Cases for the Casebooks
Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture
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🗓️ 26 March 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This week the Court takes us back to our first year of law school with cases destined for the casebooks. Oral arguments this week involved a takings case that touches on first-year property and the "bundle of rights," a Fourth Amendment case involving the community caretaking exception to the warrant requirement, and a unique case about tribal police. We also got two blockbuster opinions this week involving personal jurisdiction and the definition of a "seizure" for the Fourth Amendment. Your hosts unpack all of that, and more. GianCarlo also interviews John Wood, a veteran litigator, Justice Thomas clerk, and current Chief Legal Officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Last up, Zack grills GianCarlo with Fourth Amendment trivia. If he does well, all credit goes to Judge Pamela Harris who taught him criminal procedure.
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| 0:00.0 | Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court. |
| 0:06.5 | I'm John Carlo Conoparo. |
| 0:08.3 | I'm Zach Smith. |
| 0:09.4 | 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. |
| 0:21.9 | Welcome back to another episode of SCOTUS 101. G.C., what's happened since our last show? |
| 0:27.7 | Many things, Zach, the justices who have now all been fully vaccinated held their first |
| 0:33.1 | in-person conference since the beginning of the pandemic. Some justices still attended remotely, |
| 0:38.9 | but the court says this latest development is in keeping with updated public health guidance. |
| 0:43.6 | That's good news. Good news for sure. Yes, indeed. The court also announced that it will continue |
| 0:48.4 | hearing cases telephonically through April, and we'll see what happens after that. |
| 0:53.6 | Great. Well, there were several orders this week, several grants. |
| 0:57.9 | The first was United States v. Zarnayev. |
| 1:01.2 | And if you'll remember, this is the case involving the convicted Boston Marathon |
| 1:06.0 | bomber Zokarnaev. |
| 1:09.8 | And as a background on the case, a federal jury in Massachusetts convicted him of 30 counts |
| 1:15.3 | related to the bombings that killed three people and injured 264 others. |
| 1:21.2 | The trial court ultimately sentenced him to life imprisonment on multiple counts |
| 1:25.7 | and to death on six of those counts. However, when the |
| 1:29.7 | First Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed the case, it vacated his capital sentences and remanded the |
| 1:35.7 | case for a new penalty phase of the proceedings. So now, the Supreme Court is being asked to decide |
| 1:41.7 | two questions. One, whether the First Circuit aired when it determined |
| 1:46.5 | that Zarniav's sentence must be vacated on the ground at the trial court during its 21-day |
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