of its broad definition of what constitutes a firearm? - Argued September 7, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-10718_9-7-2023.mp3 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 09:01:28 PDT USCA, Federal Circuit International Trade: Does a plastic coating on knit gloves mean those gloves are "plastic gloves"? - Argued September 7, 2023 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=22-1793_09072023.mp3 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 09:04:01 PDT Florida Supreme Court Abortion: Is Florida's fifteen-week abortion ban valid under the Florida constitution? - Argued September 8, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/FL/22-1050.mp3 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 09:13:07 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: May the EPA reinstate the waiver allowing California to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles? - Argued September 15, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/CC620DEA428FEE3085258A2B00437F6B/$file/22-1081.mp3 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:59:01 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: Are the EPA Revised 2023 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards an invalid regulation of a major question? - Argued September 14, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/6AD102DBD7A60A2F85258A2A00672700/$file/22-1031%20and%2022-1080.mp3 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:01:36 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Abortion: Do health care providers have standing to enjoin an Arizona law forbidding abortion in cases of genetic defects? - Argued September 11, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/09/11/23-15234.mp3 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:11:14 PDT Ohio Supreme Court COVID: Can college students seek COVID-19 related refunds through the Court of Claims? - Argued September 12, 2023 https://ohiochannel.org/Assets/Files/UserContent/108891/Video/100/190251.mp3 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:14:09 PDT Pennsylvania Supreme Court Gun Rights: May Philadelphia challenge a state law that precludes localities from enacting gun regulations? - Argued September 13, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/PA/22EAP19.mp3 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:26:25 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Administrative Law: May the FTC adjudicate the legality of mergers under the antitrust laws? - Argued September 12, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-60167_9-12-2023.mp3 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:34:26 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Administrative Law: May the FCC rely on a private company to administer its universal service funding mechanisms? - Argued September 19, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-60008_9-19-2023.mp3 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:02:23 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Should Sam Bankman-Fried be released from custody pending his trial? - Argued September 19, 2023 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/7db9e14b-95cf-4482-9348-9f66bc1b3001/13/doc/23-6914.mp3 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:07:17 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: May a Catholic school fire a teacher for posting pictures of his same-sex wedding on social media? - Argued September 20, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-1440-20230920.mp3 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:16:53 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: Is the California State Bar a state actor when sued for failing to provide a disability accommodation to an individual taking the bar exam? - Argued September 20, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/09/20/20-17316.mp3 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:19:45 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Labor: Is a nanny who works overnight a live-in domestic worker under the Fair Labor Standards Act and therefore exempt from overtime requirements? - Argued September 20, 2023 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/22-13669.mp3 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:27:31 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: May West Virginia deny Medicaid coverage for sex reassignment surgery? - Argued September 21, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-1927-20230921.mp3 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 06:30:49 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: May North Carolina's state-run health insurance plan exclude coverage for gender affirming healthcare? - Argued September 21, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-1721-20230921.mp3 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 06:35:13 PDT Ohio Supreme Court Abortion: Do doctors have standing to challenge Ohio's ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy? - Argued September 27, 2023 https://ohiochannel.org/Assets/Files/UserContent/108891/Video/100/190369.mp3 Thu, 28 Sep 2023 06:22:12 PDT Missouri Supreme Court Civil Rights: Can Missouri prohibit sleeping on public land? - Argued September 27, 2023 https://www.courts.mo.gov/SupremeCourtVideo/SCaudio/SC100045.mp3 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:14:40 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: How can a defendant qualify for the federal drug-sentencing “safety valve” provision? - Argued October 2, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-340.mp3 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 11:41:46 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Does the CFPB's independent funding mechanism violate the Appropriations Clause? - Argued October 3, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-448.mp3 Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:20:02 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: Should Google's ad monopolization suit be transferred from New York to Texas? - Argued October 3, 2023 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/9c72777c-07bc-49dd-abb1-f4150cabfef7/1/doc/23-910%20mtn.mp3 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 07:23:04 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does an Americans with Disabilities Act "tester" have Article III standing to challenge a place of public accommodation's failure to provide disability accessibility information on its website? - Argued October 4, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-429.mp3 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:03:03 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Procedure: Should the suit alleging rape against Cristiano Ronaldo be reopened following a confidential settlement? - Argued October 4, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/10/04/22-16009.mp3 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:07:12 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: Did Twitter violate the First Amendment by removing Donald Trump from its platform? - Argued October 4, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/10/04/22-15961.mp3 Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:08:53 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: May a non-custodial plaintiff maintain a civil rights action for prosecutorial misconduct? - Argued October 4, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-50998_10-4-2023.mp3 Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:14:07 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit International Law: May a United States court domesticate a foreign judgment that is predicated upon the recognition of a foreign government that the United States does not recognize? - Argued October 5, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/F739FE9FB2E9C50F85258A3F00591DDF/$file/23-7077.mp3 Thu, 05 Oct 2023 14:52:02 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Labor: Does Title VII ban employment discrimination in favor of foreign nationals? - Argued October 4, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/10/04/22-16870.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 06:35:28 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Federalism: Did Texas unlawfully obstruct the Rio Grande? - Argued October 5, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-50632_10-5-2023.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 06:46:56 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Second Amendment: May federal marijuana offenses that comply with State law disqualify individuals from owning firearms? - Argued October 5, 2023 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/22-13893.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 06:51:38 PDT Maryland Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: In the case of Adnan Syed, did the victim of his alleged crime have the right to object before his conviction was thrown out? - Argued October 5, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MD/23-07.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 06:59:45 PDT Florida Supreme Court First Amendment: Did Florida unconstitutionally expand the crime of riot to target lawful protest activity? - Argued October 5, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/FL/23-53.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 07:10:14 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Under federal admiralty law, can a choice of law clause in a maritime contract be rendered unenforceable if enforcement is contrary to the "strong public policy" of the state whose law is displaced? - Argued October 10, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-500.mp3 Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:04:41 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: May a Court invalidate a redistricting map because it finds intentional discrimination regardless of whether the map has a discriminatory effect? - Argued October 11, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-807.mp3 Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:08:18 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Civil Procedure: May Kathy Griffin be sued in Tennessee for tweets targeting a Tennessee executive and his employer? - Argued October 17, 2023 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/10-17-2023%20-%20Tuesday/23-5257%20Samuel%20Johnson%20et%20al%20v%20Kathy%20Griffin.mp3 Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:26:58 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Civil Procedure: May district courts certify a class that comprises nearly every living person due to their exposure to PFAS chemicals? - Argued October 19, 2023 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/10-19-2023%20-%20Thursday/22-3765%20Kevin%20Hardwick%20v%203M%20Company.mp3 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:03:42 PDT Michigan Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Does the use of a drone over property violate the right to privacy? - Argued October 18, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MI/164948.mp3 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 07:18:38 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Administrative Law: Did the DEA arbitrarily refuse to reschedule psilocybin for medical use? - Argued October 20, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/10/20/22-1718.mp3 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:42:00 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: Is former President Trump entitled to absolute presidential immunity in the defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll? - Argued October 23, 2023 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/c21d76aa-2578-4ed3-b72d-805b21ae1931/5/doc/23-1045%2C%2023-1146.mp3 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 06:22:58 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: May a state require student athletes to play on sports teams that align with the gender they were assigned at birth? - Argued October 27, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/23-1078-20231027.mp3 Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:11:54 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: How promptly must the government provide a post seizure probable cause hearing in a forfeiture proceeding? - Argued October 30, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-585.mp3 Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:15:01 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: Does a public official engage in state action by blocking people from their personal social-media account? - Argued October 31, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-324.mp3 Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:11:40 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: When does a public official's social media activity constitute state action? - Argued October 31, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-611.mp3 Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:13:20 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: May the government refuse to register a trademark because it contains criticism of a government official or public figure? - Argued November 1, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-704.mp3 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:09:45 PDT Minnesota Supreme Court Election Law: Does the Insurrection Clause bar former President Trump from running for president? - Argued November 3, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MN/A23-1354.mp3 Fri, 03 Nov 2023 07:06:14 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Second Amendment: May New York create a private civil action against gun manufacturers for “knowingly or recklessly” marketing or distributing firearms? - Argued November 3, 2023 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/33d72526-4731-43f5-b2f4-208baf46ced9/1/doc/22-1374.mp3 Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:33:20 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Do the civil-liability provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act waive the sovereign immunity of the United States? - Argued November 6, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-846.mp3 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:07:11 PST U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment: Do those subjected to domestic violence restraining orders lose their right to possess a firearm? - Argued November 7, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-915.mp3 Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:49:25 PST U.S. Supreme Court Veterans: Are veterans who serve two separate and distinct periods of qualifying service under the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post-9/11 GI Bill entitled to benefits under both? - Argued November 8, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-888.mp3 Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:54:05 PST USCA, Second Circuit First Amendment: Is Sarah Palin's defamation claim against the New York Times, which erroneously linked her to a mass shooting, sufficient to go to a jury? - Argued November 6, 2023 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/7a046445-88db-452f-ace4-7c9cbd2a8315/11/doc/22-558.mp3 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 06:51:01 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Torts: Are smoke detectors fire alarms? - Argued November 8, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-11213_11-8-2023.mp3 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 06:53:48 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: Was Steve Bannon entitled to assert executive privilege against Congressional subpoenas? - Argued November 9, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/6B20E766D917BD6985258A6200480ACC/$file/22-3086.mp3 Fri, 10 Nov 2023 06:37:20 PST Maine Supreme Judicial Court Civil Procedure: May Maine retroactively repeal the statute of limitations for civil claims for sexual abuse? - Argued November 10, 2023 https://www.courts.maine.gov/courts/sjc/audio/2023-11/23-122%20Dupuis.mp3 Sat, 11 Nov 2023 07:02:34 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: Do the civil and criminal provisions of the Foreign Agents Registration Act have the same statute of limitations? - Argued November 14, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/156FEC9C2C39F57A85258A670047A1C0/$file/22-5328.mp3 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:56:29 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Procedure: Must district courts abstain from hearing dormant commerce clause challenges to equity-based marijuana licensing programs? - Argued November 15, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/11/15/22-16783.mp3 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:59:49 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit First Amendment: Does the First Amendment bar the Satanic Temple from bringing defamation claims against those who misrepresent their religious tenets? - Argued November 15, 2023 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2023/11/15/23-35060.mp3 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:02:33 PST USCA, Second Circuit First Amendment: Did Barstool Sports defame the comedian, Michael Rapaport, by saying he had herpes? - Argued November 15, 2023 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/fafc571c-3089-4280-bd36-f8909c976c16/6/doc/22-2080.mp3 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:05:03 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit First Amendment: May former president Trump be gagged from attacking Jack Smith, members of his prosecution team, court staff or potential trial witnesses in his January 6th conspiracy trial? - Argued November 20, 2023 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/5C128084ED4BD18D85258A6D005F965D/$file/23-3190.mp3 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:05:59 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: When the federal law analogs to past state convictions have changed, which version of federal law should a sentencing court consult under ACCA's categorical approach? - Argued November 27, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-6389.mp3 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:16:10 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibit a second prosecution for a crime of which a defendant was previously acquitted in a contradictory verdict? - Argued November 28, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-721.mp3 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:24:30 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Is an agency determination of "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship" a mixed question of law and fact or a discretionary judgment? - Argued November 28, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-666.mp3 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:28:36 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Do SEC adjudications violate the Appointments Clause, Non-Delegation Doctrine, and Seventh Amendment? - Argued November 29, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-859.mp3 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:10:44 PST U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy: Does the Bankruptcy Code authorize a court to approve a release that extinguishes claims held by nondebtors against nondebtor third parties without the claimants’ consent? - Argued December 4, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-124.mp3 Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:08:46 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Intellectual Property: Are manufacturers of COVID test swabs immune from suit for intellectual property infringement due to the public health emergency? - Argued December 4, 2023 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=22-1943_12042023.mp3 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 09:32:14 PST U.S. Supreme Court Tax: Does the Sixteenth Amendment authorize Congress to tax unrealized sums without apportionment among the states? - Argued December 5, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-800.mp3 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 09:34:28 PST U.S. Supreme Court Labor: Does Title VII prohibit discrimination in transfer decisions absent a separate court determination that the transfer caused a significant disadvantage? - Argued December 6, 2023 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-193.mp3 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:04:02 PST USCA, First Circuit Labor: May private employers discipline employees for wearing Black Lives Matter apparel? - Argued December 5, 2023 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/22-1064_20231205.mp3 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:06:04 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: Do mandatory health warnings on cigarette packages violate tobacco companies' First Amendment rights? - Argued December 5, 2023 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-40076_12-5-2023.mp3 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:08:57 PST Colorado Supreme Court Election Law: Is Donald Trump disqualified from running for president in Colorado under the Insurrection Clause? - Argued December 6, 2023 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/CO/23SA300.mp3 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:56:16 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Torts: Can the Rockefeller Foundation be held liable for human experimentation that it allegedly sponsored in the 1940s? - Argued December 7, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-1678-20231207.mp3 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:58:29 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Employment: Can a white executive sue for employment discrimination based upon a corporation's preference for minority candidates as part of a diversity initiative? - Argued December 7, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-2142-20231207.mp3 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:00:49 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Fourth Amendment: Under what circumstances may a court issue a "geofence" warrant (i.e. a list of every cellphone within a certain location at a certain time)? - Argued December 8, 2023 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-4489-20231208.mp3 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:26:55 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: Is former President Trump immune from prosecution for the January 6th attack on the Capitol? - Argued January 9, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/DC/23-3228.mp3 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 09:34:46 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Must the government serve a single document that includes the "time and place" of proceedings to commence a deportation proceeding? - Argued January 8, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-674.mp3 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 07:55:40 PST U.S. Supreme Court National Security: Does someone's removal from the No Fly List moot their challenge to having been placed on the No Fly List to begin with? - Argued January 8, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-1178.mp3 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 07:57:13 PST U.S. Supreme Court Property: Can a permit exaction violate the unconstitutional-conditions doctrine? - Argued January 9, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-1074.mp3 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 07:59:29 PST U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy: To remedy a constitutional uniformity violation, must the United States Trustee grant retrospective refunds to debtors affected by the disuniformity, or may Congress implement a prospective remedy? - Argued January 9, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-1238.mp3 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 08:02:27 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment permit the prosecution in a criminal trial to present testimony by a substitute expert conveying the testimonial statements of a nontestifying forensic analyst? - Argued January 10, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-899.mp3 Thu, 11 Jan 2024 07:00:09 PST International Court of Justice Genocide: Is Israel committing acts of genocide in Gaza? - Argued January 11, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/ICJ/24-1.mp3 Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:03:44 PST International Court of Justice Genocide: Is Israel committing acts of genocide in Gaza? - Argued January 12, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/ICJ/24-1(2).mp3 Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:51:04 PST U.S. Supreme Court Securities: Does the mere failure to disclose market uncertainties