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The High Court Report

SCOTUS Oral Arguments

The High Court Report makes Supreme Court decisions accessible to everyone. We deliver comprehensive SCOTUS coverage without the legal jargon or partisan spin—just clear analysis that explains how these cases affect your life, business, and community. What you get: Case previews and breakdowns, raw oral argument audio, curated key exchanges, detailed opinion analysis, and expert commentary from a practicing attorney who"s spent 12 years in courtrooms arguing the same types of cases the Supreme

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18:06

Case Preview: Mullin v. Doe | Judicial Check or...

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2026/04/24

Mullin v. Doe | 25-1083 | Docket Link: HereConsolidated with Trump v. Miot 25-1084 | Docket Link: HereArgument Date: 4/29/2026Question Presented: Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(5)(A)'s judicial review bar precludes APA challenges to the Secretary's termination of Syria's Temporary Protected Status designation, and if reviewable, whether the termination violated the APA.Overview: Emergency stay application challenges Secretary Mullin's termination of Temporary Protected Status for 6,132 Syrian

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16:02

Opinion Summary: Chevron v. Plaquemines | WWII Avgas...

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2026/04/23

Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish | Case No. 24-813 | Decided: April 17, 2026 | Docket Link: HereQuestion Presented: Whether a state environmental lawsuit challenging a WWII military contractor's crude oil production "relates to" its federal avgas refining contract under the federal officer removal statute.Overview: Louisiana parishes sued Chevron over World War II oil production damage. Chevron invoked the federal officer removal statute, arguing its wartime crude oil production closely

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01:31:07

Oral Argument: Bondi v. Lau

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2026/04/22

Bondi v. Lau (formerly named Bondi v. Lau) | Case No. 25-429 | Docket Link: HereOral Advocates:Petitioner (United States): Sopan Joshi of the Department of JusticeRespondent (Muk Choi Lau): Shay Dvoretzky of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPQuestion Presented: Whether the government, to remove a lawful permanent resident as inadmissible after paroling him into the United States, must prove it possessed clear and convincing evidence of the disqualifying offense at the time of

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01:26:06

Oral Argument: FCC v. AT&T

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2026/04/21

FCC v. AT&T, Inc., consolidated with Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC | Case Nos. 25-406 & 25-567 | Docket Links: Here and HereOral Advocates:Petitioners (AT&T, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.): Jeffrey B. Wall of Sullivan & Cromwell LLPRespondents (FCC): Vivek Suri of the Department of JusticeQuestion Presented: Whether the Communications Act violates the Seventh Amendment and Article III by authorizing the FCC to order payment of monetary penalties for failing to safeguard

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01:03:23

Oral Argument: T.M. v. University of Maryland Medical...

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2026/04/20

T.M. v. University of Maryland Medical System Corporation | Case No. 25-197 | Docket Link: HereOral Advocates:Petitioner (T.M.): Elizabeth B. Prelogar of Cooley LLPRespondents (University of Maryland Medical System Corporation): Lisa S. Blatt of Williams & Connolly LLPQuestion Presented: Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine — which blocks federal district courts from reviewing state-court judgments — can apply when the state-court decision remains subject to further appeal in state

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01:12:14

Oral Argument: Sripetch v. SEC

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2026/04/19

Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission | Case No. 25-466 | Docket Link: HereOral Advocates:Petitioners (Sripetch): Daniel L. Geyser of Haynes and Boone LLPRespondents (SEC): Malcolm L. Stewart of the Department of JusticeQuestion Presented: Whether the SEC may seek disgorgement without proving investors suffered pecuniary harm.Overview: Federal securities enforcement showdown asks whether the SEC must prove actual investor money losses before courts order fraudsters to surrender profits —

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16:10

Case Preview: Hikma v. Amarin | Did Hikma's Sales...

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2026/04/19

Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc. | Case No. 24-889 | Docket Link: HereQuestion Presented: Whether a generic drugmaker that fully carves patented uses from its label actively induces patent infringement through investor press releases and website statements that do not mention, encourage, or instruct the patented useOverview: Generic drugmaker Hikma followed federal skinny-label law but called its product "generic Vascepa" and touted Vascepa's total sales. Brand manufacturer

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15:13

Case Preview: Cisco Systems v. Doe I | Complicity or...

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2026/04/18

Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I | Case No. 24-856 | Docket Link: HereQuestion Presented: Whether the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim Protection Act authorize civil aiding-and-abetting liability against a U.S. technology company for facilitating a foreign government's torture of a religious minority.Overview: Falun Gong practitioners sued Cisco for building custom surveillance technology the Chinese government used to identify, arrest, and torture them. The case tests whether two federal

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14:18

Case Preview: Monsanto Co. v. Durnell | The Roundup...

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2026/04/17

Monsanto Co. v. Durnell | Case No. 24-1068 | Docket Link: HereQuestion Presented: Whether FIFRA preempts a state failure-to-warn claim when EPA approved the pesticide label without requiring a cancer warning.Overview: John Durnell sprayed Roundup for over two decades before a cancer diagnosis. EPA approved Roundup's label with no cancer warning for fifty years. The Court must decide whether that federal approval shields Monsanto from a $1.25 million Missouri jury verdict.Posture: Missouri Court of

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15:43

Case Preview: Chatrie v. United States | Digital...

