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Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture

#220: SCOTUS 101 LIVE!

Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture

The Heritage Foundation

Government

4.5527 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, Elizabeth & Tiffany preview cases coming up at SCOTUS this spring: free speech, internet sales tax, administrative law judges, and more!

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0:00.0

I'm Elizabeth Lattery, and I'm Tiffany Bates.

0:05.5

And welcome to SCOTUS 101, where we break down what's happening at the Supreme Court,

0:09.2

what the justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government.

0:13.5

We're doing something a little different this week.

0:15.3

Elizabeth and I were asked to speak to the conservative women's network

0:18.5

and give a preview of cases coming up at SCOTUS the spring.

0:21.9

So here's that conversation.

0:24.3

Thank you so much. We're pleased to be here today with you. So as Michelle mentioned, we are the

0:30.0

ladies of SCOTUS 101, a Heritage Foundation podcast about everything that's happening at the

0:35.0

Supreme Court from the serious to the silly. If you want to hear about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's workout routine, tune in. If you want to hear about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's workout routine, tune in.

0:41.3

If you want to hear about the big cases the court is going to hear in serious arguments, tune in.

0:46.2

So, Tiffany, the court is in session today for their conference as we speak.

0:51.8

They are.

0:52.4

Tell us what is going on.

0:54.0

Yeah, so the court's been out for a little while, but they're back today.

0:57.4

A few times a month, they hold a private conference where they decide which cases to take and which cases to deny.

1:03.6

And no one is allowed at these conferences, no clerks, no secretaries, no one at all.

1:08.3

And the junior justice has a lot of duties during this conference.

1:13.0

Poor Neil Gorsuch right now. Yes. So it's Justice Gorsuch. So he has to get the door if someone

1:18.1

knocks or get the justice's coffee or if one of the justices forgets their glasses, he has to

1:24.4

go retrieve them. So at this point, they're going to be deciding cases that they'll

1:31.4

add to the court's docket for next term. But we're about halfway through this term, and there are some

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