support a private cause of action for securities fraud? - Argued January 16, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-1165.mp3 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 06:43:16 PST U.S. Supreme Court Property: Is the Takings Clause self-executing, such that a suit seeking compensation for the taking of property may be maintained in the absence of a legislatively created cause of action? - Argued January 16, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-913.mp3 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 06:49:19 PST Illinois Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Does the smell of cannabis establish probable cause to search a vehicle on the ground that cannabis must be stored in an odor-proof container? - Argued January 10, 2024 https://ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resources/resources/95f1d0ec-c8f6-4afa-b678-0bcf35ec07f9/011024_129201_129237.mp3 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 06:53:19 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Should the Supreme Court overrule Chevron deference? - Argued January 17, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-1219.mp3 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:47:25 PST USCA, Tenth Circuit Civil Rights: Does Oklahoma's ban on "gender affirming care" for minors discriminate on the basis of sex? - Argued January 17, 2024 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/23-5110.mp3 Thu, 18 Jan 2024 06:03:26 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Does statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in a statute constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency under Chevron? - Argued January 17, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-451.mp3 Sat, 20 Jan 2024 20:20:03 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Voting Rights: May Mississippi permanently ban all felons from voting? - Argued January 23, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/19/19-60662_1-23-2024.mp3 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:21:18 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: Does the alleged harassment of a white student for wearing a MAGA hat constitute racial discrimination? - Argued January 23, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-50158_1-23-2024.mp3 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:25:45 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Administrative Law: Does the Department of Education have the authority to override the Internal Revenue Service’s determination that a university is a nonprofit? - Argued January 24, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/01/24/23-15124.mp3 Thu, 25 Jan 2024 05:49:13 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Second Amendment: Does California’s decades-old ban on semi-automatic weapons violate the Second Amendment? - Argued January 24, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/01/24/23-2979.mp3 Thu, 25 Jan 2024 05:51:23 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Torts: May a West Virginia county sue an opioid maker for creating a public nuisance? - Argued January 25, 2024 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-1819-20240125.mp3 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:30:34 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Labor: Did Elon Musk's anti-union tweet violate the National Labor Relations Act? - Argued January 25, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-60285_1-25-2024.mp3 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:33:29 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Immigration: May Florida sue the Biden administration for releasing rather than detaining many people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexican border? - Argued January 26, 2024 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/23-11528%20%28consolidated%2023-11644%29.mp3 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:37:46 PST USCA, Second Circuit Securities: Can Coinbase be sued for selling unregistered securities? - Argued February 1, 2024 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/9fb860d3-54f5-4d12-a14a-d4a1ae8afbf4/5/doc/23-184.mp3 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 09:25:33 PST USCA, Sixth Circuit Free Speech: May Tennessee prohibit minors from viewing drag performances ("adult cabaret entertainment")? - Argued February 1, 2024 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/02-01-2024%20-%20Thursday/23-5611%20Friends%20of%20Georges%20Inc%20v%20Steven%20Mulroy.mp3 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 09:30:35 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Intellectual Property: What standard governs whether a design patent is void for obviousness? - Argued February 5, 2024 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=21-2348_02052024.mp3 Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:51:15 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Criminal Procedure: May Arizona require criminal defense lawyers to contact their clients' alleged victims only through the case's prosecutors? - Argued February 5, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/02/05/22-16729.mp3 Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:26:14 PST U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: Was Donald Trump properly disqualified from the Colorado presidential ballot under the Fourteenth Amendment? - Argued February 8, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-719.mp3 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:54:38 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: Is a technically private self-regulatory body that operates under the oversight of the SEC subject to the Appointments Clause? - Argued February 8, 2024 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/A4874876942C580585258ABD0048670C/$file/23-5129.mp3 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:15:15 PST USCA, First Circuit COVID: May Massachusetts immunize universities against refund claims arising from the imposition of remote learning during the COVID pandemic? - Argued February 6, 2024 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/23-1385_20240206.mp3 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:20:07 PST USCA, Second Circuit FOIA: May the Volkswagen independent monitor report into the emissions fraud scandal be publicly disclosed? - Argued February 15, 2024 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/c469d512-1bb6-4509-a587-7da6844f8c27/1/doc/22-2232.mp3 Fri, 16 Feb 2024 05:50:32 PST USCA, Second Circuit Intellectual Property: Is the shape of the bottles used by the Bulleit bourbon brand distinctive enough to be protected by trademark law? - Argued February 14, 2024 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/c469d512-1bb6-4509-a587-7da6844f8c27/10/doc/22-2106%20(L).mp3 Fri, 16 Feb 2024 05:54:09 PST U.S. Supreme Court Arbitration: To be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, must a class of workers engaged in interstate transportation be employed by a company in the transportation industry? - Argued February 20, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-51.mp3 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:38:56 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the statute of limitations for an APA claim run from the date the rule is issued or the date the plaintiff is injured by the rule? - Argued February 20, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-1008.mp3 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:39:23 PST USCA, Third Circuit Voting Rights: May private plaintiffs challenge a Pennsylvania rule that rejects mail-in ballots marked with an erroneous date? - Argued February 20, 2024 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/23-3166PennsylvaniaStateConferenceofNAACPBranchesv.SecretaryCommonwealthofPA.mp3 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 06:48:39 PST U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: Are emissions controls imposed by the EPA reasonable regardless of the number of States subject to its rulemaking? - Argued February 21, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23A349.mp3 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:32:17 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May a copyright plaintiff recover damages for infringements that occurred more than three years before the filing of suit? - Argued February 21, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-1078.mp3 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:34:22 PST U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment: May Florida require social media companies to disclose their content-moderation policies and afford individualized explanations to those whose content is restricted? - Argued February 26, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-277.mp3 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:03:03 PST U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment: May Texas prohibit social media companies from engaging in "viewpoint" based content-moderation? - Argued February 26, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-555.mp3 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:05:19 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: May a district court enter a criminal forfeiture order outside the time limitations set forth in Rule 32.2, Fed.R.Crim.P.? - Argued February 27, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-7386.mp3 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:21:28 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does the National Bank Act preempt the application of state escrow-interest laws to national banks? - Argued February 27, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-529.mp3 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:22:50 PST U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment: Is a bump stock device a "machinegun" as defined in the National Firearms Act? - Argued February 28, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-976.mp3 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:53:50 PST U.S. Supreme Court Arbitration: Where an arbitration agreement contains a delegation clause, should an arbitrator or a court decide whether that arbitration agreement is narrowed by a later contract that is silent as to arbitration and delegation? - Argued February 28, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-3.mp3 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:54:16 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Administrative Law: Does the Obamacare requirement that employers cover preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication for HIV prevention violate their religious rights? - Argued March 4, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-10326_3-4-2024.mp3 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 06:29:51 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Intellectual Property: Does a political campaign's use of a meme without the permission of the meme's creator violate copyright? - Argued March 12, 2024 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2024/3/223623.MP3 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 06:35:23 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Religious Freedom: Did the IRS wrongfully deny tax exempt status to an Iowa church because it uses the psychedelic substance ayahuasca in its ceremonies? - Argued March 11, 2024 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/4E421040A2D1DA0185258ADD003FD756/$file/23-5122.mp3 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 06:40:19 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit National Security: Do citizens have the right to know whether they have been included on the federal government's terrorist watchlist? - Argued March 11, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-10284_3-11-2024.mp3 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 06:44:34 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Administrative Law: May the SEC let Kroger exclude a shareholder proposal on viewpoint discrimination against employees from its proxy materials? - Argued March 5, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-60230_3-5-2024.mp3 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 06:48:52 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Did Jeffrey Epstein's non-prosecution agreement in Florida immunize Ghislaine Maxwell from prosecution for sex trafficking? - Argued March 12, 2024 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/472eb67e-0db6-4ef5-8cee-2164d4f9d123/10/doc/22-1426.mp3 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 07:05:03 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: When the government encourages social-media companies to engage in content-moderation, do those decisions become state action for First Amendment purposes? - Argued March 18, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-411.mp3 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:48:19 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: Does the First Amendment allow a government regulator to threaten regulated entities with adverse regulatory actions if they do business with a controversial speaker? - Argued March 18, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-842.mp3 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:50:16 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: In a prosecution for drug trafficking, may a governmental expert witness testify that most couriers know they are carrying drugs to establish the defendant's mens rea? - Argued March 19, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-14.mp3 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:39:14 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy: Is an insurer with financial responsibility for a bankruptcy claim a "party in interest" that may object to a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization? - Argued March 19, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-1079.mp3 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:40:55 PDT U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment: What must a plaintiff plead to sustain a First Amendment retaliation claim based upon a pretextual arrest? - Argued March 20, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-1025.mp3 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:10:45 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: May the United States intervene to object to the entry of a proposed consent decree based upon New Mexico's alleged violation of the Rio Grande Compact? - Argued March 20, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/141-Orig_2.mp3 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:52:26 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Immigration: May Texas enforce federal immigration laws? - Argued March 20, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-50149_3-20-2024.mp3 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:54:42 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Labor: Did California violate the equal protection rights of app-based services by categorizing their workers as employees? - Argued March 20, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/03/20/21-55757.mp3 Thu, 21 Mar 2024 06:52:18 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Second Amendment: May California prohibit high capacity gun magazines? - Argued March 19, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/03/19/23-55805.mp3 Thu, 21 Mar 2024 06:53:27 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Second Amendment: May Congress criminalize the possession of a firearm without a serial number? - Argued March 20, 2024 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/22-4609-20240320.mp3 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 05:59:18 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Second Amendment: May a State ban the possession of assault weapons? - Argued March 20, 2024 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/21-1255-20240320.mp3 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 06:00:29 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Must the Indian Health Service pay "contract support costs" to support the tribe's expenditure of income collected from third parties? - Argued March 25, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-250.mp3 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:29:56 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is the 60-day deadline to petition for review from the Merit Systems Protection Board jurisdictional? - Argued March 25, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-21.mp3 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:32:36 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Abortion: Did the FDA act arbitrarily and capriciously in approving mifepristone for use in abortions? - Argued March 26, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-235.mp3 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:07:48 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Must a jury find that a defendant's prior convictions were "committed on occasions different from one another" to impose an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act? - Argued March 27, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-370.mp3 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:05:22 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Tax: Are the proceeds of a life-insurance policy taken out by a closely held corporation on a shareholder considered a corporate asset when calculating the value of the shareholder's shares for purposes of the federal estate tax? - Argued March 27, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-146.mp3 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:07:15 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit International Law: Did a Dutch museum's transfer of a painting looted during the Holocaust constitute an act of the Dutch government? - Argued April 2, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-20224_4-2-2024.mp3 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 07:09:04 PDT Oklahoma Supreme Court Civil Rights: May the survivors of the Tulsa Massacre sue the city to provide an abatement for the Massacre's lingering effects? - Argued April 2, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/OK/SD-121502.mp3 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 07:26:01 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Second Amendment: Are gun manufacturers entitled to remove state tort actions for wrongful death because they are regulated by the federal government? - Argued April 4, 2024 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/ef.23-2992.23-2992_04_04_2024.mp3 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:31:03 PDT USCA, Federal Circuit Intellectual Property: Does Crocs' use of the word "patented" in its advertising constitute a deceptive trade practice? - Argued April 3, 2024 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=22-2160_04032024.mp3 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:45:37 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Immigration: Is Texas' criminalization of illegal immigration preempted by federal law? - Argued April 3, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-50149_4-3-2024.mp3 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 08:51:24 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Commerce Clause: May Louisiana ban the direct sale of automobiles? - Argued April 2, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-30480_4-2-2024.mp3 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 08:53:27 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit FOIA: May the CIA refuse to disclose whether it has operational control over Guantanamo? - Argued April 9, 2024 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/15CF901D3EF3345685258AFA0042341E/$file/23-5118.mp3 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 15:03:22 PDT USCA, Second Circuit First Amendment: May the government prosecute private parties who spread misinformation with the intent to prevent people from voting? - Argued April 5, 2024 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/bbb2cf73-0fe3-4a7a-bc18-a2c318c3fa3a/9/doc/23-7577.mp3 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 15:07:52 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Technology: Does CDA § 230 shield social media companies from liability for hosting third-party apps that engage in illegal gambling? - Argued April 8, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/04/08/22-16888.mp3 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:18:38 PDT International Court of Justice International Law: Does Germany's support for Israel violate the Genocide and Geneva Conventions? - Argued April 8, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/ICJ/2024-04-08-193.mp3 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 09:55:46 PDT International Court of Justice International Law: Does Germany's support for Israel violate the Genocide and Geneva Conventions? - Argued April 9, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/ICJ/2024-04-09-193.mp3 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 09:57:42 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Civil Rights: May states prohibit minors from receiving gender transition procedures? - Argued April 11, 2024 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2024/4/232681eb.mp3 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:26:27 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit International Law: May religious groups seek the return of religious artifacts allegedly expropriated by the Russian government during the Russian Revolution? - Argued April 11, 2024 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/40A139084D9A900785258AFC00618F9F/$file/23-7036.mp3 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:29:58 PDT North Carolina Supreme Court Election Law: May lawyers who suborned false accusations of voter fraud be liable for defamation? - Argued April 11, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NC/403PA21.mp3 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:38:24 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does 18 U.S.C. 666 criminalize gratuities, i.e., payments in recognition of actions the official has already taken or committed to take, without any quid pro quo agreement to take those actions? - Argued April 15, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-108.mp3 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:01:54 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Can Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claims proceed against a baseless criminal charge, even if other charges are supported by probable cause? - Argued April 15, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-50.mp3 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:03:49 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does the federal criminal prohibition on the obstruction of congressional proceedings cover acts unrelated to investigations and the taking of evidence? - Argued April 16, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-5572.mp3 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:05:50 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: What deference does a court of appeals owe to a district court's findings respecting ineffective assistance of counsel? - Argued April 17, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-982.mp3 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:48:37 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Eighth Amendment: Does the enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property against the homeless constitute "cruel and unusual punishment"? - Argued April 22, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-175.mp3 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:22:05 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Arbitration: Must district courts stay a lawsuit pending arbitration, or do they have the discretion to dismiss a suit when all claims are subject to arbitration? - Argued April 22, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-1218.mp3 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:24:39 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Does a consular officer's refusal to grant a visa to a U.S. citizen's noncitizen spouse impinge upon a constitutionally protected interest of the citizen? - Argued April 23, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-334.mp3 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:40:54 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Labor: Must courts evaluate the NLRB's requests for section 10(j) injunctions under the traditional four-factor test for preliminary injunctions? - Argued April 23, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-367.mp3 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:42:34 