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U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments

Oral arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States, presented by Oyez, a multimedia judicial archive at the IllinoisTech Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Episodes

Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic

A case in which the Court will decide whether the Medicaid Act’s “any qualified provider” provision unambiguously confers a private right upon a Medicaid beneficiary to choose a specific provider.

Apr 02, 20252 hr 34 min

Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization

A case in which the Court will decide whether the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Apr 01, 20252 hr 53 min

Rivers v. Guerrero

A case in which the Court will decide whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2)—which strictly limits the circumstances in which an inmate can file a second petition for federal post-conviction relief—applies to all second habeas petitions (petitions filed after the first one) or only to specific types of second petitions.

Mar 31, 202552 min

Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research

A case in which the Court will decide whether Congress violated the Constitution in the way it gave power to the FCC to collect Universal Service Fund money, and whether the FCC then violated the Constitution by letting a private, industry-controlled company make those collection decisions.

Mar 26, 20253 hr 33 min

Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research

A case in which the Court will decide whether Congress violated the Constitution in the way it gave power to the FCC to collect Universal Service Fund money, and whether the FCC then violated the Constitution by letting a private, industry-controlled company make those collection decisions.

Mar 26, 20253 hr 33 min

Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC

A case in which the Court will decide whether challenges by small oil refineries seeking exemptions from the requirements of the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard program should be heard exclusively in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit because the agency’s denial actions are “nationally applicable” or “based on a determination of nationwide scope or effect.”

Mar 25, 20252 hr 43 min

Oklahoma v. Environmental Protection Agency

A case in which the Court will decide whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction to review an Environmental Protection Agency action that affects only one state or region, simply because the EPA published that action alongside actions affecting other states in a single Federal Register notice.

Mar 25, 202548 min

Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC

A case in which the Court will decide whether challenges by small oil refineries seeking exemptions from the requirements of the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard program should be heard exclusively in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit because the agency’s denial actions are “nationally applicable” or “based on a determination of nationwide scope or effect.”

Mar 25, 20252 hr 43 min

Louisiana v. Callais

A case in which the Court will decide whether Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-Black congressional district constitutes unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, even when drawn in response to a federal court finding that the state’s prior single majority-Black district likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Mar 24, 20251 hr 19 min

Riley v. Bondi

A case in which the Court will decide issues relating to the 30-day deadline to seek review of a ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals denying withholding of deportation.

Mar 24, 202557 min

Riley v. Bondi

A case in which the Court will decide issues relating to the 30-day deadline to seek review of a ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals denying withholding of deportation.

Mar 24, 202557 min

Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas

A case in which the Court will decide whether a nonparty can challenge a federal agency’s “final order” under the Hobbs Act’s judicial review provision; and whether federal nuclear laws allow the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to license private companies to store spent nuclear fuel at off-reactor sites.

Mar 05, 20252 hr 36 min

Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas

A case in which the Court will decide whether a nonparty can challenge a federal agency’s “final order” under the Hobbs Act’s judicial review provision; and whether federal nuclear laws allow the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to license private companies to store spent nuclear fuel at off-reactor sites.

Mar 05, 20252 hr 36 min

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos

A case in which the Court will decide whether U.S. gun manufacturers can be held liable for violence in Mexico under theories of proximate causation and aiding and abetting, based on their domestic production and sale of firearms that are later trafficked to Mexican cartels.

Mar 04, 20252 hr 31 min

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos

A case in which the Court will decide whether U.S. gun manufacturers can be held liable for violence in Mexico under theories of proximate causation and aiding and abetting, based on their domestic production and sale of firearms that are later trafficked to Mexican cartels.

Mar 04, 20252 hr 31 min

BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman

A case in which the Court will decide whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6)’s stringent standard applies to a post-judgment request to vacate for the purpose of filing an amended complaint.

Mar 03, 202553 min

CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd.

A case in which the Court will decide whether plaintiffs must prove minimum contacts before federal courts may assert personal jurisdiction over foreign states sued under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

Mar 03, 202549 min

Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services

A case in which the Court will decide whether a majority-group plaintiff must show “background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority” to establish a prima facie case of discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Feb 26, 202555 min

Esteras v. United States

A case in which the Court will decide whether a court may, in considering whether to revoke an individual’s supervised release and impose a prison sentence, consider factors from the law governing sentencing not mentioned in the supervised release law.

Feb 25, 20251 hr 15 min

Perttu v. Richards

A case in which the Court will decide whether, in cases subject to the Prison Litigation Reform Act, prisoners have a right to a jury trial concerning their exhaustion of administrative remedies where disputed facts regarding exhaustion are intertwined with the underlying merits of their claim.

Feb 25, 20251 hr 16 min

Gutierrez v. Saenz

A case in which the Court will decide whether a Texas death-row inmate has standing to sue the state over its refusal to give him access to DNA testing pursuant to a law permitting DNA testing only when the person can prove that he would not have been convicted if the DNA testing produced exculpatory results.

Feb 24, 20252 hr 35 min

Gutierrez v. Saenz

A case in which the Court will decide whether a Texas death-row inmate has standing to sue the state over its refusal to give him access to DNA testing pursuant to a law permitting DNA testing only when the person can prove that he would not have been convicted if the DNA testing produced exculpatory results.

Feb 24, 20252 hr 35 min

Cunningham v. Cornell University

A case in which the Court will decide whether a plaintiff can state a claim under a provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) that bars a plan fiduciary from knowingly engaging in a transaction that is an exchange of goods or services between the plan and anyone barred from doing business with the plan, simply by alleging that such a transaction occurred.

Jan 22, 20252 hr 31 min

Barnes v. Felix

A case in which the Court will decide whether courts should apply the “moment of the threat” doctrine when evaluating an excessive force claim under the Fourth Amendment.

Jan 22, 20251 hr 16 min

Food and Drug Administration v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co.

A case in which the Court will decide whether a manufacturer may file a petition for review in a circuit where it neither resides nor has its principal place of business, if the petition is joined by a seller of the manufacturer’s products that is located within that circuit.

Jan 21, 20251 hr 12 min

Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton

A case in which the Court will decide whether a Texas law that requires any website that publishes content one-third or more of which is “harmful to minors” to verify the age of each of its users before providing access should be subject to “rational basis” review or “strict scrutiny.”

Jan 15, 20252 hr 6 min