Cases and Controversies
Bloomberg Law's Cases and Controversies brings you the latest from the Supreme Court. Each week we preview oral arguments at the Court or feature in-depth interviews. We explore critical legal issues with Supreme Court advocates, judges, law professors, lawyers, and legal journalists. Hosts: Kimberly Robinson, Greg Stohr, and Lydia Wheeler.
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May 16, 2025 • 12 mins
The practicalities of birthright citizenship being restricted in some states but not others appeared to be a concern of key justices on the US Supreme Court.
President Donald Trump has asked the justices to narrow lower court rulings that blocked his executive order limiting automatic citizenship to babies born with at least one parent who’s a citizen or permanent resident.
Cases and Controversies hosts Greg Stohr and Lydia W...
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May 9, 2025 • 20 mins
The Supreme Court will sit for a special session May 15 to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order.
The merits, however, are not before justices at this time. Instead, the court will consider the scope of relief temporarily available to the parties, and in particular whether federal district courts can enjoin a policy nationwide as to all persons affected.
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May 2, 2025 • 21 mins
The Supreme Court heard the last in a trio of cases over religious rights with the justices appearing to split long largely ideological lines.
During arguments April 30 in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, the justices considered a virtual school's bid to become the nation's first religious charter school.
Cases and Controversies hosts Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Robinson say the case seems to turn on Chief Ju...
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April 27, 2025 • 14 mins
US Supreme Court justices spent a lot of time last week discussing the meaning of LGBTQ-themed books that parents in a Maryland public school district say interfere with the religious rearing of their children.
One book, “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding,” was a focal point of the April 22 arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor. The justices questioned whether mere exposure to things a parent disagrees with burdens their religious rights.
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April 18, 2025 • 19 mins
Obamacare is back before the Supreme Court in a challenge to its no-cost coverage requirements for certain preventive health services.
The justices will weigh the constitutionality of the US Preventive Services Task Force, which recommends the tests and treatments insurers should cover, when they return to the bench on Monday for the April sitting.
If the lower court's decision is upheld, "it is possible, given the posture of the...
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April 11, 2025 • 28 mins
The US Supreme Court's attempt to avoid a confrontation with President Donald Trump has real world costs, said Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck.
Vladeck spoke with Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Greg Stohr about the flurry of recent rulings from the justices in emergency requests involving the administration's policies.
The majority of the justices have been careful not to be overly critical of the pr...
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April 4, 2025 • 16 mins
Supreme Court justices from across the ideological spectrum appeared ready to side with a religious group seeking an unemployment tax exemption, in the first of three church-state disputes on tap in coming weeks.
"I thought it was pretty fundamental that we don't treat some religions better than other religions," Justice Elena Kagan said. "And we certainly don't do it based on the content of the religious doctrine that those reli...
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March 28, 2025 • 23 mins
The federal government appeared likely to win a high-stakes appeal over a multibillion-dollar telecommunications fund while securing a win on Biden-era regulations on build-at-home "ghost guns."
Several justices during arguments March 26 in FCC v. Consumers' Research, appeared hesitant to reinvigorate the so-called nondelegation doctrine to strike down the Universal Service Fund. The fund is intended to increase broadband access t...
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March 21, 2025 • 24 mins
The Supreme Court will consider a case at the end of March that could limit Congress’ ability to let federal regulators determine what public health and safety standards are necessary.
Depending on what the court decides, any statute that grants discretion to an agency could be open for re-review, said Jessica Ellsworth, a partner at Hogan Lovells.
"There's probably hundreds of thousands of places in the US code that there are term...
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March 14, 2025 • 29 mins
After a slow start, Supreme Court justices will hear consequential disputes as they head into second half of the term.
"This might be the eye in the storm that this was kind of a bit of a slower term," said Goodwin partner Brian Burgess. "There's some big, big cases ahead."
Burgess highlights cases involving religious rights, Obamacare, and forum shopping with Cases and Controversies hosts Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Robinson.
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March 7, 2025 • 15 mins
A fight over plans for a privately owned nuclear waste storage facility in Texas seemed to divide the US Supreme Court as the justices wrestled with a federal agency’s regulatory authority and who can challenge it.
Cases and Controversies hosts Greg Stohr and Lydia Wheeler unpack Wednesday’s arguments in the dispute over a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license that would have moved as much as 40,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel to a ...
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February 28, 2025 • 24 mins
The US Supreme Court hears argument March 4 in a case over gun industry protections from lawsuits.
The dispute involving Mexico and Smith & Wesson Brands Inc. centers on whether exceptions to the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act open manufacturers to court challenges.
Mexico alleges gunmakers intentionally trade with suppliers for drug cartels and the law allows suits when industry knowingly violates firearms laws in ...
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February 21, 2025 • 18 mins
The Supreme Court- has been pulled into its first dispute over a Trump administration action with more cases likely coming its way.
Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris asked the justices in an emergency request to toss out a temporary restraining order that stopped President Donald Trump from firing the head of the US Office of Special Counsel.
Lower courts have issued TROs in response to Trump’s executive actions now testing pre...
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February 18, 2025 • 14 mins
The US Supreme Court is confronting the stark reality that, unlike the other two branches of government, the court has no real power to enforce its decisions. Should someone — whether government official or private citizen — refuse to comply, the justices have no army or constitutional spending power to use as a cudgel, Bloomberg Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr writes in a new longform essay.
That age-old quandary is becoming new...
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February 7, 2025 • 19 mins
The US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a reverse discrimination case when the justices return to the bench at the end of the month.
A heterosexual woman is asking the court to revive her lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Youth Services where she's worked since 2004 after the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said she hadn't shown the "background circumstances" necessary to take her case to trial.
The court didn't...
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January 31, 2025 • 17 mins
President Donald Trump’s executive orders have sparked a flurry of legal challenges that tee-up constitutional questions about the breadth of executive power the US Supreme Court may be forced to settle.
Daniel Cotter, a partner at Dickinson Wright who writes a column on the Supreme Court for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, joins Cases and Controversies to talk about which disputes could get Supreme Court review.
Hosts Greg Stohr a...
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January 24, 2025 • 19 mins
Supreme Court justices seemed to agree courts should look at the totality of circumstances when analyzing whether a police officer's use of deadly force was reasonable.
During arguments Wednesday, the US Supreme Court appeared ready to rule the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit had used the wrong test when it considered the claims of a mother who argues a Texas police officer unjustly shot and killed her son during a traffi...
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January 17, 2025 • 16 mins
Several justices on the Supreme Court seemed eager this week to debate the constitutionality of a Texas law that requires porn sites to verify the age of users to keep kids from viewing obscene content online.
But the court was only asked in the case argued Wednesday to answer whether the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit applied the correct standard when assessing whether the law violated the free speech rights of adults.
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January 9, 2025 • 18 mins
The much-anticipated argument of the future of TikTok in the US will be heard by the Supreme Court on Friday.
Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Lydia Wheeler preview the case with Knight First Amendment Institute staff attorney Xiangnong (George) Wang.
The Biden administration says the law, which effectively bans the social media site in the US unless sold by its Chinese owner, is necessary for national security. ...
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December 20, 2024 • 15 mins
After an eventful 2024, the justices are now on winter break until Jan. 10.
"Cases and Controversies" hosts Kimberly Robinson, Lydia Wheeler, and Greg Stohr review all the biggest news stories from the justices in 2024, from Justice Samuel Alito's flag controversy to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dream-come-true Broadway debut.
They also look ahead to the cases to be heard in 2025, which include an expedited appeal over the socia...
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