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Abortion: Does the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act preempt State bans on abortion in cases of emergency? - Argued April 24, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-726.mp3 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:36:03 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Is a former president absolutely immune from federal prosecution for acts done while in office? - Argued April 25, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-939.mp3 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:49:48 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Procedure: Does Texas have standing to challenge an SEC rule that requires fund managers to disclose DEI information? - Argued April 30, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-60079_4-30-2024.mp3 Wed, 01 May 2024 09:05:03 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit First Amendment: Does the prohibition on the circumvention of digital rights management technologies violate the First Amendment? - Argued May 7, 2024 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/98F5F04768D33BE185258B150041A8FC/$file/23-5159.mp3 Tue, 07 May 2024 06:01:41 PDT USCA, Third Circuit First Amendment: What statute of limitations governs a libel action on the internet? - Argued May 7, 2024 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/23-2698Evansv.Thehuffingtonpost.comInc.mp3 Wed, 08 May 2024 14:32:21 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: When is a school liable for the acts of one student against another? - Argued May 7, 2024 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/23-1182-20240507.mp3 Wed, 08 May 2024 14:35:00 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Must a criminal case be dismissed when the charges are predicated, in part, on evidence obtained by torture? - Argued May 9, 2024 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/2A69ACD42721DB6185258B1800405061/$file/23-1294.mp3 Thu, 09 May 2024 11:33:50 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Civil Rights: When a SWAT team destroys an innocent person's property, is the government liable for compensation? - Argued May 9, 2024 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/05-09-2024%20-%20Thursday/23-5765%20Mollie%20Slaybaugh%20v%20Rutherford%20County%20TN.mp3 Sat, 11 May 2024 09:09:21 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: Is a former Trump Justice Department official entitled to have his professional discipline case removed from Washington DC due to local bias? - Argued May 10, 2024 https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2023.nsf/89FA558AD26ED57085258B19003F9EFA/$file/23-7073.mp3 Mon, 13 May 2024 09:01:35 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Administrative Law: Can the Nasdaq Exchange impose diversity rules on the boards of the companies it lists? - Argued May 14, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/21/21-60626_5-14-2024.mp3 Wed, 15 May 2024 06:21:08 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Election Law: When does a local redistricting map discriminate against ethnic minority voters? - Argued May 14, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-40582_5-14-2024.mp3 Wed, 15 May 2024 06:24:05 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Civil Rights: Can sorority members sue their national sorority for admitting a trans woman to their university chapter? - Argued May 14, 2024 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/23-8065.mp3 Wed, 15 May 2024 14:10:32 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Criminal Procedure: Is it structural error for the government to intrude into attorney-client confidential communications? - Argued May 14, 2024 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/22-3009_enbanc.mp3 Wed, 15 May 2024 14:14:06 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Second Amendment: May a state prohibit the sale of firearms to individuals under twenty-one? - Argued May 14, 2024 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/23-1251.mp3 Wed, 15 May 2024 14:16:13 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Federalism: Does the Unlawful Inclosures Act require property owners to allow individuals to "corner-cross" their property when traveling between public lands? - Argued May 14, 2024 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/23-8043.mp3 Wed, 15 May 2024 14:20:48 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Procedure: May a magistrate preside over the end of a civil trial if the presiding district judge is unavailable? - Argued May 16, 2024 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/22-12936_05162024.mp3 Fri, 17 May 2024 06:28:45 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Free Press: Is Project Veritas entitled to quash a search warrant for violating press freedom? - Argued May 28, 2024 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/86c8b726-41c4-4a07-9a72-7598d6d5d3e3/1/doc/24-192%20mtn.mp3 Wed, 29 May 2024 12:52:21 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Intellectual Property: Is an internet service provider liable for the copyright infringement of its customers? - Argued June 3, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-50162_6-3-2024.mp3 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 06:24:18 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Commerce Clause: May New Jersey compel companies to pay temporary workers provided by staffing agencies the same wages and benefits as full-time employees? - Argued June 4, 2024 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/23-2419_NewJerseyStaffingAlliance,etalv.Fais,%20etal..mp3 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:07:00 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Free Speech: May the Libertarian Party prevent a dissident faction from using the party name and branding? - Argued June 11, 2024 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/06-11-2024%20-%20Tuesday/23-1856%20Libertarian%20Natl%20Comm%20Inc%20v%20Michael%20Saliba%20et%20al.mp3 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:34:12 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Religious Liberty: Can a Christian medical center enjoin the government from enforcing anti-bias laws against it for refusing to facilitate "gender affirming care"? - Argued June 11, 2024 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/06-11-2024%20-%20Tuesday/23-1769%20Christian%20Healthcare%20Centers%20v%20Dana%20Nessel.mp3 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:38:40 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Religious Liberty: May a religious parish challenge anti-discrimination laws that aim to protect transgender individuals? - Argued June 11, 2024 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/06-11-2024%20-%20Tuesday/23-1781%20Sacred%20Heart%20of%20Jesus%20Parish%20v%20Dana%20Nessel%20et%20al.mp3 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:41:04 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Religious Liberty: May a religious organization mount a pre-enforcement challenge to an anti-discrimination law that protects transgender individuals? - Argued June 11, 2024 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/06-11-2024%20-%20Tuesday/23-1860%20St%20Joseph%20Parish%20St%20Johns%20v%20Dana%20Nessel.mp3 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:44:23 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Insurance: Is having sex a clearly foreseeable use of an automobile? - Argued June 11, 2024 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2024/6/231686.mp3 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:53:57 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Criminal Procedure: Should Elizabeth Holmes' conviction for fraud be vacated where there was evidence that she believed her misrepresentations? - Argued June 11, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/06/11/23-1040.mp3 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:59:15 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit International Law: May President Biden be sued for complicity in an alleged genocide in Gaza? - Argued June 10, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/06/10/24-704.mp3 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:01:27 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Free Speech: May a state ban public school libraries from carrying books that contain depictions of "sex acts"? - Argued June 11, 2024 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2024/6/241075.mp3 Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:01:03 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Administrative Law: May Congress delegate rule-making authority to a private entity where a federal agency is given post hoc review? - Argued June 12, 2024 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2024/6/232687.mp3 Mon, 17 Jun 2024 06:30:11 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit First Amendment: Does Florida's "Stop Woke Act" encroach upon academic freedom in a way that violates the First Amendment? - Argued June 14, 2024 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/system/files_force/oral_argument_recordings/22-13992_06142024.mp3 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:18:13 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Second Amendment: Does the Second Amendment protect the right to carry a butterfly knife? - Argued June 25, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/06/25/20-15948.mp3 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 06:32:58 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit First Amendment: Is there a First Amendment right to secretly record individuals in public? - Argued June 25, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/06/25/22-35271.mp3 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:25:31 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Administrative Law: May the Biden Administration permit fiduciaries to consider environmental, social and governance factors when choosing investments for beneficiaries? - Argued July 9, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-11097_7-9-2024.mp3 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:28:00 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Securities: What recovered funds must the SEC take into account when issuing awards to whistleblowers? - Argued July 9, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-60216_7-9-2024.mp3 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:31:34 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Religious Freedom: May a state refuse to certify someone as a foster parent if they refuse to support LGBT children in their care? - Argued July 9, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/07/09/23-4169.mp3 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:40:06 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Administrative Law: Are members of "Fishery Management Councils" principal or inferior officers under the Appointments Clause? - Argued July 11, 2024 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/24-1420Lofstadv.SecretaryUSDept.mp3 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 06:40:21 PDT Montana Supreme Court Environmental Law: Does the Montana Constitution require State agencies to consider the impacts of climate change in their environmental reviews? - Argued July 10, 2024 https://courts.mt.gov/external/oralargument/audio/23-0575.mp3 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:37:47 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: Can California require social media platforms to disclose information about their existing content moderation practices? - Argued July 17, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/07/17/24-271.mp3 Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:17:06 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Procedure: Are privacy claims against Google's Chrome browser subject to class certification? - Argued July 19, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/07/19/22-16993.mp3 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 06:32:27 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit First Amendment: May a State legislator sue fellow lawmakers for violating his First Amendment rights when investigating his conduct? - Argued August 21, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/08/21/23-35535.mp3 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 07:11:16 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: May Idaho prohibit "gender affirming care" for minors? - Argued August 21, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/08/21/24-142.mp3 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:18:13 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: Should the judge have excluded the Access Hollywood tape in the rape case by E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump? - Argued September 6, 2024 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/028209c4-a929-417a-9482-ef4faabf95b5/2/doc/23-793.mp3 Sat, 07 Sep 2024 13:32:03 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit National Security: Is cryptocurrency service, Tornado Cash, an "entity" subject to sanctions by the Office of Foreign Assets Control? - Argued September 3, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-50669_9-3-2024.mp3 Sat, 07 Sep 2024 13:37:07 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Election Law: May Arizona require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship to vote in presidential elections or vote early by mail? - Argued September 10, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/09/10/24-3188.mp3 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 05:59:34 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Ethics: Was Alan Dershowitz subject to sanctions for serving as counsel to a firm that made false claims of election fraud? - Argued September 11, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/09/11/23-16023.mp3 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 06:07:28 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Ethics: Were law firms subject to sanctions for making false claims of election fraud in Arizona? - Argued September 11, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/09/11/23-16022.mp3 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 06:10:09 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit First Amendment: May Congress ban access to TikTok if its Chinese owners fail to divest themselves of their ownership in the social media company? - Argued September 16, 2024 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2024/09/24-1113.mp3 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:02:11 PDT North Carolina Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May North Carolina revive the statute of limitations for time-barred civil claims for sexual abuse? - Argued September 18, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NC/109PA22-2.mp3 Thu, 19 Sep 2024 11:49:16 PDT North Carolina Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May North Carolina reopen cases that were previously dismissed on statute of limitations grounds? - Argued September 18, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NC/167PA22.mp3 Thu, 19 Sep 2024 11:51:51 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Federalism: May Iowa criminalize illegal re-entry into the United States? - Argued September 26, 2024 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2024/9/242263.MP3 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:18:33 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit First Amendment: Do public libraries violate the First Amendment when they remove books based on their content? - Argued September 24, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-50224_9-24-2024.mp3 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:21:43 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Election Law: May states count mail-in ballots so long as they are postmarked by election day? - Argued September 24, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-60395_9-24-2024.mp3 Fri, 27 Sep 2024 06:11:56 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Procedure: Is there specific personal jurisdiction over e-commerce platforms for extracting consumer data in the forum where the consumer's online purchase was made? - Argued September 26, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/09/26/22-15815.mp3 Fri, 27 Sep 2024 06:26:48 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit First Amendment: May Indiana require those observing the police to remain at a distance of at least 25 feet? - Argued September 27, 2024 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/ch.24-1099.24-1099_09_27_2024.mp3 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 06:21:05 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is the exhaustion of state administrative remedies required to bring claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in state court? - Argued October 7, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-191.mp3 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 11:58:48 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is remand to a state court required when a case has been removed to federal court based upon the federal question statute and the plaintiff amends their complaint to remove their federal claims? - Argued October 7, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-677.mp3 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:02:14 PDT New York Appellate Division (First Department) Corporations: Was the Trump Organization in New York a fraudulent business? - Argued September 26, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NY/23-4925.mp3 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:17:09 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment: Are gun kits - i.e. "ghost guns" - a "firearm" under the Gun Control Act? - Argued October 8, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-852.mp3 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:22:06 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is a party a "prevailing party" entitled to attorney's fees under the civil rights laws if they win a preliminary injunction but the case is dismissed before a final judgment is entered? - Argued October 8, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-621.mp3 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:25:45 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: Can a municipality be held liable for environmental discrimination because it permitted industrial facilities in black neighborhoods? - Argued October 7, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-30908_10-7-2024.mp3 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 06:13:01 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Death Penalty: Does due process require reversal, where a capital conviction is so infected with errors that the State no longer seeks to defend it? - Argued October 9, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/22-7466.mp3 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:22:16 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit First Amendment: Does RFK Jr. have standing to challenge the Biden Administration's requests to social media companies to limit COVID misinformation? - Argued October 8, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-30252_10-8-2024.mp3 Thu, 10 Oct 2024 08:24:44 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: May Texas ban drag shows when minors might be present in the audience? - Argued October 9, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-20480_10-9-2024.mp3 Thu, 10 Oct 2024 12:25:35 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Immigration: Does Texas have standing to object to the DACA program? - Argued October 10, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-40653_10-10-2024.mp3 Thu, 10 Oct 2024 12:30:29 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Are economic harms resulting from personal injuries injuries to “business or property by reason of” the defendant's acts under civil RICO? - Argued October 15, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-365.mp3 Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:43:02 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: May a visa petitioner obtain judicial review when an approved petition is revoked on the basis of nondiscretionary criteria? - Argued October 15, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-583.mp3 Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:45:59 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Must the Veterans Court ensure that the benefit-of-the-doubt rule was properly applied during the claims process? - Argued October 16, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-713.mp3 Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:47:46 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: Does the Clean Water Act allow EPA (or an authorized state) to impose generic prohibitions in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits? - Argued October 16, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-753.mp3 Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:49:39 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Administrative Law: May the Department of Education forgive approximately $475 billion in federal-student-loan debt by altering the rules for income-based repayment? - Argued October 24, 2024 http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2024/10/242332.mp3 Fri, 25 Oct 2024 11:17:10 PDT Colorado Supreme Court Civil Rights: Are captive elephants entitled to habeas corpus under Colorado law? - Argued October 24, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/CO/24sa21.mp3 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 09:19:38 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Abortion: Does Indiana's abortion ban unlawfully impair Satanists' sincerely held religious beliefs and practices? - Argued October 24, 2024 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/ch.23-3247.23-3247_10_24_2024.mp3 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:21:03 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Abortion: Is West Virginia's prohibition on prescribing abortion medications preempted by federal law? - Argued October 29, 2024 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/23-2194-20241029.mp3 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 06:26:32 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Administrative Law: Does a statute that empowers Medicare to negotiate the prices it pays for prescription drugs violate the pharmaceutical company's due process rights? - Argued October 30, 2024 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/24-1819-1820-1821_Astazeneca-BristolMyers-Janssenv.SecretaryUSDeptHHS.mp3 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:12:40 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Civil Rights: Does a school violate Title IX if it permits students to use bathrooms that conform to their gender identity? - Argued October 29, 2024 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/10-29-2024%20-%20Tuesday/23-3740%20John%20and%20Jane%20Doe%20No1%20v%20Bethel%20Local%20Bd%20of%20Edu%20et%20al.mp3 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 06:46:36 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Administrative Law: May the FCC impose Net Neutrality by reclassifying internet service providers as common carriers? - Argued October 31, 2024 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/10-31-2024%20-%20Thursday/24-7000%20MCP%20No%20185%20Open%20Internet%20Rule%20FCC%2024-52%20v.mp3 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 06:49:39 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: Are findings contained in a post-conviction ruling binding in a later civil rights suit brought for a wrongful conviction? - Argued October 30, 2024 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/23-1566-20241030.mp3 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 06:54:37 PDT Connecticut Supreme Court Torts: May someone sue a fertility doctor who secretly substituted his own sperm for his putative father's on a theory of wrongful life? - Argued October 30, 2024 https://mediaservices.jud.ct.gov/courtaudio/supApp/2024/44/Suprynowicz%20SC%2020992.mp3 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 06:59:18 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Are reimbursement requests submitted to the E-rate program "claims" under the False Claims Act? - Argued November 4, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1127.mp3 Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:21:57 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Does the phrase "entitled ... to benefits," used twice in the same sentence of the Medicare Act, mean the same thing for Medicare part A and SSI? - Argued November 5, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-715.mp3 