PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

Booking Overview

This short-form news-analysis podcast focuses on Supreme Court rulings and their legal and political implications, regularly featuring constitutional law professors, Supreme Court analysts, and election-administration experts interviewed by PBS NewsHour correspondents. Credible pitches would include nationally recognized legal scholars, appellate or Supreme Court practitioners, election-law specialists, and senior election officials with timely expertise; booking difficulty is high because the show selects authoritative experts for brief, breaking-news-oriented segments.

Metrics

Episodes: 25

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 3.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 5.4M subscribers

Instagram: 1.0M followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

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Host

Geoff Bennett - Discusses Supreme Court coverage on the PBS NewsHour segment; in the provided episodes he interviews Supreme Court-related experts and analysts.

Amna Nawaz - Hosts PBS NewsHour coverage of Supreme Court-related issues; in the provided episodes she interviews legal scholars about Supreme Court rulings.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Constitutional law professors, Supreme Court analysts, election-law specialists, senior election officials, and attorneys or policy experts with authoritative knowledge of major Supreme Court cases.

Required Achievements:

Recent Guest Discussions

Amy Howe - The Supreme Court’s Mail-in Voting Decision And Major Rulings On Birthright Citizenship And Campaign Finance

Tammy Patrick - Mail-in Voting And Election Administration

Steve Vladeck - The Supreme Court’s Emergency Ruling On Mail-in Voting

Recent Topics

Law, Constitutional Law, Supreme Court, Elections, Civil Rights

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

What the Supreme Court's voter-citizenship database decision means for the midterms

September 25, 2026

The Supreme Court revived a controversial voter-citizenship database less than two months ahead of the midterm elections. In the ruling, the court sided with the Trump administration, which is seeking to use the Department of Homeland Security's SAVE database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Jessica Huseman of Votebeat. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Election officials get mail-in voting clarity after Supreme Court decision

September 15, 2026

Voters and election officials have more clarity around mail-in voting ahead of the November midterms. That came after the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new restrictions on mail ballots. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Tammy Patrick of the National Association of Election Administrators. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Analyzing the Supreme Court's mail-in voting decision and Trump's reaction

September 15, 2026

President Trump attacked the Supreme Court's decision blocking his effort to restrict mail-in voting with less than two months before Election Day. Amna Nawaz discussed the decision with News Hour Supreme Court analyst and SCOTUSblog co-founder Amy Howe. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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