Trump Subpoena Cases! Birth Control & Obamacare! Half of Oklahoma is a Reservation!- US Supreme Court - Punk Law 101

Trump Subpoena Cases! Birth Control & Obamacare! Half of Oklahoma is a Reservation! - Punk Law 101

On today's episode- John and Walter talk about the last 5 of the United States Supreme Court's opinions to be released this session. Dealing with a range of issues including- the new rules for employers taking an exception to providing birth control as part of their healthcare plan (02:00), half of eastern Oklahoma potentially being apart of the Creek Nation Reservation (26:00), the Trump Subpoena cases (47:00) and the "ministerial exception" (01:03:00).

Check out the youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu8rjs_AKBSUe2OEedZAalOoJash8h2k-

For Robocalls, Faithless Electors and the National Vote compact: https://youtu.be/PncZPSZzwbA

For USPTO v. Booking.com (a good starter on trademark law): https://youtu.be/ppAXaZUk4n0

Quick primer on McGirt v. Oklahoma: https://youtu.be/mRqUK4Og27Q

McGirt v. Oklahoma

The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that Oklahoma prosecutors cannot try Native Americans in state courts for crimes committed on tribal lands, upholding the sovereignty of the Creek Nation and other tribes. This will result in the reversal of some Oklahoma death sentences

The Major Crimes Act (MCA) provides that, within “the Indian country,” “[a]ny Indian who commits” certain enumerated offenses “shall be subject to the same law and penalties as all other persons committing any of [those] offenses, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.” 18 U. S. C. §1153(a). “Indian country” includes “all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States Government.” §1151

Trump v. Vance and Trump v. Mazars are two subpoena cases dealing with Trump's financial records. Here the Supreme court handles these cases quite differently. In Trump v. Vance, the justices held that a sitting president is not absolutely immune from a state criminal subpoena for his financial records. In Trump v. Mazars, the justices held that the courts below did not take adequate account of the significant separation of powers concerns implicated by congressional subpoenas for the president’s information, and sent the case back to the lower courts.

Little sister of the poor saints peter and paul home v. Pennsylvania.- The affordable care act, birth control case! Turns out this case is more narrow than what most people think it means. Holding: The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury had authority under the Affordable Care Act to promulgate rules exempting employers with religious or moral objections from providing contraceptive coverage to their employees.

Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru- The "ministerial exception" under the religion clauses of the First Amendment forecloses the adjudication of employment-discrimination claims of Catholic school teachers in these cases.

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