The Supreme Court’s first oral argument sitting of the new term is in the books as the nine-case docket included disputes over state secrets and the Boston Marathon bombing.
The MacArthur Justice Center’s Amir Ali joins Bloomberg Law’s “Cases and Controversies” podcast hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin to talk about what it was like to argue in the high court’s new hybrid, in-person format.
Ali represented the petitioner in Thompson v. Clark, a case about federal civil rights lawsuits that led Justice Samuel Alito to pose a hypothetical about smoking centaurs.
The episode reviews the sitting from Oct. 4 to 13 and also notes the latest developments of President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court commission.
Hosts: Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin
Guest: Amir Ali
Producer: David Schultz
Listen and subscribe to Cases and Controversies from your mobile device:
Via Apple Podcasts | Via Stitcher | Via Overcast | Via Spotify
To contact the reporter on this story:
To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:
See Breaking News in Context
Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis.
Already a subscriber?
Log in to keep reading or access research tools and resources.