In episode 6 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the Supreme Court's opinion in Republic of Hungary v Simon. At issue in this case, whether alleging expropriated money was commingled with unrelated money in an account, which was then used for commercial acctivity in the United States is sufficient to satisfy the commercial nexus requirement in the FSIA's expropriation exception to foreign sovereign immunity.

Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/604us1r09_1b7d.pdf

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In episode 6 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the Supreme Court's opinion in Andrew v White. At issue in this case, whether it is clearly established in federal law, for purposes of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, that the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment prohibits introduction of irrelevant evidence at trial that is so prejudicial as to render the trial fundamentally unfair.

Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/604us1r08_db8e.pdf

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In episode 5 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the opinion in TikTok Inc. v Garland. At issue in this case, whether a law (colloquially referred to as the "TikTok ban") conditioning US operations of the TikTok platform on qualified divestiture by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, violates the First Amendment. The challenge was brought by both TikTok Inc. and a number of US TikTok users.

Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/604us1r07_k536.pdf

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In episode 4 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the Supreme Court's opinion in EMD Sales Inc. v Carrera. At issue in this case, the appropriate standard of proof for proving exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/604us1r06_5ifl.pdf

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In episode 3 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read Royal Canin USA v Wullschleger. At issue in this case, whether federal courts retain supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims in a civil action after the federal law claims giving rise to that jurisdiciton are amended out of the complaint.

Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/604us1r05_db8e.pdf

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In episode 2 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we begin our trek through the Supreme Court's 2024 term opinions with Bouarfa v Mayorkas. At issue in this case, whether United States Citizenship and Immigration Services' revocations of previously granted visa petitions under Section 1155 (in this case based on a sham marriage determination) are subject to judicial review.

Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/604us1r03_3f14.pdf

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Welcome to the Supreme Court Opinions Read Podcast! It's what it says on the tin; I read Supreme Court opinions so you don't have to. If you want to know more, watch (or listen to) this introductory video, and I will explain what this podcast is, why it exists, and what to expect from it.