Legal Docket

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Legal Docket: Mahanoy Area School District v Levy - S2.E6

Posted September 14, 2021 • 00:37:59

A cheerleader’s vulgar post on social media lands her in trouble with the school, but judicial precedent from the 1960s and the First Amendment protects...

Legal Docket: Behind the Scenes - Clerks and Marshal's Aides - S2.E5

Posted September 7, 2021 • 00:36:24

Find out what it's like to work as a law clerk for a Supreme Court justice. In this episode, hosts Mary Reichard and Jenny Rough talk with five law...

Legal Docket: US v Cooley - S2.E4

Posted August 31, 2021 • 00:44:32

Indian tribes are considered a nation within a nation. U.S. v Cooley looks at how much authority a tribe's law enforcement has to investigate crimes...

Legal Docket: Fulton v Philadelphia - S2.E3

Posted August 24, 2021 • 00:44:21

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Legal Docket: Jones v Mississippi - S2.E2

Posted August 17, 2021 • 00:41:48

Hosts Jenny Rough and Mary Reichard analyze an 8th Amendment case, cruel and unusual punishment. In 2005, Brett Jones killed his grandfather. He was...