February 2024 Archive
Showing 1–50 of 62 items published in February 2024, most recent first.
The morning read for Thursday, Feb. 29
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
Justices seem to resolve Dogecoin arbitration dispute during argument
Wednesday’s oral argument in Coinbase v. Suski was the court’s second case in February under the Federal Arbitration Act, and by all accounts this one will be a lot easier for them to resolve than Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries.
The morning read for Wednesday, Feb. 28
Today is the last day of the February session. The justices will hear oral argument in Garland v. Cargill and Coinbase v. Suski. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court split over bump-stock ban
The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over the validity of a 2018 federal regulation banning the “bump stock” rifle attachment. The Trump administration regulation barred ownership of bump stocks, which transforms a semiautomatic rifle into a weapon that can discharge at a rate of hundreds of rounds per minute, under an existing general prohibition of machine guns.
Justices debate New York interest requirement on national bank escrow accounts
The argument Tuesday in Cantero v. Bank of America revealed a bench of justices struggling to reconcile provisions of the National Bank Act that protect national banks with a New York statute requiring all banks (including national banks) to pay interest on the escrow accounts they hold for their mortgage customers.
Supreme Court takes up Trump immunity appeal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be tried on criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Supreme Court skeptical of Texas, Florida regulation of social media moderation
The Supreme Court on Monday appeared skeptical of a pair of laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies control content posted on their sites.
The morning read for Tuesday, Feb. 27
The justices will hear oral argument this morning in McIntosh v. U.S. and Cantero v. Bank of America. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
Bump-stock ban comes before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has already heard oral argument in one major gun-rights case this term, and on Wednesday the court will hear another. In November, the justices heard United States v. Rahimi, a challenge to the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it a crime for someone who is the subject of a domestic-violence restraining order to have a gun.
Dogecoin arbitration dispute hits high court
In their second case this month under the Federal Arbitration Act, the justices will hear oral argument on Wednesday in Coinbase v. Suski. The case follows in a well-worn track of the justices’ arbitration cases.
The morning read for Monday, Feb. 26
The justices will hear oral argument this morning in Moody v. NetChoice, LLC and NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
Homeowners argue for interest on escrow accounts held by national banks
Since the Civil War, the U.S. banking industry has been divided between state banks, chartered and regulated by state authorities, and national banks, chartered and regulated by federal authorities.
The morning read for Friday, Feb. 23
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: While eyes are on Trump, Supreme Court conservatives prepare to rewrite the rulebook (Joan Biskupic, CNN) ‘Josh Is a Show Pony.
Holding protest organizers liable for injuries
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here.
Social media content moderation laws come before Supreme Court
Once again, the relationship between the government and social media will headline arguments at the Supreme Court on Monday. NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice are just the second of three social media disputes the court will hear this term.
Double jeopardy clause bars Georgia from retrying man acquitted by reason of insanity
So what would you expect if a state supreme court wrote an opinion directly inconsistent with “perhaps the most fundamental rule” of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence in the area, an opinion that would get a failing grade in any law school course on criminal law?
The morning read for Thursday, Feb. 22
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
Court declines to put hold on Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request to temporarily put on hold a bankruptcy plan for the Boy Scouts of America while a challenge to that plan continues in a federal appeals court.
The morning read for Wednesday, Feb. 21
Join us live at 10 a.m. EST as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases. The justices will then hear oral argument in Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency and Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy.
Justices debate arbitration exemption for transportation workers
As I explain in my preview, the question in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St. is whether the workers here – truck drivers for the company that makes Wonder Bread – count as transportation workers exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act.
Court releases April argument calendar
The 2023-24 term at the Supreme Court will close out regularly scheduled oral arguments with three high-profile disputes over the interpretation of the federal criminal law that is at the center of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of former President Donald Trump, the constitutionality of an Oregon city’s law regulating camping on public property, and an Idaho law that criminalizes abortion.
Justices reject New York landlords’ petition to end rent-stabilization system
The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning issued orders from the justices’ private conference on Friday, Feb. 16. The court did not add any new cases to its merits docket, but Tuesday’s list of orders featured several notable denials of review – including in a pair of cases that the justices have been considering since late September.
Supreme Court likely to block EPA ozone regulation
The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to a group of states, companies, and trade associations seeking to temporarily block a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states that do not want to adjust their emissions policies.
Justices order vigorous enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in maritime insurance contracts
Nothing in Wednesday’s decision in Great Lakes Insurance v. Raiders Retreat Realty surprised anybody familiar with last fall’s oral argument. The argument revealed a bench deeply skeptical of the uncertainty maritime insurance contracts would face under a lower-court decision limiting the enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in those contracts.
Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, Feb. 21 (complete)
On Wednesday, Feb. 21, we live blogged as the court released opinions in McElrath v. Georgia and Great Lakes Ins. SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co. Click here for a list of FAQs about […]
The morning read for Tuesday, Feb. 20
The justices will hear oral argument this morning in Corner Post v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
Justices decline to intervene in another dispute over race and school admissions
Less than a year after its decision striking down the admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina as unconstitutional on the ground that they explicitly considered an applicant’s race as part of their admissions process, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to wade into the battle over race in admissions again.
Court to hear argument in appeals to halt “Good Neighbor” ozone regulation
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a group of challenges to ozone regulation that came to the justices on their so-called “shadow docket” – that is, as emergency appeals.
The morning read for Friday, Feb. 16
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
Challenges to a Washington state legislative district
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. It’s been a blissful, relist-free month since the court’s last conference.
Wonder Bread truck drivers seek exemption from mandatory arbitration
Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St. brings the justices yet another case under a statute with which they are all too familiar – the Federal Arbitration Act. As regular readers will know, the court in the last few decades has heard numerous cases under the FAA.
The morning read for Thursday, Feb. 15
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
Special Counsel Jack Smith asks court to let Trump trial continue
Telling the Supreme Court that the crimes with which former President Donald Trump has been charged “strike at the heart of our democracy” and that there is a “national interest in seeing” those charges “resolved promptly,” Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the justices on Wednesday evening to clear the way for Trump to be tried on charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The morning read for Wednesday, Feb. 14
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
The morning read for Tuesday, Feb. 13
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
California man exposed to COVID-19 in prison seeks to contest conditions of confinement
The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.
The morning read for Monday, Feb. 12
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
Trump asks justices to intervene in Jan. 6 case
This article was updated on Feb. 13 at 9:58 a.m. Four days after the justices heard oral arguments in his quest to be restored to the ballot in Colorado, former President Donald Trump was back at the Supreme Court, asking the justices to temporarily block a decision by a federal appeals court holding that he can be tried on criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The morning read for Friday, Feb. 9
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
The morning read for Thursday, Feb. 8
Join us for our live coverage of today’s opinion announcement starting at 9:45 a.m. EST. The justices will then hear oral argument in Trump v. Anderson. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court appears unlikely to kick Trump off Colorado ballot
The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared ready to hold that Colorado cannot exclude former President Donald Trump from the ballot based on his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol.
A packed courtroom for the Trump ballot case
We have known since last week (thanks to reporting by Maggie Haberman and Alan Feuer in The New York Times) that the big Republican elephant will not be in the room today when the U.S. Supreme Court takes the bench in Trump v. Anderson, about whether the Colorado Supreme Court erred in excluding former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot.
Announcement of opinions for Thursday, Feb. 8 (complete)
On Thursday, Feb. 8, we live blogged as the court releases opinions in two cases from the current term. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz: The […]