Welcome to the First Episode of Counting to 5, a new podcast about the United States Supreme Court. In this episode, we look at the current State of the Court, including the prospects for filling the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Scalia, and we take a whirlwind tour of the cases the Court has already granted for the upcoming term.
Show Notes
Recent Orders:
Chief Judge Garland’s Recent Public Appearances:
August 26, 2016: Harvard Law School
September 20, 2016: Howard University Law School
Confirmation news:
Justices’ public appearances:
August 31, 2016: Justice Kagan at the University of Arizona (video)
September 1, 2016: Justice Sotomayor at Metropolitan State University (video)
September 7, 2016: Justice Ginsburg at Georgetown University Law Center (video)
September 8, 2016: Justice Kagan at Harvard Law School (video)
September 8, 2016: Justice Sotomayor at the University of Madison-Wisconsin (video)
September 9, 2016: Justice Alito i-Italy TV interview (video)
September 12, 2016: Justice Ginsburg at Notre Dame (video)
September 13, 2016: Justice Kagan at George Washington Law (video)
September 16, 2016: Justice Sotomayor recorded Constitution Day message (video)
September 19, 2016: Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Breyer, and Justice Alito at the Old City Hall in Philadelphia
September 20, 2016: Justice Ginsburg at Fordham University School of Law (video)
September 21, 2016: Justice Ginsburg at Temple Emanu-El
September 22, 2016: Justice Sotomayor receives Leadership Award from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation
September 23, 2016: Justice Kennedy at the International Bar Association annual conference
September 24, 2016: Chief Justice Roberts at the grand opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (video) [Roberts begins at 0:49:50]
Upcoming appearances:
September 27, 2016: Justice Breyer at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore
September 28, 2016: Justice Breyer at Symphony Hall in Boston
September 29, 2016: Justice Breyer at the Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
September 30, 2016: Justice Sotomayor at the 2016 Animus Innovation Summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Notes of interest:
Supreme Court previews:
Case Western Reserve University School of Law panel (video) [term preview begins at 4:06:00]
Heritage Foundation: Overview of the Supreme Court’s October 2016 Term
Georgetown Supreme Court Institute: October Term 2016 Preview
Upcoming Supreme Court events:
September 26, 2016: UC Hastings College of Law term preview
September 27, 2016: Federalist Society term preview
September 27, 2016: Washington Legal Foundation term preview
September 27, 2016: Georgetown University Federalist Society event on “Supreme Court Advocacy in the Obamacare Cases”
September 28, 2016: American Bar Association term preview
September 30, 2016: Pacific Legal Foundation term preview
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