Legal Docket

Hosts and lawyers Mary Reichard and Jenny Rough break down Supreme Court decisions to show us what they really mean.

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Legal Docket: Brownback v King - S2.E1

Posted August 10, 202100:41:00

Hosts Mary Reichard and Jenny Rough analyze a case of simple facts and complicated law. In 2014, college student James King is beaten up by FBI agents...

Legal Docket, Bonus Episode: Mandatory Vaccine Laws

Posted February 28, 202100:35:12

The Supreme Court first considered the constitutionality of mandatory vaccine laws in Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905). In this episode, hosts Mary...

Episode 10: A Supreme Court Term Preview

Posted September 29, 202000:37:25

Hosts Mary Reichard and Jenny Rough preview a handful of cases from the upcoming Supreme Court term: including legal questions over copyright, Catholic...

Episode 9: Admitting Privileges

Posted September 22, 202000:35:00

Hosts Mary Reichard and Jenny Rough consider abortion law, incrementalism, and the surprising plurality opinion from the Supreme Court in June Medical...

Episode 8: Reasonable Searches

Posted September 15, 202000:33:28

Hosts Mary Reichard and Jenny Rough consider Kansas v. Glover, a case about a routine traffic stop. In 2016, a Kansas sheriff ran the plates...