In historic rulings, state supreme courts in both Colorado and Maine have barred Trump from being on the ballot. Will the Supreme Court intervene? And how will they rule on former President Trump's federal election subversion case? All that and more, this episode ..read more

We’re back to explore the recent corruption headlines thumping Justice Thomas, his wife, and a major new headliner: Justice Alito! We dive into the billionaire trips, the “non-profit,” and Justice Alito’s “ethic schmethics” response to Congress. We also have updates on the praying football coach after his Supreme Court win (spoiler alert: he lost his football games). Finally, Dave Ball wraps us up with an overview of two upcoming SCOTUS cases: assessing the gun rights of domestic abusers and discrimination in employment transfers. So buckle up, leave a review, and come leave mean comments on T ..read more

In this case, Jack Daniel's, Inc. takes on VIP Products for its dog toy: a whiskey bottle for dogs. (You can see the toy here). This toy, a fake whiskey bottle labeled "Bad Spaniel's" is filled, not with whiskey, but with poop. And for VIP, their best-selling product could turn into the most expensive poop joke of all time ..read more

In one of the biggest cases of the year, the Supreme Court takes on Biden's student debt relief program. Tune in to hear how conservatives decide to squash it on a scale from bug to watermelon-with-a-sledge-hammer, and where that leaves millions of borrowers across America. And most importantly, tune in to hear how this case decision might actually be a blessing in disguise for some borrowers... Last but not least, as you heard if you tuned into our live, the Two Balls, One Court merch store is now live!! Want a discount? Rate our podcast on Spotify/Apple Podcasts, and we'll send you a code fo ..read more

This episode, we follow up on our discussion on the SCOTUS Dobbs leak report. For updates, let's just say... it's a good time to dumpster dive right outside the Supreme Court. And, sadly, the case attempting to overturn the Biden student debt relief program has reached the Supreme Court. How did we get here? It all starts with a man the American Bar Association rated as "too temperamental" to become a judge. But that didn't stop Trump from helping him take the bench ..read more

This episode, the Supreme Court released its memo for the Dobbs leak investigation, John and Dave share their thoughts on how they would've gotten much more info from Supreme Court employees, and John went WAY too deep into the Rust filmset shooting legal rabbit hole. Interested in helping us make more content? Subscribe at our website. Have any merch ideas? Drop us a line. Also, help us keep going viral on TikTok @twoballsonecourt ..read more

In the Supreme Court’s largest gerrymandering case in decades, the North Carolina State Legislature seeks to have SCOTUS defend its gerrymandered maps from being overruled. If North Carolina succeeds, state supreme courts will NO LONGER be able to act as a check on gerrymandering. Does that sound confusing and scary to you? It does for us, too. Fighting in defense of free and fair elections is Neal Katyal, former acting solicitor general under Barack Obama. But we’ll see whether his legal references land with the justices ..read more

Well, we’ve made it through another year of Supreme Court Decisions. This episode, we’ve had time to go through all several hundred pages of reading for these landmark cases. Thankfully, we have guest analyst Elle Woods to help us break it all down.  (And if you think she sounds not like Elle Woods of Legally Blonde but legendary actress Annalisa Cochrane of Cobra Kai and NBC Peacock’s “One of Us Is Lying,” we have… no idea what you’re talking about ..read more

In the final day of decision season 2023, the Supreme Court has released decisions for the Biden student debt relief cases, as well as for the 303 Creative web designer who refused to make wedding websites for gay couples. We'll have more episodes coming soon analyzing all of the 2023 court decisions including metrics and guest analysts. But for now, we hope you'll spend many years into the future being depressed with us about what this 6-3 conservative court does to our society ..read more

In the third and final installment of our affirmative action series, Justice Gorsuch makes VERY clear his thoughts on Harvard's squash team in admissions.  Tune in for evidence on Harvard's accused racism towards Asian Americans, and our final predictions on the future of affirmative action in the United States.  ..read more