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In this episode, GianCarlo and Amy examine surprising data collected by Empirical SCOTUS about telephonic oral arguments, a new Roe v. Wade documentary, and emergency petitions to the Court by churches challenging stay-at-home orders. GianCarlo interviews veteran legal journalist Stuart Taylor, Jr., and they discuss his career and the state of the modern news media. Finally, your hosts fill in for ESPN by doing Supreme Court sports trivia. It's sportsball time!Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ scotus101 and send comments, questions, or ideas for futureepisodes to scotus101@heritage.org. Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating!Stay caffeinated and opinionated with a SCOTUS 101 mug:https://shop.heritage.org/products/scotus-101-mug. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Amy impersonates Matthew McConaughey, GianCarlo tries out a French accent, and the two of them discuss the new documentary, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (available to stream online for free at the link below). They also unpack the one opinion released this week, which involves the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Finally, Amy interviews Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and explores how his parents' escape from communism shaped his view of America.Created Equal: Clarence Thomas In His Own Words: https://www.pbs.org/video/created-equal-clarence-thomas-in-his-own-words-rymp6z/Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ scotus101 and send comments, questions, or ideas for futureepisodes to scotus101@heritage.org. Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating!Stay caffeinated and opinionated with a SCOTUS 101 mug:https://shop.heritage.org/products/scotus-101-mug. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With oral arguments done for the term, GianCarlo and Amy discuss the arguments in some of this term's biggest cases and review the successes of telephonic oral argument. GianCarlo interviews the legendary Judge Marty Feldman, and the two talk about the judge's unusual path to the law, his friendship with Justice Scalia, and his time on the FISA court.Created Equal: Clarence Thomas In His Own Words: https://www.pbs.org/about/blogs/news/created-equal-clarence-thomas-in-his-own-words-airs-on-pbs-may-18-2020/ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ scotus101 and send comments, questions, or ideas for futureepisodes to scotus101@heritage.org. Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating!Stay caffeinated and opinionated with a SCOTUS 101 mug:https://shop.heritage.org/products/scotus-101-mug . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Elizabeth's last day on the show, and a week of big news at the Court: telephonic oral arguments, questions from Justice Thomas, and the "flush heard 'round the world." We also discuss this week's opinions (one involves Bridgegate, the other a sizzling unanimous rebuke of the Ninth Circuit), and Elizabeth interviews legal power couple, Jim and Allyson Ho.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ scotus101 and send comments, questions, or ideas for futureepisodes to scotus101@heritage.org . Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating!Stay caffeinated and opinionated with a SCOTUS 101 mug:https://shop.heritage.org/products/scotus-101-mug . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elizabeth Slattery introduces the new hosts, GianCarlo Canaparo and Amy Swearer. They recap the Court's latest rulings (guns, Obamacare, and a Georgia copyright case), and Elizabeth chatted with former Wisconsin Solicitor General Misha Tseytlin. Stay tuned for Supreme Trivia - Elizabeth's in the hot seat.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @scotus101 and send comments, questions, or ideas for future episodes to scotus101@heritage.org. Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating!Stay caffeinated and opinionated with a SCOTUS 101 mug: https://shop.heritage.org/products/scotus-101-mug. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elizabeth Slattery & Tiffany Bates have a big announcement that you won't want to miss! They also recap the Court's latest rulings (non-unanimous jury verdicts, point source pollutants, and more), and Elizabeth chatted with 2nd Circuit Judge Michael Park about his affinity for NSYNC and Microsoft Outlook. Stay tuned for Supreme Trivia - Dramatic Departures edition.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @scotus101 and send comments, questions, or ideas for future episodes to scotus101@heritage.org. Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating!Stay caffeinated and opinionated with a SCOTUS 101 mug: https://shop.heritage.org/products/scotus-101-mug. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With no word about the March and April oral arguments, Elizabeth Slattery & Tiffany Bates recap the Court's latest rulings (one involves the infamous pirate, Blackbeard). They also debut their new SCOTUS book club. Elizabeth chats with 6th Circuit Judge Alice Batchelder about her love of roller coasters and her chambers' unusual dress code. Stay tuned for Supreme Trivia - April Fools' Day edition.Here's the book we're reading: https://www.amazon.com/More-Obedient-Wife-Novel-Supreme/dp/0615135161Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @scotus101 and send comments, questions, or ideas for future episodes to scotus101@heritage.org. Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating!Stay caffeinated and opinionated with a SCOTUS 101 mug: https://shop.heritage.org/products/scotus-101-mug. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elizabeth Slattery & Tiffany Bates talk about how courts are practicing social distancing and what may happen with delayed SCOTUS cases. Elizabeth also recently chatted with Benjamin Beaton, a card-carrying Fed Soc member who clerked for the Notorious RBG. Tune in for Supreme Trivia - Learned Sixth Edition. Elizabeth tries to stump Benjamin on his knowledge of his "home court," the Sixth Circuit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Please enjoy the George W. Bush Presidential Library's interview with Justice Neil Gorsuch. Check out other episodes of the Strategerist podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-strategerist/id1450428537.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @scotus101 and send comments, questions, or ideas for future episodes to scotus101@heritage.org. Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating! Stay caffeinated and opinionated with a SCOTUS 101 mug: https://shop.heritage.org/products/scotus-101-mug. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Walsh joins Elizabeth Slattery this week to break down what the oral arguments in an important separation-of-powers case and the Louisiana abortion case. They discuss the recent dust up between John Roberts and Chuck Schumer and the news that the Court will hear a sixth case involving Obamacare. Elizabeth also chats with Louisiana Solicitor General Elizabeth Murrill about her career. Stay tuned for Supreme Trivia - Before They Were Justices edition. Mark's in the hot seat!Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @scotus101 and send comments, questions, or ideas for future episodes to scotus101@heritage.org. Don't forget to leave a 5-star rating!Stay caffeinated and opinionated with a SCOTUS 101 mug: https://shop.heritage.org/products/scotus-101-mug. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.