Supreme Court Oral Arguments

Tue May 5, 2020 - Wed May 13, 2020
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Repeating every week — Tuesdays, and Wednesdays through May 13, 2020.
Various times
Age: 10 and up
Price: Free

Here come the judges!

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments remotely, and for the first time we are able to listen in live.

May 11, 2020

  • Supreme Court Oral Argument in McGirt v. Oklahoma

(examines whether states can prosecute members of Native American tribes for crimes committed in the historical bounds of tribal land)
10am Eastern, 9am Central, 7am Pacific

  • Supreme Court Oral Argument on Religious Organization Employees & Discrimination Claims

(whether lay teachers at parochial schools are protected by federal laws barring discrimination based on race, gender, age and disability)
11am Eastern, 10am Central, 8am Pacific

May 12, 2020

  • Supreme Court Oral Argument on Congressional Subpoenas for President Trump's Financial Records
  • Trump v. Vance Oral Argument

Two cases involving subpoenas for Trump financial records
10am Eastern, 9am Central, 7am Pacific

May 13, 2020

  • Chiafalo v. Washington Oral Argument
  • Colorado Department of State v. Baca Oral Argument

Two cases about "faithless electors" Electoral College delegates who fail to vote for the presidential candidate they were pledged to support
10am Eastern, 9am Central, 7am Pacific

Note: The following dates were listed on the schedule but as of yet no additional details have been forthcoming.

July 6, 2020

  • US Supreme Court Oral Argument

July 7, 2020

  • Oral Argument

July 8, 2020

  • US Supreme Court Oral Argument

July 13, 2020

  • Oral Argument

July 14, 2020

  •  Oral Argument

 

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