Showing 1–50 of 98 items published in January 2011, most recent first.
Last week’s opinions continued the unanimity trend at the Court. They included decisions about employment discrimination and retaliation, appeals from the denial of summary judgment, and deference to administrative agency interpretations of federal regulations.
The Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle on the Ninth Circuit and the Court.
On January 24, the Court issued its opinion in Thompson v. North American Stainless.
Recent articles describe how the Court can change direction without expressly overruling existing precedent.
Significant dates in the coming weeks.
The Ninth Circuit refuses the Obama Administration plea to put on hold its appeal on the constitutionality of the federal ban on gays serving openly in the military, but stretches out the schedule by a month.
Justice Sotomayor lauds bipartisan seating at the State of the Union.
On January 19, the Court issued its opinion in Premo v. Moore.
On Monday, the Court issued its decision in Chase Bank USA v. McCoy (09-329).
The Fourth Circuit moves up the schedule on its review of the constitutionality of the new federal health care law, and sets May hearing date for two cases.
Happy birthday to Chief Justice Roberts; the Term’s criminal cases
John Elwood analyzes the implications of two re-listed cases.
Six Justices attend the State of the Union address
Lawyers for Georgia death-row inmate Troy Davis offer the Court four ways it could use to review his claim that he did not commit a murder in 1989.
Lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee dispute the government’s argument that military prisoners are entitled to fewer legal safeguards than ordinary criminals.
Both sides in the constitutional struggle over California’s ban on same-sex marriage take steps to influence whether the court case goes on, or ends abruptly.
Employer retaliation, credit card fees, summary reversals, and the State of the Union
The appeals by the Obama Administration and the state of Virginia in the health care constitutional case in the Fourth Circuit now have a briefing schedule, stretched out to May.
Live Blog of today’s orders and opinions.
More on Citizens United at one; the Court and the State of the Union address; and Justice Scalia’s scheduled talk with the Congressional Tea Party Caucus.
The Court agrees to clarify the right of jail and prison inmates to be warned of their rights before they may be taken out of their cells for questioning about another crime.
John Elwood assesses the Court’s recent re-lists.
President Obama has chosen one of his legal aides, Donald Verrilli, to be the next U.S. Solicitor General.
Significant dates in the coming weeks.
Lawyers for Georgia death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis have begun a new appeal to the Court, seeking a ruling that he did not commit a murder more than 21 years ago.
January was a busy month at the Court, with interesting arguments in a number of important cases, as well as in a controversy between two states.
The Court makes clear it will not curb the government’s power to rely on the “state secrets” shield, but could attach some new price for doing so.
The “topless dancer case” in the Court turns out to be a deeply serious — and constitutionally portentous — inquiry that will get ignored by the tabloids.
Women at the Court, this month’s opinions, and Ninth Circuit reversals – in Plain English.
Citizens United one year later; more on this week’s arguments.
Audio recordings of this week’s oral arguments are now available.
The Court’s skepticism about corporate privacy, Justice Scalia’s NASA concurrence, and Ninth Circuit reversals
Yesterday the Court heard argument in Astra USA v. Santa Clara County (No. 09-1273), a case involving caps on drug prices and broader questions regarding when parties can sue to enforce rights established in both a statute and a federal contract.
Yesterday, the Court handed down its decision in Harrington v. Richter.
The Court hears argument on whether federal law gives business corporations a right of “personal privacy” shielding internal records from required public disclosure.
State secrets, corporate privacy, and the end of affirmative action?
Two five-minute podcasts from attorneys on both sides of FCC v. AT&T (09-1279).
Live coverage of opinions handed down on 1/19/11
The concept of “personal privacy” for corporations found next to no support from the bench as the Court heard an appeal on the scope of the Freedom of Information Act.
NASA v. Nelson; Harrington v. Richter; Premo v. Moore
Transcripts of today’s oral arguments
The Court refuses to clarify whether the Constitution does, in fact, protect individuals from disclosure by the government of information about their private lives. It goes on to uphold background checks for employees of government contractors.
Both sides in the Virginia case testing the constitutionality of the new federal health care law formally declare they are appealing a federal judge’s December ruling striking down the insurance-purchase mandate in the law.
Linda Mullenix previews Astra USA, Inc. v. Santa Clara County, which is scheduled for oral argument on Wednesday.
The Court on Tuesday afternoon returns to the long-running legal fight over a tabloid celebrity’s claim to a part of an oil tycoon’s estate.
Anna Nicole Smith, state secrets, and laughter at the Court
Amy Howe previews Smith v. Bayer Corp., which is scheduled for oral argument this morning.
The Court will decide whether states’ reductions of Medicaid health care benefits can be challenged under the Constitution — the one new issue granted review.
John Elwood identifies re-lists to watch for the upcoming Jan. 21 Conference.
Transcripts of today’s oral arguments.