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September 2022 Archive

Everything published in September 2022, most recent first.

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EPA’s authority over wetlands is at stake as justices wade back into regulatory morass

When the Supreme Court returns to the bench on Oct. 3 for the start of its new term, it will begin with a case that is not new to it. In Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, the justices will once again weigh in on an Idaho couple’s efforts to build on land that they own – specifically, what test courts should use to determine whether the Clean Water Act applies to the land, which the EPA has deemed a wetland.

ByAmy Howe/Sep 29, 2022
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The October term 2022 preview

Another Supreme Court term will begin on Monday, October 3, with major cases on affirmative action, voting rights, and free speech. To talk through the cases already scheduled this year, Amy is joined by experienced Supreme Court attorneys Morgan Ratner, special counsel at Sullivan & Cromwell, and Jaime Santos, partner at Goodwin Procter.

BySCOTUStalk/Sep 26, 2022

In 5-4 vote, court denies Yeshiva University’s request to block state ruling on LGBTQ recognition

Five days after Justice Sonia Sotomayor temporarily put on hold a New York state court ruling that directed Yeshiva University to approve an official “Pride Alliance” student club, the full Supreme Court reinstated the state-court ruling for now and directed the university to go back to the state courts to try to obtain relief.

ByAmy Howe/Sep 15, 2022
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What it’s like to be a new justice

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will take the bench next month as the court’s newest member. Amy is joined by Marin Levy, a professor at Duke Law School, to talk about what it’s like to join the court. Levy runs a popular Twitter account where she chronicles the history of the federal judiciary.

BySCOTUStalk/Sep 12, 2022

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