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:
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:
Notes of interest:
Supreme Court previews:
Upcoming Supreme Court events:
Counting to 5:
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