U.S. Supreme Court Begins a New Term

NPR's Nina Totenberg has a preview of cases that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in their new term which starts this week. 4 min., 38 sec. transcript available.

Another presentation of some cases in the coming term in a Wall Street Journal podcast can be found here. 24 min. transcript available.

 More about the U.S. Supreme Court Term

NPR's Ari Shapiro on All Things Considered hosted a discussion about what the Court ruled this term. Discussing were Nina Totenberg of NPR, Stephen Vladeck of Georgetown University Law Centre and Sarah Isgur of SCOTUSblog. 8 min. 13 sec., transcript available.

 U.S. Supreme Court End of Term

NPR's Nina Totenberg presents here news about important cases that will soon be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and some that have already been decided on the emergency (or shadow) docket. Transcript available 5 min. 18 sec.

 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Interview

Justice Elena Kagan was interviewed September 19th at Salve Regina University (Rhone Island) - a college, not a law school, and spoke very directly about how the Court functions. Available here on C-Span.53 min. - not very perfect subtitles below the screen.

More on the Texas Abortion Law and the Shadow Docket

WBUR's program On Point of September 3 had an interview here with Melissa Murray, professor of law at New York University and Heather Cox Richardson, professor of history at  Boston College. Murray talks about the Texas law and gives a lot of historical background on the U.S. Supreme Court's shadow docket. 47 min., no transcript but a long written presentation of the discussion.

 SCOTUS 2020 Term 

Two wrap ups of the 2020 term of the U.S. Supreme Court which ended recently can be found here: one is from Nina Totenberg of NPR  - 8 min. 15 sec., transcript available

A longer presentation from the National Constitution Center, with Dahlia Lithwick of Slate moderating a discussion among distinguished legal scholars Erwin Chemerinsky, Paul Clement, Frederick Lawrence, and Melissa Murray can be found here. 1 hour 28 minutes, no transcript (but pretty accurate subtitles).