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:27:48 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: What burden of proof must employers satisfy to demonstrate the applicability of an FLSA exemption? - Argued November 5, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-217.mp3 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:29:57 PST U.S. Supreme Court Securities: Are risk disclosures false or misleading when they do not disclose that a risk has materialized in the past, even if that past event presents no known risk of ongoing or future business harm? - Argued November 6, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-980.mp3 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:58:50 PST USCA, First Circuit Antitrust: Did Nantucket violate the Sherman Act when it capped the number of rental car licenses on the island? - Argued November 5, 2024 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/24-1649_20241105.mp3 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:21:13 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Intellectual Property: Is software that keeps track of billable hours patentable? - Argued November 6, 2024 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=23-1756_11062024.mp3 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 05:01:00 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: May participants in the January 6th attack on the Capitol raise Donald Trump's speech as a defense to prosecution? - Argued November 4, 2024 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2024/11/23-3174.mp3 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 07:41:47 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: Is the government entitled to dismiss charges of conviction after a criminal case has become final? - Argued November 5, 2024 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2024/11/23-3027.mp3 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 07:51:35 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: When a noncitizen's voluntary-departure period ends on a weekend or public holiday, is a motion to reopen filed the next business day sufficient to avoid the penalties for failure to depart? - Argued November 12, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-929.mp3 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:27:29 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Can a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death be proven by showing the defendant failed to take action? - Argued November 12, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-825.mp3 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:31:19 PST U.S. Supreme Court Securities: Can plaintiffs alleging securities fraud satisfy the falsity requirement by relying on an expert opinion to substitute for particularized allegations of fact? - Argued November 13, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-970.mp3 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:37:00 PST USCA, Second Circuit Administrative Law: Does the Appointments Clause require Administrative Law Judges to be removable at will? - Argued November 12, 2024 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/9fdb8a09-4be0-4298-9d01-edd78082add7/5/doc/23-7475.mp3 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:41:31 PST Wisconsin Supreme Court Abortion: Is Wisconsin's 1849 prohibition on abortion still good law if it was never formally repealed between Roe and Dobbs? - Argued November 11, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/WI/2023AP002362.mp3 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 05:49:03 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Administrative Law: Does the Secretary of Transportation have the authority to require airlines to disclose ancillary fees? - Argued November 18, 2024 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-60231_11-18-24.mp3 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:16:11 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Do kickbacks to Iraq's ministry of health make health care companies liable for aiding and abetting terrorism? - Argued November 18, 2024 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2024/11/20-7077.mp3 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:21:21 PST USCA, Tenth Circuit Civil Procedure: Can Congress legislate that certain activity constitutes consent to personal jurisdiction? - Argued November 12, 2024 https://ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/23-1286.mp3 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:02:34 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: May a sex-segregated nude spa bar transgender patrons who present as the opposite sex? - Argued November 18, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/11/18/23-4031.mp3 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:48:43 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: Does HUD have the authority to prohibit home insurance practices that have a disparate impact on protected minorities? - Argued November 20, 2024 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2024/11/23-5275.mp3 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:59:17 PST USCA, Tenth Circuit Second Amendment: May the federal government prohibit “unlawful” users of marijuana from possessing firearms in States where marijuana is legal? - Argued November 22, 2024 https://ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/23-6028.mp3 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:35:00 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: May the FDA prohibit flavored vaping products? - Argued December 2, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1038.mp3 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:18:09 PST U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy: May a bankruptcy trustee avoid a debtor's tax payment when no actual creditor could have obtained relief under the applicable state fraudulent-transfer law outside of bankruptcy? - Argued December 2, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-824.mp3 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:20:14 PST U.S. Supreme Court International Law: Is a practice of commingling sovereign and commercial assets sufficient to establish that the proceeds of seized property have a commercial nexus with the United States under the expropriation exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act? - Argued December 3, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-867.mp3 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:23:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: May a state ban "gender affirming care" for transgender minors? - Argued December 4, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-477.mp3 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:08:00 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Securities: Did Snapchat fraudulently downplay the economic costs it would suffer when Apple enhanced its app privacy settings? - Argued December 5, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/12/05/23-3932.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:55:54 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Technology: Can Grindr be held liable for matching a minor with sexual predators? - Argued December 3, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/12/03/24-475.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:58:41 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Technology: Can Meta be held liable for the genocide of the Rohingya people in Myanmar? - Argued December 4, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/12/04/24-1672.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:00:47 PST USCA, First Circuit Federalism: Does the federal prohibition on cannabis in states where it is legal violate federalism? - Argued December 5, 2024 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/24-1628_20241205.mp3 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:06:31 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit International Law: Are Guantanamo detainees with long-term health problems entitled to review by a "Mixed Medical Commission" under the Geneva Conventions? - Argued December 9, 2024 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2024/12/23-5251.mp3 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:31:46 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Are contract rights property for the purposes of the mail and wire fraud statutes? - Argued December 9, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-909.mp3 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:19:42 PST U.S. Supreme Court Employment: Is a federal civilian employee called or ordered to active duty under a provision of law during a national emergency entitled to differential pay even if the duty is not directly connected to the national emergency? - Argued December 9, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-861.mp3 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:21:25 PST U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: Does the National Environmental Policy Act require an agency to study environmental impacts beyond the proximate effects of the action over which the agency has regulatory authority? - Argued December 10, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-975.mp3 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:45:21 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Can an award of the "defendant's profits" under the Lanham Act include an order for the defendant to disgorge profits from legally separate non-party corporate affiliates? - Argued December 11, 2024 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-900.mp3 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:19:09 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Second Amendment: May the federal government permanently bar non-violent felons from possessing firearms? - Argued December 11, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/12/11/22-50048.mp3 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:25:36 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Abortion: May Idaho ban all abortions that are not necessary to save the life of the mother? - Argued December 10, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/12/10/23-35440.mp3 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:26:42 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Free Speech: May immigration judges challenge a rule prohibiting them from speaking publicly about immigration in their personal capacities? - Argued December 11, 2024 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/23-2235-20241211.mp3 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 07:58:49 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Free Speech: May immigration officials require visa applicants to provide information on their social media accounts? - Argued December 13, 2024 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2024/12/23-5232.mp3 Sun, 15 Dec 2024 05:55:30 PST USCA, Third Circuit Torts: Can an online betting app be held liable for preying on problem gamblers? - Argued December 11, 2024 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/24-1364_Antar_v._BetMGM_LLC.mp3 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 06:03:23 PST USCA, Second Circuit Federalism: Does the dormant commerce clause prevent states from prioritizing local businesses for the sale of marijuana? - Argued December 19, 2024 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/9f08681b-37f6-4ec5-9c9a-ed57c3ebd973/7/doc/24-384.mp3 Tue, 24 Dec 2024 11:54:05 PST Florida Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Should defendants have a right to interlocutory appeal when Stand Your Ground immunity is denied? - Argued December 12, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/FL/SC2024-0317.mp3 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:08:08 PST Florida Supreme Court Death Penalty: Can a death sentence be imposed by a non-unanimous jury? - Argued December 12, 2024 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/FL/SC2023-1298.mp3 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:12:41 PST U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: May Congress require ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok? - Argued January 10, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-656.mp3 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:12:03 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Do the First Step Act's sentencing reduction provisions apply to a defendant originally sentenced before its enactment, but resentenced after its enactment? - Argued January 13, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1002.mp3 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:47:05 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, does a former employee, who was qualified to perform her job and who earned post-employment benefits, lose her right to sue over discrimination with respect to those benefits if she no longer holds her job? - Argued January 13, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-997.mp3 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:48:50 PST USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Do the federal bribery laws reach the bribery of FIFA officials by television executives bidding for media rights? - Argued January 8, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/285142e0-4a17-4d17-b9dd-904af992ebb9/5/doc/23-7183%2C%2023-7186.mp3 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:52:10 PST USCA, First Circuit International Law: Does recovery under the Torture Victim Protection Act require that a suit for extrajudicial killing have a nexus to the United States? - Argued January 10, 2025 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/24-1411_20250110.mp3 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:57:06 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does 18 U.S.C. § 1014, which prohibits making a "false statement" for the purpose of influencing certain financial institutions and federal agencies, prohibit making a statement that is misleading but not false? - Argued January 14, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1095.mp3 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:58:31 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is a Rule 41 voluntary dismissal without prejudice a final judgment, order, or proceeding under Rule 60(b)? - Argued January 14, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-971.mp3 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:00:47 PST U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: May Texas impose age-verification requirements on websites? - Argued January 15, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1122.mp3 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:48:49 PST Washington Supreme Court Second Amendment: May Washington prohibit high-capacity magazines? - Argued January 14, 2025 https://m-download.invintus.com/9375922947/8954c17393f3d4ef2a71a107c966f79885f3ebb9_audio.mp3 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:57:29 PST New York Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: The sentencing of Donald Trump - Argued January 10, 2025 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NY/1543-23.mp3 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:10:01 PST Illinois Supreme Court Second Amendment: May Illinois criminalize carrying a firearm without a concealed carry permit? - Argued January 14, 2025 https://ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resources/resources/3f3c1e0f-8a85-4eb8-9f67-bc7fca8b61ca/011425_129965.mp3 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 15:21:15 PST Wisconsin Supreme Court Civil Rights: Can a legislative committee of the Wisconsin legislature unilaterally block a state regulation preventing "conversion therapy"? - Argued January 16, 2025 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/WI/2023AP002020_20250116.mp3 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 15:24:50 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: May a manufacturer file a petition for review in a circuit (other than the D.C. Circuit) where it neither resides nor has its principal place of business, if the petition is joined by a seller of the manufacturer's products that is located within that circuit? - Argued January 21, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1187.mp3 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:34:02 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Does the Hobbs Act require district courts to accept the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act? - Argued January 21, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1226.mp3 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:35:35 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: May the CFTC prohibit the creation of futures markets for the outcome of elections? - Argued January 17, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/01/24-5205.mp3 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:41:29 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Rights: May Florida prohibit "gender affirming care" for minors and restrict the provision of such care for adults? - Argued January 15, 2025 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/24-11996_01152025.mp3 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:43:51 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Should courts apply the moment of the threat doctrine when evaluating an excessive force claim under the Fourth Amendment? - Argued January 22, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1239.mp3 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:21:00 PST U.S. Supreme Court ERISA: What must a plaintiff plead to state an ERISA claim alleging that a plan fiduciary engaged in a transaction constituting a furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between the plan and a party in interest? - Argued January 22, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1007.mp3 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:22:51 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Religious Freedom: May Louisiana post the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms? - Argued January 23, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-30706_01-23-2025.mp3 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:47:49 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: May the Secretary of Defense withdraw from the plea agreement in the September 11th case? - Argued January 28, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/01/25-1009-PUBLIC.mp3 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:01:13 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Federalism: May Maryland prefer graduates of state universities, when distributing marijuana licenses? - Argued January 28, 2025 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/24-1216-20250128.mp3 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:03:41 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Second Amendment: May the federal government prohibit the sale of handguns to those under 21? - Argued January 30, 2025 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/23-2085-20250130.mp3 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:47:11 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Second Amendment: May Congress prohibit illegal immigrants from possessing firearms? - Argued January 22, 2025 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/nv.24-1534.24-1534_01_22_2025.mp3 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:51:25 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Voting Rights: May Texas require mail-in ballots to contain a voter’s driver’s license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number? - Argued February 4, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-50885_02-04-2025.mp3 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:30:19 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit FOIA: Are the Biden Administration's deliberations on climate policy subject to release under FOIA? - Argued February 4, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-50189_02-04-2025.mp3 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:34:06 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Administrative Law: Must members of the National Labor Relations Board, and its Administrative Law Judges, be removable by the president at will? - Argued February 5, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-50627_02-05-2025.mp3 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:29:32 PST USCA, Sixth Circuit Criminal Procedure: When are campaign contributions bribes? - Argued February 5, 2025 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/02-05-2025%20-%20Wednesday/23-3565%20USA%20v%20Larry%20Householder.mp3 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:31:36 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: Do zoning regulations governing group-living facilities comply with federal and state fair-housing laws when applied to sober living homes? - Argued March 29, 2024 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2024/03/29/22-56181.mp3 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:17:16 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: Does the SEC's gag rule, which prevents settling parties from disputing liability, violate the First Amendment? - Argued February 13, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/02/13/24-1899.mp3 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:20:35 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Rights: Can a health insurance provider be held liable under Title VII for denying coverage for gender-affirming care? - Argued February 6, 2025 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/22-13626_02042025.mp3 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:33:49 PST South Carolina Supreme Court Abortion: What does it mean for a fetal heartbeat to be detected? - Argued February 12, 2025 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/SC/24-997.mp3 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:37:42 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: Is X entitled to compel the donor list of a private organization that it claims orchestrated an advertiser boycott? - Argued February 18, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-10900_02-18-2025.mp3 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:57:59 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does Article III standing require a particularized determination of whether a specific state official will redress the plaintiff’s injury by following a favorable declaratory judgment? - Argued February 24, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-7809.mp3 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 06:57:31 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: What factors may a district court consider when revoking supervised release? - Argued February 25, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-7483.mp3 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:31:41 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Do prisoners have a right to a jury trial concerning their exhaustion of administrative remedies where disputed facts regarding exhaustion are intertwined with the underlying merits of their claim? - Argued February 25, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1324.mp3 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:34:15 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Must plaintiffs from majority groups make a heightened showing to show discrimination in the workplace? - Argued February 26, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1039.mp3 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:53:42 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Election Law: Is the FEC's dismissal of an administrative complaint as an exercise of prosecutorial discretion subject to judicial review? - Argued February 25, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/02/22-5277.mp3 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:00:46 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: May Louisiana prohibit being on or near a pipeline without permission? - Argued February 24, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-30272_02-24-2025.mp3 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:04:16 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Separation of Powers: Did Congress' use of proxy voting violate the Constitution? - Argued February 25, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-10386_02-25-2025.mp3 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:07:33 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Must plaintiffs prove minimum contacts before federal courts may assert personal jurisdiction over foreign states sued under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act? - Argued March 3, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1201.mp3 