Court Watch with Alex Swoyer
The 'Court Watch' podcast with Washington Times legal affairs reporter Alex Swoyer breaks down the Supreme Court's major cases and top news stories about the justices, federal courts and perplexing legal battles with key insight from court watchers from both sides of the aisle.
Listen here or click the RSS icon
(
) below to subscribe. Available on Apple Podcasts, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
For comments or feedback, email media@washingtontimes.com using the subject line "Court Watch podcast."
Click HERE for more about Alex Swoyer.
Click HERE for more Washington Times podcasts.
Recent Stories
Peter Navarro: Secret Service agents should take lie detector tests in assassination attempt probe
Former Trump economic adviser Peter Navarro said Wednesday that Secret Service officers should take lie detector tests in the investigation of the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.
Red states ask Supreme Court to halt EPA's power-plant emissions rule
Red states asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to block a federal rule from the Environmental Protection Agency from taking effect, saying the regulation will put power plants out of business.
Anglers chide Democrats who want to sink Supreme Court rulings on agency deference, Trump immunity
Fishers, who brought down four decades of Supreme Court precedent where judges were deferring to agency heads when laws were ambiguous, chided Democratic senators on Tuesday for trying to undermine the recent high court victory.
GOP lawmakers demand Merrick Garland brief them on Supreme Court justices' safety
The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday told Attorney General Merrick Garland it needs a briefing on the safety measures aimed at keeping Supreme Court justices safe following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump this month.
Biden admin asks Supreme Court to enter fight over transgender rights to locker rooms, bathrooms
The federal government asked the Supreme Court on Monday to protect Title IX while lower courts weigh whether the anti-discrimination law gives transgender students the right to use locker rooms and bathrooms of their choice.
Supreme Court again rejects activist's lawsuit against liberal justices over 2020 election
The Supreme Court on Monday again rejected a long-shot appeal from a Utah attorney suing the Democratic appointees on the high court over not hearing challenges to the 2020 election.
Feds drop Jan. 6 obstruction charge against Proud Boys after Supreme Court ruling
The Justice Department dropped a felony obstruction charge against five Proud Boys, who are facing a criminal trial in September over their actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
D.C. Circuit won't pause EPA's power plant emissions rule
A three-judge panel from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected a request from more than two dozen red states to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's rule on carbon emissions and power plants.
Federal court blocks Biden's latest student loan forgiveness plan
A federal appeals court blocked President Biden's plan to forgive nearly $500 billion in student debt, putting the administration's move on hold while litigation plays out.
Georgia man arrested on charges of threatening FBI Director Christopher Wray
A Georgia man has been arrested on charges of threatening FBI Director Christopher Wray, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Supreme Court took a 'bite out of the administrative state,' experts say
The Supreme Court's conservative majority this term issued a handful of rulings that limited agencies' authority and curtailed the administrative state.
Speaker Mike Johnson rips Biden's proposal to push for Supreme Court term limits
House Speaker Mike Johnson called President Biden's plan for Supreme Court term limits "absurd."
Feds target for-profit, nonprofit schools over difference in ideology, education experts say
For-profit and nonprofit schools increasingly find themselves in courtrooms opposing federal regulations that they say the Biden administration is imposing on them due to ideological differences.
Conservatives slam reports of Biden Supreme Court overhaul, call it a legal 'coup'
Conservative legal advocates are warning against President Biden's reported plans to endorse major institutional changes to the Supreme Court, which was remade with a conservative bent by his predecessor -- and 2024 political opponent -- former President Donald Trump.
Biden to push major changes to Supreme Court: Report
President Biden is planning to announce support for major changes to the Supreme Court, which was remade with a conservative majority by former President Donald Trump.
Supreme Court's Purdue Pharma ruling gives ammunition to victims in bankruptcy cases
Last month's Supreme Court ruling blocking a proposed settlement of thousands of opioid lawsuits filed against Purdue Pharma gives individual plaintiffs in big bankruptcy cases more say. But the high court's decision could also complicate other massive, multi-party litigation -- including the sexual abuse claims brought against the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America.
Immunity ruling raises new questions about Trump, presidential powers of self-pardons
Former President Donald Trump could have the power to pardon himself from federal charges should he get reelected, legal analysts say, thanks to the Supreme Court's ruling last week on presidential immunity.
