#225: Breyer's Sauce for the Goose

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

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🗓️ 22 March 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This week, Elizabeth & Tiffany talk about snow days at SCOTUS and oral arguments in cases dealing with free speech and the long-lost Contract Clause. They also chat with 11th Circuit Judge Bill Pryor about prosecuting Roy Moore, why Thomas More is a model for all lawyers, and ... more. Tune in for Supreme Trivia to find out which future President turned down a seat on SCOTUS after being confirmed.

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0:00.0	I'm Elizabeth Slattery, and I'm Tiffany Bates.
0:05.4	And welcome to SCOTUS 101, where we break down what's happening at the Supreme Court, what the justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government.
0:13.2	This week we're talking about new grants, denials, and oral arguments, and we'll interview one of our favorite appellate judges, Bill Pryor.
0:19.9	So the Supreme Court heard a few oral arguments this week, including on a day when the rest of the federal government was closed because of a snowstorm.
0:27.7	Some people even went over to the court's grounds and built a snowman, but the police made them move frosty.
0:33.8	I was sad to see that.
0:34.7	I thought it was Olaf.
0:36.1	Okay, yeah.
0:36.6	I did see on Twitter people were having a field day with this, and somebody tweeted something
0:40.8	about, in the case of Anna versus Elsa, Olaf lost, I guess.
0:45.9	Sad.
0:46.5	Yeah, very sad.
0:47.5	But earlier, Elizabeth was at the court this week to listen to oral argument in Nifla
0:52.0	versus Bissera.
0:53.6	So tell us what happened.
0:55.1	Sure. So this is the case brought by pro-life crisis pregnancy centers in California,
0:59.9	challenging two parts of a state law. The first part requires centers that perform ultrasounds
1:05.5	and pregnancy tests and other things like that. It requires them to advertise the state's
1:09.8	free abortion services.
1:11.5	The second part of the law deals with centers that provide non-medical services like counseling
1:15.5	and parenting classes.
1:17.2	The law requires them to include in their ads a 29-word disclaimer that they are not licensed
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