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Court cases that satisfies your curiosity. From landmark antitrust battles to century-old murder trials, each episode takes you inside the courtroom using real documents, transcripts, and rulings. New episodes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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S1 Gideon v. Wainwright: The Case That Guaranteed a Lawyer for Every Defendant
Clarence Earl Gideon was charged with breaking into a pool hall in Panama City, Florida. He could not afford a lawyer, and the judge told him the state only provided attorneys in capital cases.…
S1 Obergefell v. Hodges: The Case That Made Same-Sex Marriage a Constitutional Right
Jim Obergefell wanted one thing: for the state of Ohio to recognize his marriage to John Arthur, who was dying of ALS. They had flown to Maryland to marry because Ohio would not let them. When John…
S1 Loving v. Virginia: The Case That Struck Down Interracial Marriage Bans
They were arrested in their bedroom at 2 AM for the crime of being married to each other. Richard and Mildred Loving were an interracial couple in Virginia, where the Racial Integrity Act of 1924…
Terry v. Ohio: The Case That Gave Police the Power to Stop and Frisk
In 1968, a Cleveland detective watched two men pace back and forth in front of a store. He stopped them, patted them down, and found concealed weapons. The Supreme Court ruled the stop was legal,…
S1 District of Columbia v. Heller: The Case That Made Gun Ownership a Personal Right
In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled for the first time that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own a firearm for self-defense in the home. A security guard in Washington, D.C.…
S1 Dobbs v. Jackson: The Case That Overturned Roe v. Wade
In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade after nearly 50 years. Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban became the vehicle for the most consequential reversal of precedent in a generation. This…
S1E24 Roe v. Wade: The Case That Made Abortion a Constitutional Right
In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution protects a woman's right to have an abortion. Jane Roe, a pseudonym for Norma McCorvey, challenged a Texas law that criminalized abortion except…
S1 Trump v. United States: Does a President Have Immunity from Criminal Prosecution?
In 2024, the Supreme Court ruled on whether a former president can be criminally prosecuted for actions taken while in office. The case arose from federal charges against Donald Trump related to…
Citizens United v. FEC: The Case That Opened the Floodgates of Political Spending
In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot restrict independent political expenditures by corporations, unions, and other organizations. The case began when a nonprofit wanted to air…
S1 Brown v. Board of Education: The Case That Ended Separate but Equal
In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. For fifty-eight years, the "separate but equal" doctrine from Plessy v. Ferguson had…
S1E20 Miranda v. Arizona: The Case That Changed How Police Question Suspects
In 1966, the Supreme Court decided that the Constitution requires police to inform suspects of their rights before questioning them. Ernesto Miranda had confessed to kidnapping and rape after two…
S1 Bill Charles v. Donna McQueen: A Homeowner's Fight Over a Fence in a Planned Community
A homeowner in a planned community outside Nashville left a gate open and let a fence fall into disrepair. The HOA sued. What followed was a years-long legal battle over property rights, restrictive…
S1 State v. Jury: A Decade-Long Fight to Reopen a Rape Conviction
More than a decade after a jury convicted him of rape, Brian Jury tried to force the courts to DNA-test the evidence and reopen his case by claiming the sex was consensual. This episode traces his…
S1 Knight Institute v. United States: The First Amendment and Government Transparency
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University sued the federal government over access to public records. A federal court in Washington, DC weighed whether the First Amendment requires…
S1 In Re CVS Opioid Insurance: Who Pays When the Crisis Hits the Pharmacy Counter
The opioid crisis produced thousands of lawsuits. This one asks a different question: when a pharmacy chain faces billions in liability, does the insurance policy actually cover it? The Delaware…
S1 Oklahoma v. EPA: A State Takes On the Federal Government Over Clean Air
Oklahoma challenged the EPA all the way to the Supreme Court, arguing the agency overstepped its authority in regulating air pollution that crosses state lines. Trial Tapes reads the opinions, traces…
S1 SEC v. Veldhuis: An Insider Trading Case in the First Circuit
The SEC accused a trader of insider dealing and took the case to the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Trial Tapes reads the opinions, traces the evidence the government put forward, and examines how…
S1 Wawa Data Breach: When 30 Million Cards Get Stolen at the Gas Pump
Between 2019 and 2020, hackers stole payment card data from more than 850 Wawa convenience stores across the East Coast. The breach exposed roughly 30 million cards. A massive class action followed,…
S1 K.C. v. Las Vegas Metro Police: Excessive Force and Qualified Immunity
A child is hurt during a police encounter in Las Vegas. The family sues. The officers invoke qualified immunity. A federal appeals court in the Ninth Circuit weighs whether the force used was…
S1 Perlmutter v. Blanche: Who Owns Art Made by AI?
Can a work of art created entirely by artificial intelligence be copyrighted? The U.S. Copyright Office says no. One man has been fighting that answer through the federal courts for years. Trial…
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