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The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, docket number 13-1314. The case involves Proposition 106, passed by Arizon…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Johnson v. United States, docket number 13-7120. The case concerns whether possession of a short-barreled shotgun could be considered a violent felon…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Glossip v. Gross, docket number 14-7955. The case concerns whether the use of the drug midazolam in lethal injection executions violates the Eighth A…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, docket number 14-556 Question 1, consolidated with three other same-sex marriage cases. The second question heard was whet…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, docket number 14-556 Question 2, which was consolidated with three other same-sex marriage cases. The first question heard was …

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the consolidated cases of Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency, Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, and National Mining Association. v. EPA. …

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in King v. Burwell, docket number 14-114. The case concerns the legality of the Internal Revenue Service extending tax-credit subsidies to health insura…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., docket number 13-1371. The case addresses low-income ho…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Horne v. Department of Agriculture, docket number 14-275. The case concerns a federal government program that requires growers to turn over large qua…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case City of Los Angeles v. Patel, docket number 13-1175, which questions whether a Los Angeles city ordinance requiring hoteliers to reveal…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Reed v. Town of Gilbert, docket number 13-502, on whether a town ordinance limiting the placement of signs, including those posted by a church, viola…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, docket number 14-144. The case concerns the First Amendment and the state of Texas’s ref…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in McFadden v. United States, docket number 14-378. At issue in the case was whether, in order to convict someone under the Controlled Substances A…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Zivotofsky v. Kerry, a case concerning whether whether Congress has the power to pass a law requiring the State Department to record the birthplace o…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Elonis v. United States, docket number 13-983. The case involves free speech and criminal threats in the age of the internet and social media. At iss…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie and Fitch Stores, docket number 14-86. The case addressed whether the retailer violated the ci…

Professor Michael Ross talked about the role of the Supreme Court during Reconstruction. He spoke about the tensions between President Andrew Johnson and the Republican-controlled Congress, …

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Rodriguez v. United States, docket number 13-9972. The case addressed whether a police officer’s decision to extend a completed traffic stop to allow…

Justices Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer testified on the Supreme Court fiscal year 2016 budget and the federal judiciary system. By law, the judicial branch assembles its own budget, whi…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in two consolidated cases, Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama and Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, docket number 13-895, challenging t…