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Oral Argument Re-Listen: Pitchford v. Cain | Blocked, Blamed, and Brought Back
Season 2025 Episode 91
Pitchford v. Cain | Case No. 24-7351 | Argued: 3/31/26 | Decided: 5/28/26 | Docket Link: Here
Overview: A Mississippi prosecutor struck four of five e…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Opinion Summary: Pitchford v. Cain | Blocked, Blamed, and Brought Back
Season 2025 Episode 90
Pitchford v. Cain | Case No. 24-7351 | Argued: 3/31/26 | Decided: 5/28/26 | Docket Link: Here
Overview: A Mississippi prosecutor struck four of five e…
4 weeks ago
Oral Argument Re-Listen: Fernandez v. United States | SCOTUS Ends Compassionate Release Standoff
Season 2025 Episode 89
Fernandez v. United States | Case No. 24-556 | Decided: 5/28/26 | Docket Link: Here
Overview: A federal prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence sou…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Opinion Summary: Fernandez v. United States | SCOTUS Ends Compassionate Release Standoff
Season 2025 Episode 89
Fernandez v. United States | Case No. 24-556 | Decided: 5/28/26 | Docket Link: Here
Overview: A federal prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence sou…
1 month ago
Oral Argument Re-Listen: Rutherford v. United States | Retroactivity Rebellion Roadblocked
Season 2025 Episode 88
Carter v. United States | Case No. 24-860 | Date Decided: 5/28/26 | Oral Argument Date: 11/12/25 | Docket Link: Here (consolidated with Rutherford v.…
1 month ago
Oral Argument Re-Listen: Rutherford v. United States | Retroactivity Rebellion Roadblocked
Season 2025 Episode 90
Carter v. United States | Case No. 24-860 | Date Decided: 5/28/26 | Oral Argument Date: 11/12/25 | Docket Link: Here (consolidated with Rutherford v.…
1 month ago
Opinion Summary: Rutherford v. United States | Retroactivity Rebellion Roadblocked
Season 2025 Episode 89
Carter v. United States | Case No. 24-860 | Date Decided: 5/28/26 | Oral Argument Date: 11/12/25 | Docket Link: Here (consolidated with Rutherford v.…
1 month ago
Oral Argument Re-Listen: Hamm v. Smith | SCOTUS Declines to Dig into IQ Score Showdown
Season 2025 Episode 87
Hamm v. Smith | Case No. 24-872 | Oral Argument Date: 12/10/25 | Docket Link: Here
Question Presented: When someone takes multiple IQ tests to prove i…
1 month ago
Opinion Summary: Hamm v. Smith | SCOTUS Declines to Dig into IQ Score Showdown
Season 2025 Episode 87
Hamm v. Smith | Case No. 24-872 | Decided: May 21, 2026 | Docket Link: Here
Overview: Death penalty case examining how courts evaluate multiple IQ sco…
1 month ago
Oral Argument Re-Listen: M & K v. IAM Pension Trustees | Pension Plan Predicament Put to Rest
Season 2025 Episode 86
M & K Employee Solutions, LLC v. Trustees of The IAM Pension Fund | Argument Date: 1/20/26 | Docket Link: Here
Oral Advocates:
For Petitioner (M&K Empl…1 month ago