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The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which concerns whether Colorado’s anti-discrimination law violated a baker’s First Amendment rights to…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Christie v. NCAA. The case concerns whether a federal statute, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA), which prohibits sports wagering in…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Carpenter v. United States. The case concerns whether a search warrant is needed for law enforcement to gain access to a person’s cell phone location data…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument for Husted v. Randolph Institute. The case concerns whether Ohio’s voter purge policy violates the federal laws of the National Voter Registration Act and…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Class v. United States. The case concerns whether a person who pleads guilty to a crime as part of a plea deal waives the right to challenge the…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument for Gill v. Whitford, a case involving redistricting in Wisconsin. A lower court in 2016 ruled that the state’s 2011 map drafted by the Republican controlled…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument for Jennings v. Rodriguez, a re-argument from the previous term when there were only eight justices on the bench. This case concerns the lengthy…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument for Sessions v. Dimaya, a re-argument from the previous term when there were only eight justices, due to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The case focuses on immigration…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in a consolidated case focusing on workers' class-action rights. At issue was whether employers through an employment contract can prevent employees from joining…

Justice Anthony Kennedy was interviewed as part of C-SPAN’s Supreme Court Week. Justice Kennedy, sitting in the West Conference Room of the Supreme Court, gave his impressions on the role of the…

Justice Anthony Kennedy was interviewed at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference in Big Sky, Montana. Topics included his thoughts on how the internet has affected civil…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Maslenjak v. United States, a case on whether the government can strip naturalized citizens of their citizenship for lying during the naturalization process…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, a case testing the bounds of separation of church and state. Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia in Missouri owns and operates a preschool…

Neil Gorsuch was sworn in as the 113th Supreme Court justice. Justice Anthony Kennedy administered the judicial oath to his former law clerk, the first time a sitting justice and former law…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in County of Los Angeles v. Mendez, which involves the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s “provocation rule” that police officers who use force not deemed excessive…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Murr v. Wisconsin, a case that concerns when the government must compensate private property owners for land-use regulations that prohibit how a person’s property can be used or sold.…

C-SPAN looked back at the opening statements of all eight current Supreme Court Justices at their confirmation hearings. The program also included remarks by senators who introduced the…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Packingham v. North Carolina, a case questioning whether a North Carolina law banning registered sex offenders from using social media violates First Amendment…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hernandez v. Mesa, a case on whether constitutional protections can extend past U.S. boundaries. More specifically, at issue was whether the family…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the consolidated cases Ziglar v. Abbasi, Ashcroft v. Abbasi and Hasty v. Abbasi, which concern whether Arabs and Muslims detained for immigration…