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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 Amendmen…

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 sp…

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…

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 a…

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 cons…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in District of Columbia v. Wesby, a case concerning the Fourth Amendment and probable cause arrests. Theodore Wesby was one of several people initially …

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 contr…

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 detenti…

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 f…

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 fro…

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 …

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 a…

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 …

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 pers…

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 nomi…

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke about the importance of education. Justice Sotomayor shared her experiences of her early legal career, her education at Princeton and Yale Univers…

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…

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 o…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Lee v. Tam, which concerns whether the government’s refusal to register trademarks that can be seen as disparaging, such as racial slurs, violates Fi…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Lynch v. Dimaya, which would decide if the definition of a “crime of violence,” as it is used in deportation sections of immigration law, is unconsti…