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:06:42 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Must a plaintiff show extraordinary circumstances when making a post-judgment request to vacate for the purpose of filing an amended complaint? - Argued March 3, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1259.mp3 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:08:58 PST U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment: When does the production and sale of firearms in the United States constitute "aiding and abetting" illegal firearms trafficking? - Argued March 4, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1141.mp3 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:45:09 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Does the Hobbs Act permit non-parties to petition for review on the ground that an agency has exceeded its authority? - Argued March 5, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1300.mp3 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:09:02 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Intellectual Property: May the USPTO refuse a trademark because it contains the word Fuck? - Argued March 10, 2025 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=23-1539_03102025.mp3 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:04:54 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Voting Rights: May the District of Columbia allow non-citizens to vote in local elections? - Argued March 14, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/03/24-7050.mp3 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:00:11 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May district courts enjoin the president's removal of federal officers to whom Congress has given good cause tenure protection? - Argued March 18, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/03/25-5037-25-5057.mp3 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 06:16:11 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Fourth Amendment: May Michigan collect blood samples from newborns? - Argued March 20, 2025 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/03-20-2025%20-%20Thursday/23-1733%20Adam%20Kanuszewski%20v%20MI%20Dept%20of%20Health%20Human%20Svcs%20et%20al.mp3 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:01:33 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Voting Rights: Did Louisiana violate the Voting Rights Act when it created a second majority-minority Congressional district? - Argued March 24, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-109.mp3 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:47:10 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Is the 30-day deadline to file a petition challenging removal jurisdictional? - Argued March 24, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1270.mp3 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:49:08 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Immigration: May the president deport the suspected members of a Venezuelan gang under the Alien Enemies Act? - Argued March 24, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/03/25-5067.mp3 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:54:34 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Fourth Amendment: May the police install a surveillance camera that continuously records a citizen's home without a warrant? - Argued March 24, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/03/23-3100.mp3 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:56:32 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Does the DC Circuit have exclusive jurisdiction over EPA decisions respecting exemptions from the Clean Air Act's Renewable Fuel Standard program? - Argued March 25, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1229.mp3 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:35:58 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Does the DC Circuit have exclusive jurisdiction over EPA decisions respecting state implementation plans under the Clean Air Act? - Argued March 25, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1067.mp3 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:38:43 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Religious Freedom: Does a state violate the First Amendment's Religion Clauses by denying a religious organization an otherwise-available tax exemption because the organization does not meet the state's criteria for religious behavior? - Argued March 31, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-154.mp3 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:21:06 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Habeas Corpus: Under AEDPA, are only habeas filings made after a prisoner has exhausted appellate review of his first petition considered "second or successive habeas corpus applications"? - Argued March 31, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1345.mp3 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:27:08 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Separation of Powers: Did Congress violate the non-delegation doctrine by allowing the FCC to set contribution rates for public services? - Argued March 26, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-354.mp3 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:58:40 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May Congress define "consent" for the purpose of satisfying the Due Process limits on personal jurisdiction? - Argued April 1, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-20.mp3 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:45:46 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the Medicaid Act's any-qualified-provider provision confer a private right upon a Medicaid beneficiary to choose a specific provider? - Argued April 2, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1275.mp3 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:48:41 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Fourth Amendment: Does a Texas law that permits the attorney general to inspect any business record held by a company doing business in Texas constitute an unconstitutional general warrant? - Argued March 31, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-50984_3-31-2025.mp3 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:58:54 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit COVID: Could firefighters be required to get the COVID vaccine during the pandemic? - Argued April 3, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/04/03/24-1044.mp3 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:04:47 PDT Nebraska Supreme Court Second Amendment: May a city ban the carrying of firearms on public property? - Argued April 3, 2025 https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/sc/audio/SC_20250403_24-0503.mp3 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:06:08 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Technology: May California restrict social media companies' use of algorithms to deliver content to minors? - Argued April 2, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/04/02/25-146.mp3 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:55:30 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May a federal district judge enjoin the president from shuttering a federal agency? - Argued April 9, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/04/25-5091.mp3 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 06:14:55 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Antitrust: Is there sufficient reason to believe that Invisalign has an illegal monopoly so as to require a jury trial? - Argued April 10, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/04/10/24-1703.mp3 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:25:44 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Does the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force violate the Appointments Clause? - Argued April 21, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-316.mp3 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:23:10 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Must a litigant who files a notice of appeal after the ordinary appeal period expires file a second, duplicative notice after the appeal period is reopened? - Argued April 21, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-275.mp3 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:25:11 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Religious Freedom: Do parents have a religious entitlement to opt their children out of sex education in a public school? - Argued April 22, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-297.mp3 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:11:03 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Tax: Does a pre-deprivation determination challenge to a levy proposed by the Internal Revenue Service become moot when there is no longer a live dispute over the proposed levy that gave rise to the proceeding? - Argued April 22, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-416.mp3 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:13:44 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Rights: May President Trump exclude transgender citizens from military service? - Argued April 22, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/04/25-5087.mp3 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 06:51:51 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May a plaintiff establish the redressability component of Article III standing by relying on the coercive and predictable effects of regulation on third parties? - Argued April 23, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-7.mp3 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 05:59:09 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: Are minute orders entered on the docket appealable orders for the purpose of filing a notice of appeal? - Argued April 23, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/13156533-af90-4d8b-a963-7ae1b4cf039a/3/doc/24-418.mp3 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 06:03:30 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May a federal judge be involuntarily removed from duty for disability without being impeached? - Argued April 24, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/04/24-5173.mp3 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:29:27 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: To establish a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act, must a disabled student show that the school acted in "bad faith or gross misjudgment" in denying an educational accommodation? - Argued April 28, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-249.mp3 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:55:41 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Are medically retired combat veterans entitled to seek benefits under the procedures governing combat related special compensation, or must they proceed under the Barring Act? - Argued April 28, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-320.mp3 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:59:26 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Torts: Can the FBI be held liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for "swatting" the wrong house? - Argued April 29, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-362.mp3 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:00:26 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: May a federal court certify a class action when some members of the class lack an Article III injury? - Argued April 29, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-304.mp3 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:01:51 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Civil Rights: Was the Chili's restaurant chain acting pretextually, when it claimed that a 59-year-old manager was fired for not fitting into Chili's "culture"? - Argued April 30, 2025 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/04-30-2025%20-%20Wednesday/24-5514%20Jeff%20Kean%20v%20Brinker%20International%20Inc.mp3 Thu, 01 May 2025 06:57:56 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Establishment Clause: May states exclude religious schools from their charter school programs? - Argued April 30, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-394.mp3 Sat, 03 May 2025 05:17:20 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Election Law: May a State prohibit independent political candidates from having the label "independence" on their ballot? - Argued April 29, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5e9d1205-f95a-433c-8e14-aceffafd5038/10/doc/25-764.mp3 Mon, 05 May 2025 11:33:10 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Privacy: May the government share citizens' protected personal information with the Department of Government Efficiency? - Argued May 5, 2025 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/25-1282-20250505.mp3 Tue, 06 May 2025 13:35:16 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Immigration: May non-citizens challenge their detention on First Amendment grounds? - Argued May 6, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/3fb62cb6-9a78-482e-8023-ba116d2c6ed6/6/doc/25-1113%20mtn.mp3 Thu, 08 May 2025 09:41:48 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Immigration: May a non-citizen challenge their removal from the place of their arrest for the purposes of immigration detention? - Argued May 6, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/3fb62cb6-9a78-482e-8023-ba116d2c6ed6/7/doc/25-1019%20mtn.mp3 Thu, 08 May 2025 09:46:19 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Civil Procedure: Do applicants to Columbia have standing to sue because Columbia allegedly misrepresented data to the U.S. News rankings? - Argued May 6, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/3fb62cb6-9a78-482e-8023-ba116d2c6ed6/9/doc/24-2519.mp3 Thu, 08 May 2025 09:51:00 PDT U.S. Court of International Trade Trade: May the president use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs? - Argued May 13, 2025 https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/20250513_25-00066_3JP.mp3 Wed, 14 May 2025 14:54:44 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: May the president deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants? - Argued May 15, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24A884.mp3 Thu, 15 May 2025 15:35:27 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Procedure: May the recipients of federal grants sue to enjoin the clawback of federal funds? - Argued May 19, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/05/25-5122.mp3 Tue, 20 May 2025 09:57:11 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: May courts enjoin the President from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? - Argued May 16, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/05/25-5091.mp3 Tue, 20 May 2025 10:00:16 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: May courts enjoin the removal of members of federal adjudicatory bodies without cause? - Argued May 16, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/05/25-5037-and-25-5057.mp3 Tue, 20 May 2025 10:04:38 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: Is the trademark in the title of a Reddit forum owned by the creator of the forum or Reddit? - Argued May 19, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/05/19/24-735.mp3 Tue, 20 May 2025 10:23:04 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Antitrust: Does it violate the antitrust laws for Apple to restrict third-party medical app makers from accessing medical information from the Apple Watch? - Argued May 21, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/05/21/24-1392.mp3 Thu, 22 May 2025 16:30:23 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: May a State ban an at-home "Rape Kit" manufacturer from marketing its product as useful for collecting evidence of sexual assault? - Argued May 21, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/05/21/24-6659.mp3 Thu, 22 May 2025 16:34:26 PDT U.S. Court of International Trade Separation of Powers: May the President use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose trade tariffs? - Argued May 21, 2025 https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/20250521-25-00077-3JP.mp3 Sun, 25 May 2025 05:53:54 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: May a class sue on behalf of people whose yearbook photos were used in advertising without consent? - Argued May 23, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/05/23/24-3894.mp3 Tue, 27 May 2025 06:36:39 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Antitrust: Do the NCAA's student eligibility rules unlawfully restrain trade? - Argued May 28, 2025 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/ef.25-1187.25-1187_05_28_2025.mp3 Fri, 30 May 2025 08:27:36 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Immigration: May the President abolish birthright citizenship for the children of non-citizens? - Argued June 4, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/06/04/25-807.mp3 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 08:09:04 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Should Sen. Bob Menendez be released on bail from his bribery conviction based upon the argument that excluded evidence was shown to the jury? - Argued June 9, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/3e346f27-6af0-4941-a51c-ebb592b0e27c/1/doc/25-333%20mtn.mp3 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:40:22 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Commerce Clause: Do Washington State's cannabis industry licensing requirements violate the dormant commerce clause? - Argued June 3, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/06/03/24-3481.mp3 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:23:49 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Federalism: Does federal law preempt States' efforts to block mergers to prevent consolidation in the health care industry? - Argued June 9, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/06/09/24-3770.mp3 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:28:37 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Technology: Do California's privacy and anti-wiretapping laws bar websites from tracking visitors' web browsing activity? - Argued June 10, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/06/10/24-3557.mp3 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:30:27 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Separation of Powers: Was President Trump entitled to have his hush-money trial removed to federal court? - Argued June 11, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/4ed800db-b4ba-4ca8-87fc-8029a099285c/1/doc/24-2299.mp3 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:53:47 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Administrative Law: May members of the NLRB be given for-cause removal protections? - Argued June 12, 2025 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/06-12-2025%20-%20Thursday/24-1754%20Yapp%20USA%20Automotive%20Systems%20v%20National%20Labor%20Relations%20Board.mp3 Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:11:11 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Federalism: May President Trump nationalize the California National Guard in response to immigration protests in Los Angeles? - Argued June 17, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/06/17/25-3727.mp3 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:52:29 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Federalism: Should the Department of Education be permitted to withhold previously approved COVID relief funds? - Argued June 17, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/d865d67b-3c60-448d-8ac5-7ad3d23d48f6/4/doc/25-1424%20mtn.mp3 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:25:46 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Free Speech: Do anti-abortion groups have a First Amendment right to advertise abortion "reversal" services? - Argued June 24, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/eb463189-b2d4-4579-befa-ae9ab3ccfa82/7/doc/24-2481.mp3 Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:57:21 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Executive Power: Is President Trump immune from a defamation judgment won by E. Jean Carroll? - Argued June 24, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/b614980f-7e7c-44a9-8f12-05d5c797b521/3/doc/24-644.mp3 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:15:19 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Immigration: May the president use the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport suspected gang members from Latin America? - Argued June 30, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/25/25-10534_06-30-2025.mp3 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:18:48 PDT USCA, Third Circuit First Amendment: May New Jersey prohibit the release of personal information about public officials and employees? - Argued July 9, 2025 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/25-1555_AtlasDataPrivacyv.Weinform.mp3 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:35:37 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Free Speech: Can a professor's off-campus use of racist speech constitute a campus disruption sufficient to terminate him from the university? - Argued July 9, 2025 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/24-2588Jorjaniv.NewJerseyInstitute.mp3 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:08:05 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Torts: Did Amazon defraud consumers by rescinding Prime members' entitlement to free delivery of groceries from Whole Foods? - Argued July 9, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/07/09/24-5176.mp3 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:10:58 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Civil Procedure: Is the listing of a separate "charge" on a bill, separate from the good or service purchased, misleading if it is used by the vendor to make a profit? - Argued July 9, 2025 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/24-3202BCRCapentryLLCetalv.FCAUSLLC.mp3 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 08:09:41 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: When is it copyright infringement to base a tattoo on a photograph? - Argued July 14, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/07/14/24-3367.mp3 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 08:21:33 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Immigration: Does the DHS Secretary have absolute discretion to terminate the temporary protected status of a class of immigrants? - Argued July 16, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/07/16/25-2120.mp3 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 08:26:33 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Labor: When may the President terminate a federal employee union contract on grounds of "national security"? - Argued July 17, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/07/17/25-4014.mp3 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 08:28:57 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Immigration: May the Trump Administration impose arrest quotas on ICE agents if they lead to arbitrary and unlawful arrests? - Argued July 28, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/07/28/25-4312.mp3 Wed, 30 Jul 2025 07:41:45 PDT USCA, First Circuit Immigration: May the Trump Administration issue a blanket revocation of humanitarian parole for removable aliens? - Argued July 29, 2025 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/25-1384_20250729.mp3 Wed, 30 Jul 2025 07:45:51 PDT USCA, Federal Circuit Executive Power: May the president impose economic tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act? - Argued July 31, 2025 https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=25-1812_07312025.mp3 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 06:13:41 PDT USCA, First Circuit Immigration: May the president abolish birthright citizenship? - Argued August 1, 2025 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/25-1169_20250801.mp3 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 09:35:29 PDT USCA, First Circuit Immigration: May the president abolish birthright citizenship? - Argued August 1, 2025 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/25-1348_20250801.mp3 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 09:36:58 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Administrative Law: May the Trump Administration issue a blanket cancellation of grants to researchers at the University of California? - Argued July 31, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/07/31/25-4249.mp3 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 09:46:23 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Procedure: In a securities fraud class action, may reliance be