Court Watch with Alex Swoyer

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.

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In this Jan. 28, 2015, file photo, Jeanine Pirro attends the HBO Documentary Series premiere of "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Jeanine Pirro releases book critical of left's legal actions, says 'Lady Justice is not blind'

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times 5 minutes ago

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro said the Supreme Court's inability to identify who leaked the draft opinion last year was a "self-imposed injury" that has led to a loss in public confidence in the institution.

The Supreme Court is seen on April 21, 2023, in Washington. A unanimous Supreme Court has given a 94-year-old Minneapolis woman a new chance to recoup some money after the county kept the entire $40,000 when it sold her condominium over a small unpaid tax bill. The justices ruled Thursday, May 25, that Hennepin County, Minnesota violated the constitutional rights of the woman, Geraldine Tyler, by taking her property without paying “just compensation.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Supreme Court sides with elderly woman who lost condo to Minnesota county

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a 94-year-old woman who challenged a Minnesota county that seized and sold her condo to pay off her tax debt and then kept a $25,000 profit.

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Washington. The Supreme Court is leaving in place a lower court ruling against duck liver lovers, declining Monday, May 22, 2023, to step in and hear a dispute over a California law that bars foie gras from being sold in the state. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Supreme Court disapproval rating hits all-time high in new Quinnipiac poll

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court this week received its highest disapproval rating in a Quinnipiac University survey since 2004, the year Quinnipiac began polling voters about the high court.

Abortion-rights activists leave hangers on the fence as they protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington on July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Chief Justice John Roberts says putting fence around Supreme Court was 'hardest decision'

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. says the hardest decision he has made in his nearly two decades on the Supreme Court was putting up a fence around the court last year amid protests over the justices rolling back national abortion rights.

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Harlan Crow rebuffs Senate Democrats' request for information about gifts to Justice Thomas

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin vowed to get information from GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow over his gifts and relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas after a law firm representing Mr. Crow rejected the committee's inquiries about his businesses.

Semi-automatic guns are displayed for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply, Jan. 16, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. The Supreme Court said Wednesday, May 17, 2023, that Illinois can, for now, keep in place a new law that bars the sale of certain semi-automatic guns and large-capacity magazines. The high court denied an emergency request from people challenging the law, which bans so-called assault weapons. The laws opponents had asked the court to put the law on hold while a court challenge continues. The court did not comment and no justice publicly dissented. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Supreme Court allows assault weapon ban in Illinois -- for now

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court on Wednesday let Illinois ban the sale of semiautomatic weapons and large-capacity magazines -- at least for now.

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