Criminal Law. Eighth Amendment. Fifth Amendment. Experts discuss the Court’s interpretation of status and conduct in the context of ordinances that punish sleeping in public in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, and the absolute bar to retrial of acquittals, even when there are inconsistent verdicts, in McElrath v. Georgia.

Criminal Law. Statutory Interpretation. Experts discuss the Court’s interpretation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as applied to January 6 defendants in Fischer v. United States, and whether the amended federal bribery statute continues to criminalize gratuities in Snyder v. United States.

Administrative Law. Chevron deference. In this extended edition of Term Talk, experts review the Supreme Court's administrative law decisions over the past few terms and analyze their impact on the regulatory state, to include the rejection of Chevron deference in Loper Bright v. Raimondo; the prohibition against imposing administrative penalties for fraud without a jury trial in SEC v. Jarkesy; and extending the statute of limitations under the Administrative Procedure Act in Corner Post v. FRB. 

Elections. Independent State Legislature Theory. Voting Rights Act. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Independent State Legislature Theory in Moore v. Harper, and  the Court’s reaffirmation and application of the Thornburg v. Gingles test to districting questions in Allen v. Milligan.