SoS 2026: Batson Challenges

Aughie and Nia discuss the opinions in Noes v Al Otro Lado, Mullin v Doe, and Cisco Systems v Doe. The first case allows the federal government to stop immigrants before arriving on American soil to ask for asylum. The second case allows the government to cancel Temporary Protection Status visas. The third case does not allow Cisco to be sued because the Chinese government used its software to locate and torture Chinese dissidents.

Nia and Aughie discuss the decisions in Wolford v Lopez, U.S. v Hemani, and Abouammo v United States. The first case related to state gun bans, the second to the right of habitual drug users to own a gun, and the third applied to cases being filed outside the jurisdiction in which they occurred.

Aughie and Nia discuss recent attacks, verbal and physical, on the U.S. Supreme Court.

While waiting for more opinions from the SCOTUS, Aughie and Nia talk about the Streisand Effect in politics.

 Aughie and Nia explore the importance of Batson challenges in jury trials. 

Aughie explains what happens to the personal papers of the Supreme Court Justices after they retire or pass away.

In the News, Aughie and Nia follow up on the post election results of the redistricting question in Virginia.

 In the News, Nia and Aughie discuss the stay of a lower court's decision by the Supreme Court affecting the mail ordering of the drug Mifepristone. 

Aughie and Nia explore the arguments before the US Supreme Court regarding President Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order.