Episode 041: Livestream — Hall v. Hall, Recusals, and the Shrinking Docket

Welcome back to Counting to 5, a podcast about the United States Supreme Court.

In this episode, I look at the Court’s latest opinion in Hall v. Hall and recap this week’s news and developments at the Court.

Show Notes

Death Penalty Stay Applications:

Rosendo Rodriguez:

• Order denying stay

• Media coverage: CBS News Texas Tribune

Doyle Hamm:

• Settlement Media coverage: AL.com

Other News and Developments:

Washington v. United States:

• Letter re Justice Kennedy’s recusal

WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.:

• Notice of Justice Alito’s unrecusal

United States v. Microsoft:

• Letter informing Court of CLOUD Act

Benisek v. Lamone:

• Oral argument: Transcript Audio

Retired Justice John Paul Stevens:

• New York Times Op-Ed re Repealing Second Amendment

• Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution

• 2014 Washington Post Book Excerpt

• Commentary:

  • Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman in Bloomberg News

  • Matt Yglesias at Vox

  • Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe in the Washington Post

  • Charles Pierce in Esquire

  • Jay Willis at GQ

Opinions:

Hall v. Hall:

• SCOTUSBlog Case Page

• Oral Argument: Transcript Audio

• Opinion

Next Livestream:

April 5, 2018, 9:00 pm ET: YouTube Link

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