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2026/04/16

Chatrie v. United States | Case No. 25-112 | Docket Link: HereQuestion Presented: Whether the execution of a geofence warrant — compelling Google to search the location data of all users to identify devices near a crime scene — violated the Fourth Amendment.Overview: Police ordered Google to scan hundreds of millions of users' private location records to catch a bank robber, without naming any suspect. The Court now decides whether geofence warrants survive the Fourth Amendment's ban on general

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17:08

Case Preview: T.M. v. UMD Medical System | Federalism...

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2026/04/15

T.M. v. University of Maryland Medical System Corporation | Case No. 25-197 | Docket Link: HereQuestion Presented: Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine — which blocks federal district courts from reviewing state-court judgments — can apply when the state-court decision remains subject to further appeal in state court.Overview: A Maryland woman who signed a consent order to secure her release from involuntary psychiatric commitment challenges a federal doctrine that slammed the federal courthouse door

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15:11

Case Preview: Blanche v. Lau | Passport, Parole, and...

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2026/04/14

Bondi v. Lau (formerly named Bondi v. Lau) | Case No. 25-429 | Docket Link: HereQuestion Presented: Whether the government, to remove a lawful permanent resident as inadmissible after paroling him into the United States, must prove it possessed clear and convincing evidence of the disqualifying offense at the time of reentry.Overview: A green-card holder returns from a brief trip abroad facing only unproven criminal charges. The government paroles him in, waits for his conviction, then invokes the

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20:00

Case Preview: FCC v. AT&T | FCC Forfeiture Fight Over...

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2026/04/13

FCC v. AT&T, Inc., consolidated with Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC | Case Nos. 25-406 & 25-567 | Docket Links: Here and HereQuestion Presented: Whether the Communications Act violates the Seventh Amendment and Article III by authorizing the FCC to order payment of monetary penalties for failing to safeguard customer data, without guaranteeing carriers a jury trial.Overview: A Missouri sheriff exploited AT&T's and Verizon's location-data programs to track hundreds of people without

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17:19

Case Preview: Sripetch v. SEC | Can the SEC Take Your...

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2026/04/12

Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission | Case No. 25-466 | Docket Link: HereQuestion Presented: Whether the SEC may seek disgorgement without proving investors suffered pecuniary harm.Overview: Federal securities enforcement showdown asks whether the SEC must prove actual investor money losses before courts order fraudsters to surrender profits — reshaping a $6.1 billion annual enforcement tool.Posture: Ninth Circuit affirmed disgorgement without pecuniary harm; Second Circuit requires it;

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01:25:35

Oral Argument Re-Listen: Chiles v. Salazar |...

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2026/04/04

Chiles v. Salazar | Case No. 24-539 | Argued: 10/7/25 | Decided: 3/31/26 | Docket Link: HereQuestion Presented: Whether the First Amendment permits Colorado to ban licensed talk therapists from expressing viewpoints that attempt to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity.Overview: Colorado's conversion therapy ban prohibited licensed counselors from saying anything designed to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity while expressly permitting affirming speech — a

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01:25:35

Opinion Summary: Chiles v. Salazar | Conversion...

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2026/04/03

Chiles v. Salazar | Case No. 24-539 | Argued: 10/7/25 | Decided: 3/31/26 | Docket Link: HereQuestion Presented: Whether the First Amendment permits Colorado to ban licensed talk therapists from expressing viewpoints that attempt to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity.Overview: Colorado's conversion therapy ban prohibited licensed counselors from saying anything designed to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity while expressly permitting affirming speech — a

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02:09:35

Oral Argument: Trump v. Barbara | Born Here, But Not...

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2026/04/01

Trump v. Barbara | Case No. 25-365 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 4/1/26Question Presented: Does the Executive Order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented or temporary-visa mothers comply with the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause?Overview: President Trump's Executive Order attempts to redefine birthright citizenship, challenging 150 years of constitutional understanding that birth on American soil—with narrow exceptions—creates citizenship.Posture: District court

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01:51:04

Oral Argument: Pitchford v. Cain | Blocked, Then...

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2026/03/31

Pitchford v. Cain | Case No. 24-7351 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 3/31/26Overview: Death row inmate Terry Pitchford argues prosecutor Doug Evans deliberately excluded Black jurors in his 2006 capital murder trial and that no court ever fairly examined that claim because Mississippi's courts called it forfeited.Question Presented: Whether Mississippi's courts unreasonably declared forfeited a racial jury-selection challenge the trial court itself blocked.Posture: Fifth Circuit affirmed denial of

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56:43

Oral Argument: Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties |...

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2026/03/30

Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties | Case No. 25-83 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 3/30/26Overview: A former hotel security guard lost his arbitration entirely, then argued the federal court he originally chose lacked power to confirm the award — forcing the Court to resolve when federal courts retain post-arbitration jurisdiction.Question Presented: When a federal court pauses a lawsuit for arbitration, does it keep the power to confirm or throw out the arbitration result — even without independent

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01:19:08

Oral Argument: Abouammo v. United States | Where's...

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2026/03/30

Abouammo v. United States | Case No. 25-5146 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 3/30/36Question Presented: Whether venue lies in a district where no offense conduct occurred, so long as the statute's intent element contemplates effects that could occur there.Overview: Ahmad Abouammo created a fake invoice in his Seattle home during an FBI interview, then emailed it to San Francisco agents. The Court now decides whether prosecutors can try document falsification where the targeted investigation sits,

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