Supreme Court of the United States

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QUESTION PRESENTED: ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the proceeds of a life-insurance policy taken out by a closely held corporation on a shareholder in order to facilitate the redemption of the shareholder’s stock should be considered a corporate asset when calculating the value of the shareholder’s shares for purposes of the federal estate tax. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the Constitution requires a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt to find that a defendant’s prior convictions were “committed on occasions different from one another,” as is necessary to impose an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the 60-day deadline in 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(A) for a federal employee to petition the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to review a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board is jurisdictional. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the Indian Health Service must pay “contract support costs” not only to support IHS-funded activities, but also to support the tribe’s expenditure of income collected from third parties. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the court should deny the motion by Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado for entry of a proposed consent decree that would resolve this dispute over the United States' claim as intervenors that New Mexico violated the Rio Grande Compact without the United States’ consent. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: (1) Whether the probable-cause exception in Nieves v. Barlett can be satisfied by objective evidence other than specific examples of arrests that never happened; and (2) whether Nieves is limited to individual claims against arresting officers for split-second arrests. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether an insurer with financial responsibility for a bankruptcy claim is a “party in interest” that may object to a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether in a prosecution for drug trafficking — where an element of the offense is that the defendant knew she was carrying illegal drugs — Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b) permits a governmental expert witness to testify that most couriers know they are carrying drugs and that drug-trafficking organizations do not entrust large quantities of drugs to unknowing transporters. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the First Amendment allows a government regulator to threaten regulated entities with adverse regulatory actions if they do business with a controversial speaker, as a consequence of (a) the government’s own hostility to the speaker’s viewpoint or (b) a perceived “general backlash” against the speaker’s advocacy. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★