Showing 1–50 of 75 items published in January 2021, most recent first.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Got a suggestion of a piece you’d like us to consider? Email us at [email protected].
On Monday, Feb. 1, at 5 p.m. EST, Delaware’s Lewes Public Library will host the third session in its Lives in the Law series, conducted by SCOTUSblog’s books editor Ronald Collins.
This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the men-only draft is unlawful sex discrimination and whether law enforcement can compel testimony in the form of a phone passcode.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Got a suggestion of a piece you’d like us to consider? Email us at [email protected].
“We didn’t change position in a single case. Not one.” That was the determination of Neal Katyal when he took the helm of the Office of the Solicitor General on the first days of President Barack Obama’s administration in 2009.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Got a suggestion of a piece you’d like us to consider? Email us at [email protected]. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: What Will Justice Breyer Do?
The following is a series of questions posed by Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin, University of California, Davis School of Law, to Professor Amanda Frost, American University Washington College of Law, on Frost’s new book, You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers.
When the Senate’s impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins next month, one familiar face from Trump’s first impeachment won’t be there: Chief Justice John Roberts.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Got a suggestion of a piece you’d like us to consider? Email us at [email protected].
On Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. EST, Georgetown’s Supreme Court Institute will host a conversation between Supreme Court litigators Paul Clement and Neal Katyal, who each led the Office of the Solicitor General during a recent presidential transition.
In the immediate aftermath of the nomination of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court last October, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised, if elected, to create a bipartisan commission to study court reform proposals.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Got a suggestion of a piece you’d like us to consider? Email us at [email protected].
The Supreme Court on Monday morning released orders from the justices’ private conference on Friday, Jan. 22.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a one-sentence order revoking its decision to review Henry Schein Inc. v. Archer and White Sales Inc. as “improvidently granted.” After an argument at which few of the justices sympathized with the position of Archer and White Sales, the dismissal is a resounding
We live-blogged as the court released orders from the Jan. 22 conference and an unsigned opinion in Henry Schein v. Archer and White Sales. SCOTUSblog is sponsored by Casetext: Making […]
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Here’s a round-up of Supreme Court-related news and commentary from around the web: Biden pivots away from old court battles, helps ignite new ones (Lawrence Hurley, Reuters) Supreme Court Case Could Limit Future Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Industry (John Schwartz, The New York Times) The Supreme
On Monday, Jan. 25, at 1 p.m. EST, the Brookings Institution will host a discussion about the future of Supreme Court reform proposals, now that Democrats have taken narrow control of the Senate and President Joe Biden has created a bipartisan commission to study court reform.
This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the federal government’s state-secrets privilege to protect classified information from disclosure.
Here’s a round-up of Supreme Court-related news and commentary from around the web: 3 oldest Supreme Court justices skip inauguration due to pandemic (Ben Leonard, Politico) An incomplete Supreme Court witnessed Biden’s oath. There’s history there.
Oyez has posted the aligned audio and transcripts from the November 2020 oral arguments at the Supreme Court. The court heard argument this month in: Pham v. Guzman Chavez Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski AMG Capital v. Federal Trade Commission Federal Communications Commission v. Prometheus Radio BP P.L.C. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
John Elwood reviews Tuesday’s relists Not much is happening in D.C. right now, so what can the Supreme Court do to give us a break from the tedium of endless Zoom meetings? How about keeping all of last week’s 10 new relists around another week — and adding 10 more new relists!
On Thursday, the Supreme Court’s opinion in City of Chicago v. Fulton clarified that creditors do not violate the Bankruptcy Code’s automatic stay if they passively retain a debtor’s property after the debtor files for bankruptcy protection.
Here’s a round-up of Supreme Court-related news and commentary from around the web: Roberts to swear in yet another president who opposed him (Mark Sherman, Associated Press) Trump transformed the Supreme Court that mostly helped advance his agenda (Joan Biskupic, CNN) A four-year timeline of
Kannon Shanmugam, for oil companies, and Victor Sher, for Baltimore (Art Lien) In a speech at Harvard Law School in 2015, Justice Elena Kagan told the audience that “we’re all textualists now” – that is, that any effort to interpret a statute begins (and often ends) with the language of the statute.
On Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the latest chapter of a long-running battle between the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit over the FCC’s efforts to deregulate media ownership.
The Supreme Court convenes at 10 a.m. for its final argument day of January.
The Supreme Court issued orders on Tuesday morning from the justices’ private conference last Friday, Jan. 15.
The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday morning in a dispute arising from the Federal Communications Commission’s attempts to deregulate local media ownership.
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by the city of Baltimore against companies that produce fossil fuels, seeking to hold them responsible for their role in global warming.
President-elect Joe Biden has not yet announced a nominee for solicitor general, the top lawyer who represents the government before the Supreme Court. SCOTUStalk host Amy Howe and SCOTUSblog’s media editor, Katie Barlow, discuss potential picks.
On Monday, the court was closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On Tuesday, the court released orders from the Jan. 15 conference, in which the justices did not grant any new cases for oral argument.
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the federal government to execute Dustin Higgs, reversing lower-court orders that had put the execution on hold and drawing strongly worded dissents from two justices.
The justices on Thursday night denied two last-minute appeals by Corey Johnson, who sought to postpone his execution so that he could recover from COVID-19, which he contracted in prison after spending most of his life on death row.
The justices will meet privately on Friday morning to consider whether to grant cert petitions on issues that include abortion, capital punishment and the degree of power that state legislatures have to manage presidential elections.
This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether Facebook plug-ins violate the Wiretap Act and whether the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess firearms outside the home or after a conviction for a nonviolent offense.
Some Supreme Court justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, have received both doses of the coronavirus vaccine, and the court says plans are in place for all nine justices to become fully vaccinated.
The court is expected to release one or more opinions in argued cases on Thursday morning. For a list of all argued cases for the current term, click here.
If you’re arguing on behalf of a federal regulatory agency’s authority to protect consumers from businesses and Justice Stephen Breyer sets his face against you, then chances are your day is not going well.
We live blogged on Thursday, Jan. 14, as the court released its opinion in Chicago v. Fulton. For answers to common questions regarding opinion announcements, read our FAQs. Our live […]
The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in the case of a Georgia student who was stopped from handing out religious literature and speaking about his faith on the campus of his public college.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a request from the Food and Drug Administration to reinstate a federal requirement that a pill used to induce abortion in the early stages of pregnancy be picked up in person from a health care provider.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday night cleared the way for the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the first woman to be executed by the federal government in 68 years.
After staying up late to resolve a flurry of last-minute litigation concerning the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the justices will hear their third and final oral argument of the week at 10 a.m. in AMG Capital Management v. Federal Trade Commission, a case about the FTC’s authority to seek monetary relief when suing companies for unfair or deceptive trade practices.
John Elwood reviews Monday’s relists How does the Supreme Court possibly top the excitement of last Friday’s fourteen new grants — including grants in a few important First Amendment cases? With 10 new relists, including some cases that could be blockbusters if the court decides to take them.