presumed only if corrective statements "expressly and specifically negate" the misstatement or "directly render" it false? - Argued August 14, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/08/14/24-6605.mp3 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:23:43 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Administrative Law: May a district court enjoin the Office of Personnel Management from ordering six agencies to fire probationary employees en masse? - Argued August 19, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/08/19/25-1677.mp3 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:42:06 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Procedure: Are government documents respecting the plans for mass layoff of federal employees protected by the deliberative process privilege? - Argued August 21, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/08/21/25-4476.mp3 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:55:10 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit International Law: Was Hungary "occupied" by the Germans during WWII, enabling Holocaust survivors to sue for the return of stolen art? - Argued September 8, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/09/24-7045-and-24-7148.mp3 Sat, 13 Sep 2025 10:09:05 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Free Speech: May the legislature punish disrespectful speech, including misgendering, in legislative proceedings? - Argued September 10, 2025 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/24-1473.mp3 Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:04:35 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Free Speech: May the Trump Administration condition grants on whether a school has a DEI policy? - Argued September 11, 2025 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/25-1189-20250911.mp3 Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:20:10 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit First Amendment: Is the sale of an AutoKeyCard, a template that can be used to make an AR-15 into an automatic rifle, protected by the First Amendment? - Argued September 11, 2025 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/23-13062_09112025.mp3 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:17:58 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: Does Super JoJo infringe the intellectual property rights of CocoMelon? - Argued September 17, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/09/17/24-3748.mp3 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:23:46 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Contracts: Are insurers liable when gun sellers face liability for trafficking in ghost gun parts? - Argued September 17, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/3cd2d26b-e28f-43b6-800c-3579bca16ac7/2/doc/24-2748.mp3 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:29:29 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Federalism: May New Jersey impose a residency requirement on those seeking medical aid in dying? - Argued September 17, 2025 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/24-2947Govatosetalv.Murphy.mp3 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:26:34 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Antitrust: Does the NCAA's 5-year rule, which counts time spent in junior college, violate the Sherman Act? - Argued September 17, 2025 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/25-1870EladvNCAA.mp3 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:43:22 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Free Speech: May a visa holder object on free speech grounds to the Secretary of State’s revocation of their visa? - Argued September 30, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/11406c3c-ce44-4bb6-9617-444cc9ecdfc4/2/doc/25-1019.mp3 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:33:48 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Free Speech: May a visa holder object on free speech grounds to the Secretary of State’s revocation of their visa? - Argued September 30, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/11406c3c-ce44-4bb6-9617-444cc9ecdfc4/1/doc/25-1113.mp3 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:38:58 PDT Montana Supreme Court Free Speech: When may the police arrest someone for filming their activities on a public street? - Argued October 1, 2025 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MT/23-0462.mp3 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:18:59 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May a federal court enjoin the dismantling of the Voice of America? - Argued September 22, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/09/25-5144-and-25-5145-and-25-5150-and-25-5151.mp3 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:31:21 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Abortion: Must Planned Parenthood reimburse Texas and Louisiana for Medicaid funds paid under a court injunction that was later vacated? - Argued September 25, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-11184_9-25-2025.mp3 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:35:22 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Procedure: Are boutique firms entitled to big law rates when claiming attorney's fees? - Argued July 15, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/07/15/24-3776.mp3 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 09:27:59 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Privacy: May the IRS share tax information with ICE for the purposes of immigration enforcement? - Argued October 3, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/10/25-5181.mp3 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 06:31:56 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Second Amendment: May the District of Columbia ban firearms on public transit? - Argued October 3, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/10/24-7127.mp3 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 06:34:11 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Immigration: May the Trump Administration use expedited removal proceedings to deport non-citizens arrested within the United States? - Argued October 6, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/10/25-5320.mp3 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 05:50:01 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does the Sixth Amendment guarantee criminal defendants the right to discuss their testimony with counsel during an overnight recess? - Argued October 6, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-557.mp3 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 05:52:56 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: In a diversity action, does a state law requiring a complaint to be accompanied by an expert affidavit apply in federal court? - Argued October 6, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-440.mp3 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 05:55:12 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Free Speech: Does a law banning "conversion therapy" violate the First Amendment? - Argued October 7, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-539.mp3 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:10:29 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does the imposition of two sentences for convictions of using a firearm in the course of a felony, and homicide by firearm during the commission of a felony violate double jeopardy? - Argued October 7, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-5774.mp3 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:13:51 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: Do federal candidates have standing to challenge State laws that count ballots received after Election Day? - Argued October 8, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-568.mp3 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 05:51:42 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is an intentional refusal to deliver mail actionable under the Federal Tort Claims Act? - Argued October 8, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-351.mp3 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 05:56:16 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Federalism: May district courts enjoin the president from unlawfully federalizing the State's national guard? - Argued October 9, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/10/09/25-6268.mp3 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:46:16 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Immigration: May a State criminalize the entry of an undocumented alien into the State? - Argued October 9, 2025 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/25-11469_10092025.mp3 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:49:49 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: May a non-profit sue in district court to challenge cuts to their funding? - Argued October 14, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/10/25-5254.mp3 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:46:41 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Must a claim presented in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 be dismissed under § 2244(b)(1)? - Argued October 14, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-5438.mp3 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:05:47 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is criminal restitution under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA) penal for purposes of the Ex Post Facto Clause? - Argued October 14, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-482.mp3 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:07:24 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Voting Rights: Is Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional? - Argued October 15, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-109_2.mp3 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:09:22 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Privacy: May law enforcement enter a home without a search warrant based on less than probable cause that an emergency is occurring? - Argued October 15, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-624.mp3 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:10:38 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Second Amendment: May New Jersey ban AR-15s and magazines that hold more than ten rounds? - Argued October 15, 2025 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/24-2415_EtAl_AssnNJRiflePostolClubsv.AttyGenNJ_EnBanc.mp3 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 03:55:00 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: May the Trump Administration ban transgender individuals from serving in the military? - Argued October 20, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/10/20/25-2039.mp3 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:35:49 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Antitrust: May Apple be barred from charging commissions for purchases made outside of its App Store? - Argued October 21, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/10/21/25-2935.mp3 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:38:04 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Federalism: May a federal judge enjoin the president from unlawfully deploying the National Guard in California? - Argued October 22, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/10/22/25-3727.mp3 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:40:53 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Federalism: May States impose licensing requirements on horse race gambling businesses operating within the State? - Argued October 23, 2025 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/10-23-2025%20-%20Thursday/25-1235%20Churchill%20Downs%20Tech%20Init%20Co%20v%20Michigan%20Gaming%20Control%20Board.mp3 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:43:47 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Civil Rights: May a State ban "conversion therapy"? - Argued October 23, 2025 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/10-23-2025%20-%20Thursday/25-1105%20Catholic%20Charities%20of%20Jackson%20v%20Gretchen%20Whitmer%20et%20al.mp3 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:45:06 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Immigration: May the government revoke a Green Card for constitutionally protected campus speech? - Argued October 21, 2025 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/25-2162_Khalilv.PresidentUnitedStatesofAmericaetal.mp3 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:47:14 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Free Speech: May a state criminalize election misinformation in the lead up to an election? - Argued October 21, 2025 https://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2025/10/243094.MP3 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:53:04 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Administrative Law: May FINRA be given disciplinary powers over broker-dealers? - Argued October 27, 2025 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/10-27-2025%20-%20Monday/24-3907%20Eric%20Smith%20v%20SEC.mp3 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:32:13 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does the fugitive-tolling doctrine apply in the context of supervised release? - Argued November 3, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-1056.mp3 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:08:32 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the Federal Tort Claims Act preempt state tort claims against a military contractor for conduct that breached its contract and violated military orders? - Argued November 3, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-924.mp3 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:10:56 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(c)(1) impose any time limit to set aside a void default judgment for lack of personal jurisdiction? - Argued November 4, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-808.mp3 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:12:13 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Can a plaintiff defeat diversity jurisdiction after removal by amending the complaint to add factual allegations that state a colorable claim against a nondiverse party? - Argued November 4, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-724.mp3 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:13:57 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Federalism: When may a Native American tribe revise its constitution to narrow the class of tribal members? - Argued November 3, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/11/24-5231.mp3 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:17:51 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Immigration: May the Trump Administration ban asylum applicants at the southern border? - Argued November 3, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/11/25-5243.mp3 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:19:23 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit First Amendment: May Texas require websites to filter content by age? - Argued November 3, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-50721_11-03-25.mp3 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:21:46 PST USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Were Sam Bankman-Fried's conviction and $11B fine for fraud associated with #FTX fundamentally unfair? - Argued November 4, 2025 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/546aa8b9-876d-4d17-a10c-7b4854c40c40/2/doc/24-961.mp3 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 05:52:59 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: Was a five year sentence excessive for the IRS contractor who released Donald Trump's tax returns? - Argued November 4, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/11/24-3019.mp3 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 05:56:31 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Federalism: May Texas ban Chinese nationals from buying real property in Texas? - Argued November 4, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/25/25-20354_11-04-2025.mp3 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 05:58:54 PST U.S. Supreme Court Executive Power: May the President address the balance of trade by imposing tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act? - Argued November 5, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-1287.mp3 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:58:48 PST USCA, First Circuit Administrative Law: May the NIH cap "indirect costs" paid from federal research grants? - Argued November 5, 2025 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/25-1343_20251105.mp3 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:28:09 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: May an individual sue a government official in his individual capacity for damages for violations of RLUIPA? - Argued November 10, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1197.mp3 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:14:36 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Is an order denying a government contractor's claim of derivative sovereign immunity immediately appealable under the collateral-order doctrine? - Argued November 10, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-758.mp3 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:17:24 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: May the "extraordinary and compelling reasons" that warrant a discretionary reduction in sentence include grounds that also support vacatur in habeas? - Argued November 12, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-556.mp3 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:05:34 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: May a district court consider disparities created by the First Step Act's prospective changes in sentencing law when deciding if "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warrant a sentence reduction? - Argued November 12, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-820.mp3 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:08:08 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: Did Seattle violate the constitutional rights of businesses in areas that the city declined to police during the BLM protests? - Argued November 18, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/11/19/24-5618.mp3 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:56:22 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: Did Seattle violate the constitutional rights of businesses in areas that the city declined to police during the BLM protests? - Argued November 18, 2025 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2025/11/18/24-7139.mp3 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:59:20 PST USCA, First Circuit Federalism: May States sue to enjoin the withholding of federal funds by the Trump Administration? - Argued November 18, 2025 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/25-1236_20251118.mp3 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:26:54 PST USCA, Tenth Circuit Civil Rights: May a State require public schools to sex segregate bathrooms? - Argued November 20, 2025 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/24-6072.mp3 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 07:25:12 PST USCA, Tenth Circuit Federalism: May a State prohibit foreign visa holders from participating in high school sports? - Argued November 20, 2025 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/25-4013.mp3 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:17:04 PST USCA, Tenth Circuit Free Association: May a State require social media companies to prevent minors from communicating with individuals who are not already within their list of connections? - Argued November 20, 2025 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/24-4100.mp3 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:19:57 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Free Speech: May the President exclude the Associated Press from the White House Press Pool because it declined to call the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America"? - Argued November 24, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/11/25-5109.mp3 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:29:22 PST U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property: Did the Fourth Circuit err in holding that mere knowledge of another's direct infringement suffices to find willfulness under 17 U.S.C. § 504(c)? - Argued December 1, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-171.mp3 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:30:39 PST U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Must a federal court of appeals defer to the BIA's judgment that a given set of undisputed facts does not demonstrate mistreatment severe enough to constitute 'persecution'? - Argued December 1, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-777.mp3 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:32:55 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Where the subject of a state investigatory demand has established a reasonably objective chill of its First Amendment rights, is a federal court in a first-filed action deprived of jurisdiction because those rights must be adjudicated in state court? - Argued December 2, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-781.mp3 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:31:07 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does Heck v. Humphrey bar § 1983 claims even where the plaintiff never had access to federal habeas relief? - Argued December 3, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-993.mp3 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 07:51:20 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit International Law: Does Russia enjoy sovereign immunity against claims that it expropriated Ukrainian assets in Crimea? - Argued December 4, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/12/25-7005-and-25-7064.mp3 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:05:52 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Immigration: May a federal judge impose a settlement agreement barring ICE from conducting warrantless stops in Chicago? - Argued December 2, 2025 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/nv.25-3050.25-3050_12_02_2025.mp3 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:10:47 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Election Law: May Texas ban "vote harvesting"? - Argued December 2, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-50783_12-2-2025.mp3 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:13:21 PST Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Technology: Does § 230 bar Massachusetts from holding Meta liable for making an addictive social media product? - Argued December 5, 2025 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MA/SJC-13747.mp3 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:19:43 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Must the president be able to terminate all officers of the United States at will? - Argued December 8, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-332.mp3 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:40:50 PST U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: Do limits on coordinated party expenditures violate the First Amendment in connection with party coordinated communications? - Argued December 9, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-621.mp3 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:48:55 PST U.S. Supreme Court Death Penalty: How, if at all, may courts consider the cumulative effect of multiple IQ scores in assessing an Atkins claim? - Argued December 10, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-872.mp3 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:50:58 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does §47(b) of the Investment Company Act create a private right of action? - Argued December 10, 2025 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-345.mp3 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:54:12 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: Should Bowe Bergdahl's conviction for desertion be dismissed because the trial judge was applying for a different government job while presiding over his case? - Argued December 12, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/12/24-5150.mp3 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:35:57 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Immigration: Must immigrants be given notice of their due process rights before being sent to expedited removal? - Argued December 9, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/12/25-5320.mp3 