Greetings and welcome back to the Highest Court Report podcast. I’m your host Conor and thank you for joining me. Today we are going to be talking about the NRA or National Rifle association. It has been in the news of late, and in the last year, a certain New York Attorney General. has been at war with the organization, a war of consequence for both New York and the NRA. Anyways, as always, the judicial system will have something to say about it, at some point or another. So, let's get into it. This is Episode 12, Thoughts and Prayers. In August 2020, New York Attorney General Letitia James ..read more

Greetings and welcome back to the Highest Court Report podcast. As always, I’m your host Conor and thank you for joining me. The first amendment is a constant cudgel of sorts, utilized by political actors to excuse behavior that is, let’s say, less than cool. We’re going to take a look at recent case that matches this to a tee. This is episode 11, “Cheerleading Right?” Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L, which the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday, is a tough case. And it’s not tough because it presents the kind of politically toxic questions that often cause the justices to retreat into thei ..read more

Greetings, and welcome to the Highest Court Report podcast. As always, I’m your host Conor, and thank you for joining me. As we are aware, at least I assume we are, the term Cancel Culture has been permeating the airwaves for quite some time now. The former President utilized it often, and many of his acolytes in his party still do. I didn’t think, however, that the Highest Court in the land would fall prey to the fear of the holding to account those who violate laws or at least societal norms or ethics. But, as we are wont to discover, this is undoubtedly the case. Anyways, let’s get to it. T ..read more

(New music, yay!) Greetings, and welcome back to the Highest Court Report Podcast. As always, I’m your host Conor, thank you for joining me.  Unsurprisingly, there was another ridiculous SCOTUS docket experience. I promise, we are going to talk climate protocol from the Biden administration. But, frankly, I really, really need talk about this case and concept. Money rules all, and the 3rd branch is not excluded from this immutable Iron Law of Oligarchy. Anyways, let’s get into it. This is episode 9, Who’s afraid of the Dark (money).  The Supreme Court will hear a major case on April ..read more

Highest Court Report – Episode 8:  Greetings and welcome back to the Highest Court Report, I’m your host Conor, thank you for joining me. If you recall, we were going to discuss an interesting case on the SCOTUS docket that had to do with climate change, and to be certain, we are going to address more and more of Biden’s massive government expansion programs, and the supreme court’s de facto veto power over them.  However, given the sad state of affairs in law enforcement the past week all over the country, I wanted to discuss the nature in which the Supreme Court approaches homicide ..read more

Greetings, and welcome to the Highest Court Report. As always, I’m your host Conor, and thanks for joining me today. As I mentioned last week, we are going to take a look at cases before the Supreme Court, that have regency in regard to Biden’s administrative agenda. To start, let’s look at one of the more contentious issues to date, reproductive rights, and more specifically, abortion. As an aside, this subject matter is especially sensitive and explicit regarding the issue of abortion, so I wanted to issue a disclaimer, letting you know about the content. OK, let’s get into it. This is episo ..read more

Episode 6 Script: The Coming Storm Greetings, and welcome back to the Highest Court Report, as always, I’m your host Conor, thank you for joining me yet again. Today, we are going to take a look at a possible, though likely, coming battle between the Biden administration’s ambitious regulatory plans and SCOTUS’ hyper-conservative bench.   From tax cut rollbacks for the wealthy, environmental protections sure to draw ire from the fossil fuel industry to pro-union policy and protections for immigrants, people of color and the poor. It’s a grab-bag of demographic centric politics.  Le ..read more

Greetings, and welcome back to the Highest Court Report podcast. As always, I’m your host Conor, thank you for joining me yet again. Today, let’s take a look at voting rights a bit. Republican state legislatures have, with surgical (albeit racist and obnoxious) precision systemically introduced voting suppression resolutions, nearly 300 country wide as of mid-March, around the country. So today, let’s take a look at what to expect going forward. This is episode 5: No Votes for You.  President Joe Biden is the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state of Georgia in nearly t ..read more

Greetings and welcome to the Highest Court Report, as always, I am your host Conor and thanks for joining us. Today, we are going to take a look at a recent dismissal of cases on the docket, or writ of cert, and some immigration reform that is mercifully on its way from the Biden administration. This is Episode 4, An Offer Refused.  On Tuesday Mar. 9, all of the parties to the case Department of Homeland Security v. New York, a lawsuit challenging a Trump-era policy targeting low-income immigrants, asked the Supreme Court to dismiss that case. The Court swiftly granted that request, remov ..read more

Greetings, and welcome back to the Highest Court Report podcast, presented by Portland State University’s Vanguard, as always, I am your host Conor, and thank you for joining me. This is episode 3, The Docket and the Donald.  We are going to take a look at what the upcoming SCOTUS docket is looking like, but first, let’s take a look at what the highest court in the land had to say about the former president, DJT.  Former President Donald Trump has been a private citizen for a little more than a month, but the Supreme Court just officially denied his final effort to overturn the 202 ..read more