Showing 1–50 of 79 items published in May 2011, most recent first.
Lawyers for Michigan challengers to the new health care law argue in new filings in the Sixth Circuit Court that the individuals are already feeling economic pressure from that law, so they should be allowed to go on with their case.
Commentary on, and analysis of, last week’s decisions in Whiting and Plata; the Justices in the news.
Live coverage of orders and opinions issued in argued cases.
The controversial anti-terrorism use of witness arrest warrants survives — but barely and perhaps only temporarily — a challenge in the Court. Half the Court questions the validity of the tactic.
The Court granted one case and issued opinions in two argued cases.
In United States v. Tinklenberg, the Court overruled two Sixth Circuit readings of the Speedy Trial Act but affirmed its ruling.
Significant dates in the upcoming week.
A federal judge in Virginia strikes down the century-old federal ban on corporate donations to candidates for President and Congress, saying this was foreshadowed by last year’s Citizens United ruling.
On Thursday, the Court issued its decision in the consolidated cases of Camreta v. Greene (No. 09-1454) and Alford v. Greene (No. 09-1478).
On Thursday, the Court issued its decision in Fowler v. United States (No. 10-5443).
The Court issues decisions on prison overcrowding, Arizona’s immigration law, state secrets, the Speedy Trial Act, qualified immunity, and federal witness tampering.
The Obama Administration urges the Sixth Circuit Court to dismiss a pending challenge to the new health care law, arguing that those who sued have lost their right to pursue the case further. UPDATE: The Sixth Circuit asks for a response to the motion.
Buzz over yesterday’s decision in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, along with coverage of the opinions in Camreta, Tinklenberg and Fowler.
The Court issued opinions on the merits in four cases today, including Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting.
More coverage of, and commentary on, the decision in Brown v. Plata, the California prison overcrowding case.
Live coverage opinions issued in argued cases.
The Court appears to invite states to do some experimenting with new controls on unlawful aliens living in the U.S., at least when the controls are aimed at job opportunities. The decision upholds a 2007 Arizona law — not the most controversial of that state’s recent efforts.
Professor Ronald K.L. Collins, Harold S. Shefelman Scholar at the University of Washington School of Law, discusses his new book, We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free: Stories of Free Expression in America.
John Elwood reviews Monday’s relisted and held cases.
Extensive commentary on the California prison overcrowding decision; the Acting Solicitor General “confesses” a predecessor’s error.
The judge who will preside over one of the major appeals on the new federal health care law has a foe of that law in the family — a newly elected congresswoman from Alabama.
News coverage of today’s divided decision in the California prison case.
Coverage of yesterday’s decisions in Plata and General Dynamics
Opinions in Brown v. Plata and General Dynamics v. United States and one new grant.
Live coverage of orders and opinions issued May 23, 2011.
Commentary on recent decisions; Justices Scalia and Thomas dedicate courthouses.
Making it eight in a row, the Court turns down the last of the Guantanamo Bay appeals it had considered this Term. Few options for reviewing the law of detention remain open.
The Court extends a twenty-year fight over a large Pentagon contract, but warns that further proceedings be pursued carefully so as not to risk disclosure of defense secrets. The impact in dollar terms must await further action in lower courts.
Looking at opinion assignments to determine which Justices might be writing in Brown v. EMA, Flores-Villar, Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, and Janus Capital.
Dividing 5-4, the Court upholds a federal court’s order to release perhaps tens of thousands of prison inmates in California, to start remedying the years-long problem of overcrowding and its impact on health and safety behind the walls.
The Fourth Circuit raises added issues about its authority to rule on the constitutionality of the new health care law’s mandate for virtually everyone to have health insurance coverage.
Significant dates in the upcoming week.
Goodwin Liu nomination fails to pass Senate; coverage in Kentucky v. King and AT&T v. Concepcion continues
A new Guantanamo Bay detainee case reaches the Court in the wake of a series of denials of earlier petitions. It urges a limit on presidential detention power.
The Court issues opinions interpreting the Fourth Amendment, the False Claims Act, and ERISA.
Justice Thomas visits Augusta and dedicates a courthouse; continued reactions to Kentucky v. King.
Yesterday the Court issued a decision in Kentucky v. King that was noteworthy not only for its holding, but also for the method that the Court used to arrive at its rule.
Is the D.C. Circuit flouting the Supreme Court’s decision in Boumediene v. Bush?
In its decision in Kentucky v. King (09-1272), the Court holds that a warrantless entry based on exigent circumstances is permissible as long as the police did not create the exigency by engaging in, or threatening to engage in, conduct that violates the Fourth Amendment.
Justice Breyer’s comments on the Holocaust at the National Days of Remembrance. Plus, denial of certiorari in a school admissions suit.
Full transcripts of Bryan Garner’s 2008 interviews with the Justices are now available online.
The Court holds that a FOIA disclosure is an administrative “report” that can bar a suit brought under the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act. In a short opinion issued today, the Court curtailed the practice of making requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and then using the government’s response to support a lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act (FCA). In so doing, the Court reversed the Second Circuit, which had held that a FOIA disclosure could be used to support such a case.
Coverage of yesterday’s opinions in King, CIGNA, and Schindler, as well as yesterday’s orders.
Yesterday the Court issued its decision in CIGNA Corp. v. Amara (No. 09-804).
John Elwood reviews Monday’s relisted and held cases.
Live coverage of orders from the May 12 Conference, and opinions issued in argued cases.
Justices Sotomayor and Kagan give commencement addresses.
The Court, giving itself another chance to curb lawsuits claiming direct violations of the Constitution, takes on a case involving a damages lawsuit against private individuals working for a private contractor as guards at a federal prison. The Court also refuses another case on “state secrets.”
The same-sex couples who succeeded in their constitutional challenge to California’s ban on gay marriage urged a federal judge to release publicly the full videotape of the trial in the case, arguing that it would show how fair the trial judge was.
Significant dates in the upcoming week.