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:41:08 PST USCA, Fourth Circuit Civil Rights: May the military categorically exclude HIV-positive citizens from service? - Argued December 9, 2025 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/24-2079-20251209.mp3 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:44:43 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Second Amendment: May the federal government impose licensing requirements on firearms dealers? - Argued December 11, 2025 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-30241_12-11-2025.mp3 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:46:58 PST Michigan Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Can someone knowingly and intelligently waive their Miranda rights while high on LSD? And is Miranda right to begin with? What about Samantha? Or Charlotte? - Argued December 10, 2025 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/MI/167373.mp3 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:50:32 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Labor: When may the president use the Civil Service Reform Act's national security exemption to strip federal employees of the right to unionize? - Argued December 17, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/12/25-5157-and-25-5184-and-25-5303.mp3 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 06:19:46 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Administrative Law: Do the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act unlawfully delegate Executive power to private individuals? - Argued December 12, 2025 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/24-13581_12122025.mp3 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:54:54 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Criminal Procedure: May a presidential advisor ignore a Congressional subpoena on grounds of executive privilege? - Argued December 18, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/12/24-3006.mp3 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:59:18 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Immigration: May the president require non-citizens to register with the federal government under threat of federal prosecution? - Argued December 18, 2025 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2025/12/25-5152.mp3 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:01:14 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Technology: Does CDA § 230 preclude lawsuits alleging social media addiction? - Argued January 6, 2026 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/01/06/24-7032.mp3 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:41:11 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Securities: Did Meta commit securities fraud by downplaying the effect that Apple's privacy changes would have on its business model? - Argued January 6, 2026 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/01/06/24-6218.mp3 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:43:19 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: May oil companies remove lawsuits over coastal land loss to federal court? - Argued January 12, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-813.mp3 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:38:34 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Do laws that limit transgender athletes from participating in women's sports violate the Equal Protection Clause? - Argued January 13, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-38.mp3 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:24:56 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Rights: Do laws that limit transgender athletes from participating in women's sports violate Title IX? - Argued January 13, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-43.mp3 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:26:19 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Is NJ Transit an arm of the State of New Jersey for interstate sovereign immunity purposes? - Argued January 14, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-1021.mp3 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:24:45 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: Does California's Age-Appropriate Design Code violate the First Amendment by imposing age-based regulations on services that are likely to be accessed by children? - Argued January 14, 2026 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/01/14/25-2366.mp3 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:40:49 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Immigration: May the Trump Administration summarily cancel Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Venezuelans? - Argued January 14, 2026 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/01/14/25-5724.mp3 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 07:58:52 PST U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment: May Hawaii prohibit the carry of handguns by licensed concealed carry permit holders on private property without the property owner's permission? - Argued January 20, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-1046.mp3 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:02:50 PST U.S. Supreme Court ERISA: Under ERISA, may the actuarial assumptions underlying "withdrawal liability" be computed after the year end, or before the year end? - Argued January 20, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/23-1209.mp3 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:05:22 PST U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: When may the President fire members of the Federal Reserve Board? - Argued January 21, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25A312.mp3 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:57:36 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Establishment Clause: May a State require its public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms? - Argued January 20, 2026 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-30706_1-20-2026.mp3 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:42:50 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Civil Rights: May the Defense Department bar transgender citizens from serving in the military? - Argued January 22, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/01/25-5087.mp3 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:08:26 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Immigration: May State law enforcement arrest individuals for being undocumented? - Argued January 22, 2026 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-50149_01-22-2026.mp3 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:10:38 PST USCA, Fifth Circuit Immigration: May the Trump Administration deport Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act? - Argued January 22, 2026 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/25/25-10534_01-22-2026.mp3 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:12:13 PST USCA, Tenth Circuit Civil Rights: May white corrections officers sue on the grounds that diversity training creates a racially hostile work environment? - Argued January 22, 2026 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/25-1068.mp3 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:16:13 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Civil Procedure: Can Clearview AI settle the claims that it unlawfully collected people's biometric data with a profit sharing agreement that does not involve an injunction against using that data? - Argued January 28, 2026 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/nv.25-1673.25-1673_01_28_2026.mp3 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:52:24 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Civil Procedure: Must suits against oil companies for contributing to climate change proceed in federal court? - Argued January 28, 2026 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/nv.25-1916.25-1916_01_28_2026.mp3 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:49:59 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Administrative Law: May the President bar federal grant recipients from having Diversity Equity and Inclusion programs? - Argued January 30, 2026 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/dab.25-2144.25-2144_01_30_2026.mp3 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:30:26 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit International Law: Is Chiquita responsible for aiding and abetting paramilitary violence in Colombia? - Argued January 30, 2026 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/24-13770_01302026.mp3 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:38:10 PST USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Procedure: When are hotels liable for human trafficking by their guests? - Argued January 30, 2026 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/25-10816_01302026.mp3 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:40:31 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: May the Trump Administration be enjoined from freezing congressionally appropriated funds owed to nonprofit organizations? - Argued February 6, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/02/25-5148.mp3 Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:36:00 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: What must be shown for DOD to designate a company as a "Chinese military company"? - Argued February 6, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/02/25-5367.mp3 Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:39:12 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Religious Liberty: May the courts enjoin ICE from conducting raids in churches? - Argued February 5, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/02/25-5209.mp3 Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:41:14 PST USCA, Third Circuit Civil Rights: Does denying a professor's request to teach remotely fail to provide a reasonable disability accommodation? - Argued February 5, 2026 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/25-1295_Gardnerv.KutztownUniversity.mp3 Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:44:10 PST USCA, Third Circuit Privacy: Is there a right to privacy in the photos that police take of the scene of a loved one's death? - Argued February 4, 2026 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/25-1041_Brookinsv.CityofPhiladelphia.mp3 Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:46:28 PST USCA, Federal Circuit Intellectual Property: When are techniques for training machine learning models patentable? - Argued February 2, 2026 https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/oral-arguments/24-1725_02022026.mp3 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:06:27 PST USCA, First Circuit Immigration: What due process rights do excludable aliens have when slated for third country removal? - Argued February 3, 2026 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/25-1393_20260203.mp3 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:08:54 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Federalism: Can the Trump Administration bar municipal grant recipients from having DEI programs, providing abortion services, or being sanctuary cities? - Argued February 9, 2026 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/02/09/25-3664.mp3 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:18:37 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: Does removing copyright management information from open source code violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act when used to train AI models? - Argued February 11, 2026 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/02/11/24-7700.mp3 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:22:36 PST USCA, Third Circuit Second Amendment: How broadly may a State define "sensitive places" where firearm possession may be restricted? - Argued February 11, 2026 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/23-1900Koonsetalv.AttyGenUSAetal.mp3 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:30:34 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Civil Rights: May health insurance plans categorically decline coverage for "gender affirming care" for minors? - Argued February 12, 2026 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/nv.25-1323.25-1323_02_12_2026.mp3 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:29:06 PST USCA, Seventh Circuit Torts: What must flight attendants show to sustain a claim that the uniforms that American Airlines required them to wear were toxic? - Argued February 13, 2026 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/dab.25-1963.25-1963_02_13_2026.mp3 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:32:34 PST South Carolina Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does jury tampering by the Clerk of Court require the reversal of Alex Murdaugh's murder conviction? - Argued February 11, 2026 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/SC/24-576.mp3 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:52:17 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Criminal Procedure: Must an indictment be dismissed where the Attorney General extends the term of an interim U.S. attorney by making them an acting U.S. attorney? - Argued February 12, 2026 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/02/12/25-6214.mp3 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:46:17 PST Tennessee Supreme Court Federalism: Under Home Rule, may the Tennessee legislature strip Nashville of its governing powers without its consent? - Argued February 12, 2026 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/TN/24-1182.mp3 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:10:34 PST U.S. Supreme Court International Law: Must a plaintiff prove that the defendant trafficked in property confiscated by the Cuban government as to which the plaintiff owns a claim when making a claim for expropriation? - Argued February 23, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-983.mp3 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:44:16 PST U.S. Supreme Court International Law: Does the Helms-Burton Act abrogate foreign sovereign immunity in cases against Cuban instrumentalities? - Argued February 23, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-699.mp3 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:45:47 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: May a company offer fertility support services to those on government insurance programs, where its products cause fertility issues, without violating anti-kickback prohibitions? - Argued February 23, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/02/25-5133.mp3 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:57:56 PST U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Do district courts have the authority to excuse the thirty-day procedural time limit for removal in 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b)(1)? - Argued February 24, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-783.mp3 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:10:43 PST U.S. Supreme Court Property: Does selling a home to pay a debt to the government violate the Fifth and Eighth Amendments, when the auction price is artificially below fair market value? - Argued February 25, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-95.mp3 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:13:31 PST USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: When can a district court enjoin the government from engaging in layoffs from a federal agency? - Argued February 24, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/02/25-5091-02.24.2026.mp3 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:17:27 PST U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment: Does banning the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance" violate the Second Amendment? - Argued March 2, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-1234.mp3 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 06:57:18 PST U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Does an appeal waiver apply when the sentencing judge advises the defendant that he has a right to appeal and the government does not object? - Argued March 3, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-1063.mp3 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:39:47 PST U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Does a statute that preempts state laws "related to a price, route, or service of any motor carrier" preempt state common-law tort claims for personal injuries? - Argued March 4, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-1238.mp3 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:10:47 PST USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: Is the Trump Administration's investigation of telehealth providers for "gender affirming care" improperly politically motivated? - Argued March 6, 2026 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/03/06/25-7384.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:38:39 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: May the Trump Administration terminate federal funding for "gender affirming care"? - Argued March 5, 2026 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/03/05/25-1922.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:41:58 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Environmental Law: Does the EPA engage in age discrimination against the young, when it gives more weight to present economic harms than the long-term impacts of climate change? - Argued March 5, 2026 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/03/05/25-2473.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:46:12 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Federalism: Is New York City's congestion pricing program a toll or a tax? - Argued March 12, 2026 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/1904063e-02c6-4cb9-a501-682b2f7d0459/27/doc/25-1963%2C%2025-1964.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:50:21 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Free Speech: Are teachers unlawfully discriminated against by policies against showing Pride flags? - Argued March 9, 2026 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/1904063e-02c6-4cb9-a501-682b2f7d0459/35/doc/25-1197.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:53:41 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Free Speech: May Florida ban minors from establishing social media accounts? - Argued March 10, 2026 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/25-11881_03102026.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:57:57 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Free Speech: May a State require social media providers to require identity verification of their users? - Argued March 10, 2026 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/25-12436_03102026.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:59:34 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Free Speech: Did Snapchat unlawfully market itself as a safe product for minors? - Argued March 10, 2026 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/25-12814_03102026.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:02:01 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Immigration: Is the Trump Administration's $100,000 H-1B fee an unlawful tax? - Argued March 16, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/03/25-5289.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:04:57 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Intellectual Property: Does removing copyright management information from publicly available internet text for the purpose of training an AI model violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? - Argued March 18, 2026 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/c34d0aec-e2c2-4856-8abe-8a6968461dc1/13/doc/25-1756.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:34:38 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Election Law: Do the federal election-day statutes preempt state laws that allow ballots cast by federal election day to be received after election day? - Argued March 23, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-1260.mp3 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:28:56 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Does the doctrine of judicial estoppel bar a plaintiff who fails to disclose a civil claim in bankruptcy filings from pursuing that claim? - Argued March 24, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-6.mp3 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:32:42 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: Has an alien who is stopped on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border "arrived in the United States" for purposes of claiming asylum? - Argued March 24, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-5.mp3 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:34:09 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Are workers who locally deliver goods that travel in interstate commerce "transportation workers" "engaged in foreign or interstate commerce"? - Argued March 25, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-935.mp3 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:36:27 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Immigration: May an individual in removal proceedings challenge their removal via habeas corpus when they allege it is based on a violation of the First Amendment? - Argued March 17, 2026 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/25-1560-20260317.mp3 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:41:02 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Religious Freedom: May religious universities refuse to hire transgender applicants? - Argued March 17, 2026 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/25-1228-20260317.mp3 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:02:42 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Civil Procedure: Are qui tam suits under the False Claims Act unconstitutional delegations of federal enforcement powers to private actors? - Argued March 18, 2026 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/25-1818Penelow;Brancacciov.JanssenProductsL.P.mp3 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:13:41 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Federalism: May New Jersey prohibit telemedicine by out-of-state doctors not licensed in the State? - Argued March 25, 2026 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/25-2090_MacDonaldv.PresidentNJStateBoardMedical.mp3 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:15:29 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: When may the Defense Department designate a corporation as a "contributor" to the Chinese military-industrial base? - Argued March 18, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/03/25-5256.mp3 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:17:16 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Free Speech: May a State prohibit the teaching of prohibited concepts related to race and sex in schools? - Argued March 25, 2026 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/24-6139.mp3 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:20:12 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Antitrust: Does the Ivy League's prohibition on athletic scholarships violate the antitrust laws? - Argued March 17, 2026 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/f0578d78-9101-4ebb-9404-fb2320f8d9b3/30/doc/24-2826.mp3 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:29:36 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Immigration: May the Trump Administration categorically bar parole for non-citizens who did not lawfully cross the border? - Argued March 26, 2026 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/25-14065_03262026.mp3 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:39:33 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Is a criminal information unaccompanied by a waiver of indictment an "information charging a felony" that allows the government to unilaterally extend the statute of limitations? - Argued March 30, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-5146.mp3 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:37:54 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Arbitration: Does a federal court that initially exercises jurisdiction and stays a case pending arbitration maintain jurisdiction over a post-arbitration application? - Argued March 30, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-83.mp3 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:42:45 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Immigration: May a State criminalize being within the State without a lawful immigration status? - Argued March 25, 2026 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/25-6080.mp3 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:45:25 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure: Did the Mississippi Supreme Court unreasonably determine that petitioner waived his right to rebut the prosecutor's asserted race-neutral reasons for striking black jurors? - Argued March 31, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-7351.mp3 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:02:24 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: May the President abolish birthright citizenship? - Argued April 1, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-365.mp3 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:22:47 PDT USCA, First Circuit Privacy: When do internet tracking tools violate the Wiretap Act? - Argued April 6, 2026 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/25-1672_20260406.mp3 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:23:55 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Privacy: Does the government need a warrant to search electronic devices at the border? - Argued April 8, 2026 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/gw.25-1891.25-1891_04_08_2026.mp3 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:46:02 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Human Rights: Does a case against author Neil Gaiman for violating the sex trafficking laws belong in New Zealand? - Argued April 8, 2026 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/gw.25-2754.25-2754_04_08_2026.mp3 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:49:11 PDT USCA, First Circuit Free Speech: May a police officer be fired for private Facebook posts critical of civil rights protestors? - Argued April 8, 2026 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/24-1279_20260408.mp3 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:52:31 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Environmental Law: Must the immigration facility "Alligator Alcatraz" undergo federal environmental review before construction? - Argued April 7, 2026 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/25-12873_04072026.mp3 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:55:35 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: When may ICE use tear gas against protestors? - Argued April 7, 2026 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/04/07/26-1575.mp3 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:58:16 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Criminal Procedure: Did the trial judge “defy the jury’s verdict” when he sentenced Sean Combs based on the finding that Combs “coerced, exploited and forced” his girlfriends to have sex? - Argued April 9, 2026 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/4c639e08-c171-4bf3-aa81-cb9849e2394b/3/doc/25-2623.mp3 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:46:58 PDT U.S. Court of International Trade Executive Power: Did the Trump Administration have the power to impose global 10% tariffs after the Supreme Court invalidated its "Liberation Day" tariffs? - Argued April 10, 2026 https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/20260410_26-01472_26-01606_3JP.mp3 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:51:17 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Federalism: May States regulate prediction markets as a form of gambling? - Argued April 16, 2026 https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/media/2026/04/16/26-1304.mp3 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:50:42 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Torts: Is Sig Sauer liable for not including safety features on its firearms? - Argued April 16, 2026 https://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2026/4/252707.MP3 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:59:01 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Second Amendment: May unlawful marijuana users be forbidden from possessing firearms? - Argued April 16, 2026 https://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2026/4/252752.MP3 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:03:47 PDT USCA, Second Circuit Employment: May Fox News be held liable for rape and sexual assault allegations against one of its hosts against another of its employees? - Argued April 16, 2026 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/c58f2882-4ef5-48c3-87e4-03ed80cddc41/5/doc/25-1538.mp3 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:07:51 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Securities: Whether the SEC may seek equitable disgorgement under 15 U.S.C. 78u(d)(5) and (d)(7) without showing investors suffered pecuniary harm. - Argued April 20, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-466.mp3 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:16:52 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine can be triggered by a state-court decision that remains subject to further review in state court. - Argued April 20, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-197.mp3 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:17:48 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: Whether the FCC's assessment and enforcement of monetary forfeitures are consistent with the Seventh Amendment and Article III. - Argued April 21, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-406.mp3 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:45:57 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: To deport an LPR, must the government prove that it possessed clear and convincing evidence of an excludable offense at the time of the LPR's last reentry into the United States? - Argued April 22, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-429.mp3 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:48:37 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit First Amendment: May Florida require schools to remove library books containing "sexual conduct"? - Argued April 22, 2026 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/25-13181_04222026.mp3 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:52:59 PDT Wisconsin Supreme Court Voting Rights: Should government records relating to people found incompetent to vote be made available to the public? - Argued April 21, 2026 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/WI/2023AP36.mp3 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:32 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: May the Trump Administration disband the Voice of America? - Argued April 23, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/04/25-5314.mp3 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:42:25 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Civil Rights: May Georgia decline to cover gender affirming care for prisoners? - Argued April 24, 2026 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/25-14263_04242026.mp3 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:19:35 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Voting Rights: Do voters have standing to challenge the accuracy of a State's voter rolls under the National Voter Registration Act? - Argued April 24, 2026 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/25-11843_04242026.mp3 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:21:45 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment: Whether the execution of a geofence warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. - Argued April 27, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-112.mp3 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:25:26 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Federalism: Whether the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempts a label-based failure-to-warn claim where the EPA has not required a warning/ - Argued April 27, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-1068.mp3 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:27:03 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure: Whether the Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victim Protection Act allow a private right of action for aiding and abetting. - Argued April 28, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-856.mp3 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:25:46 PDT Virginia Supreme Court Election Law: When may Virginia redistrict in between the decennial reapportionment? - Argued April 27, 2026 https://www.vacourts.gov/static/courts/scv/oral_arguments/2026/apr/special_session/260127.mp3 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:13:39 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Immigration: May the Trump Administration end temporary protected status on a class-wide basis? - Argued April 29, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-1083.mp3 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:43:10 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Administrative Law: When a generic drug label fully carves out a patented use, are allegations that the generic drugmaker calls its product a "generic version" and cites public information about the branded drug enough to plead induced infringement of the patented use? - Argued April 29, 2026 https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/24-889.mp3 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:44:54 PDT USCA, First Circuit Trade: May the CDC ban the importation of puppies? - Argued May 4, 2026 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/25-1801_20260504.mp3 Mon, 11 May 2026 14:41:40 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit First Amendment: May the Secretary of Defense investigate a sitting senator and retired naval officer for encouraging service members to disobey unlawful orders? - Argued May 7, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/05/26-5070.mp3 Mon, 11 May 2026 14:46:01 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Federalism: Are "sports event contracts" subject to state sports betting laws? - Argued May 7, 2026 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/25-1892-20260507.mp3 Mon, 11 May 2026 14:48:31 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Constitutional Law: Does the Constitution require Congress to vote in person? - Argued May 12, 2026 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-10386_05-12-2026.mp3 Wed, 13 May 2026 13:59:56 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Free Speech: May the President summarily rescind the security clearance of a lawyer who has represented his political opponents? - Argued May 14, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/05/26-5009.mp3 Thu, 14 May 2026 14:34:52 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Free Speech: May the President order government retaliation against law firms that represent his political opponents? - Argued May 14, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/05/25-5241.mp3 Thu, 14 May 2026 14:36:04 PDT USCA, First Circuit Immigration: What assurances must the government get before sending a non-citizen facing persecution to a third country? - Argued May 13, 2026 https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/oralargs/26-1212_20260513.mp3 Thu, 14 May 2026 14:39:03 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Environmental Law: When does a city's failure to maintain a safe water supply violate the constitutional rights of its residents? - Argued May 12, 2026 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-60370_05-12-2026.mp3 Thu, 14 May 2026 14:41:33 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Civil Rights: Do school children have a right to sex segregated facilities? - Argued May 12, 2026 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/25-1341.mp3 Thu, 14 May 2026 14:44:50 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Federalism: May the federal government order a coal-fired power plant to remain open after the state has granted approval for its closure? - Argued May 15, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/05/25-1159.mp3 Sat, 16 May 2026 12:53:22 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit National Security: May the Secretary of Defense declare Anthropic a "supply chain risk" because Anthropic did not agree to the terms under which DOD wanted to modify its software? - Argued May 20, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/05/26-1049.mp3 Thu, 21 May 2026 17:49:41 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Administrative Law: May the President order the removal of plaques recognizing slavery from the President’s House historical site without consulting Philadelphia? - Argued June 3, 2026 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/26-1348_CityofPhilavSecretaryUSDOI.mp3 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:34:16 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Federalism: May the United States and Texas jointly invalidate a Texas law providing for in-state tuition for undocumented students? - Argued June 4, 2026 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/25/25-10898_06-04-2026.mp3 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:45:46 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Intellectual Property: May news aggregator apps legally display news publisher content via embedding without securing explicit licenses or paying fees? - Argued June 2, 2026 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/25/25-60550_06-02-2026.mp3 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:48:59 PDT USCA, Eleventh Circuit Free Speech: May Florida ban minors from attending drag shows? - Argued June 2, 2026 https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/oral_argument_recordings/23-12160_06022026.mp3 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:51:06 PDT USCA, Sixth Circuit Free Speech: May cities ban the flying of the Pride Flag on municipal flag poles? - Argued June 2, 2026 https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/court_audio/audio/06-02-2026%20-%20Tuesday/25-1917%20Russ%20Gordon%20v%20City%20of%20Hamtramck%20MI%20et%20al.mp3 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:54:52 PDT New York Court of Appeals Employment: May New York impose mandatory retirement on State judges over the age of 70? - Argued May 20, 2026 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/NY/26-64.mp3 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:04:09 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Administrative Law: Does the President need Congressional approval to demolish the White House? - Argued June 5, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/06/26-5123.mp3 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:31:01 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Intellectual Property: Does it violate copyright to train an artificial intelligence model on case headnotes? - Argued June 11, 2026 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralargument/audio/25-2153ThomsonReutersetalv.RossIntelligenceInc.mp3 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:53:50 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Artificial Intelligence: Does a user's deployment of AI agents to make purchases violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act? - Argued June 11, 2026 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/CA9/26-1444.mp3 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:00:32 PDT USCA, Third Circuit Religious Freedom: May religious organizations be exempted from providing contraception coverage? - Argued July 7, 2026 https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/oralarg/25-2575_25-2662_CommonwealthPAvPresidentUSA.mp3 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:58:19 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Civil Rights: Do citizens have a constitutional right not to be unnecessarily tear gassed? - Argued July 10, 2026 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/CA9/26-1575.mp3 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:39:44 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: Does the Chamber of Commerce have standing to challenge California's prohibition on requiring employees to attend meetings where religious or political views will be discussed? - Argued July 7, 2026 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/CA9/25-6874.mp3 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:41:16 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Free Speech: May California prohibit employers from requiring employees to attend meetings where religious or political views will be discussed? - Argued July 7, 2026 https://www.audioarguendo.com/audio/CA9/25-6173.mp3 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:45:13 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Abortion: Can the FDA make mifepristone available via the mail for use in abortions? - Argued September 9, 2026 https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/26/26-30203_09-09-2026.mp3 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:03:11 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Federalism: May the federal government cut California's highway funds because it allows non-citizens to obtain driver's licenses? - Argued September 11, 2026 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/docs/2026/09/26-1027.mp3 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:14:39 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Free Speech: May a state require charities to release the demographic information about their leadership? - Argued September 11, 2026 https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/dab.25-2461.25-2461_09_11_2026.mp3 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:17:20 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Separation of Powers: May the Attorney General make a second interim U.S. Attorney appointment after the prior interim appointment expires? - Argued September 15, 2026 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/25-4673-20260915.mp3 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:49:26 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Free Speech: May North Carolina ban voters from taking and sharing photos of their marked ballots? - Argued September 15, 2026 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/26-1328-20260915.mp3 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:53:21 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Establishment Clause: May Arkansas require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms? - Argued September 22, 2026 https://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2026/9/261722.MP3 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:55:57 PDT USCA, Tenth Circuit Civil Rights: May a national sorority interpret its women-only membership rules to include transgender women without a vote of all members? - Argued September 14, 2026 https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/25-8058.mp3 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:57:20 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Immigration: Must the government give bond hearings to unauthorized immigrants detained for more than 90 days while removal proceedings are pending? - Argued September 24, 2026 audioarguendo-1790476191399 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:29:51 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Immigration: Must Venezuelan men sent to an El Salvador prison under the Alien Enemies Act get hearings to challenge their removal? - Argued September 25, 2026 audioarguendo-1790476575198 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:36:15 PDT Illinois Supreme Court Labor: May Chicago police officers accused of serious misconduct have their disciplinary cases heard in private arbitration? - Argued September 24, 2026 audioarguendo-1790476786229 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:39:46 PDT USCA, Eighth Circuit Free Speech: May a public university exclude a pro-Palestinian student group from its homecoming parade because of safety concerns? - Argued September 23, 2026 audioarguendo-1790476863798 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:41:03 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Abortion: May Idaho enforce its abortion ban when an abortion is needed to protect a patient’s health or prevent self-harm? - Argued September 22, 2026 audioarguendo-1790476947730 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:42:27 PDT USCA, Fourth Circuit Administrative Law: May the DEA classify hemp-derived HHC as a Schedule I controlled substance? - Argued September 18, 2026 audioarguendo-1790477257372 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:47:37 PDT Delaware Supreme Court Voting Rights: May towns give corporations the right to vote in municipal elections? - Argued September 23, 2026 audioarguendo-1790548758437 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:39:18 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Free Speech: May public universities ban drag shows on campus? - Argued September 23, 2026 audioarguendo-1790690088786 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:54:48 PDT USCA, D.C. Circuit Separation of Powers: May a district judge investigate whether officials committed criminal contempt by deporting Venezuelan migrants despite an order to stop the flights? - Argued September 29, 2026 audioarguendo-1790772034112 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:40:34 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit Intellectual Property: Should the Ninth Circuit change how juries decide whether an allegedly copied tattoo is too similar to a copyrighted photograph? - Argued September 29, 2026 audioarguendo-1790772323889 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:45:23 PDT USCA, Seventh Circuit Fourth Amendment: Does Illinois violate the Fourth Amendment by using license-plate cameras to track and store drivers’ movements? - Argued September 29, 2026 audioarguendo-1790772531417 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:48:51 PDT Nebraska Supreme Court Election Law: May Nebraska put a ballot measure limiting girls’ school sports to biologically female students before voters? - Argued September 30, 2026 audioarguendo-1790861742791 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:35:42 PDT USCA, Ninth Circuit First Amendment: May X sue a nonprofit hate-speech monitor for scraping public posts and publishing reports that drove away advertisers? - Argued September 30, 2026 audioarguendo-1790947363761 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:22:43 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Civil Rights: Should a judge be removed from a civil rights case after issuing an order containing AI hallucinations? - Argued August 31, 2026 audioarguendo-1791207111667 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:31:51 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: Does federal law precludes state-law claims seeking relief for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of climate change? - Argued October 5, 2026 audioarguendo-1791228656745 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:30:56 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Veterans: Did the Veterans' Judicial Review Act strip district courts of the jurisdiction to hear challenges to the constitutionality of acts of Congress affecting veterans' benefits? - Argued October 5, 2026 audioarguendo-1791228780129 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:33:00 PDT U.S. Supreme Court ERISA: Whether claims against an ERISA fiduciary predicated on fund underperformance must allege a "meaningful benchmark" for the requisite "care, skill, prudence, or diligence"? - Argued October 6, 2026 audioarguendo-1791499301620 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:41:41 PDT U.S. Supreme Court Environmental Law: Whether the federal government must comply with the National Environmental Policy Act before submitting a permit-renewal application under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act? - Argued October 7, 2026 audioarguendo-1791499563091 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:46:03 PDT USCA, First Circuit Privacy: May the IRS share noncitizens’ tax-return information with ICE to support criminal immigration investigations? - Argued October 7, 2026 audioarguendo-1791501412291 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:16:52 PDT USCA, First Circuit First Amendment: May the NEA disfavor arts grants for projects that promote “gender ideology”? - Argued October 7, 2026 audioarguendo-1791501542191 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:19:02 PDT USCA, Fifth Circuit Fourth Amendment: May police use Flock license-plate cameras to track a suspect’s movements without a warrant? - Argued October 5, 2026 audioarguendo-1791503373670 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:49:33 PDT USCA, Second Circuit International Law: May 9/11 victims’ families sue Saudi Arabia for allegedly helping the hijackers despite foreign sovereign immunity? - Argued October 7, 2026 audioarguendo-1791594547717 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:09:07 PDT