Showing 1–50 of 78 items published in December 2010, most recent first.
The Chief Justice, in his annual report on the federal courts, pleads with the Senate to end partisan blocking of judge nominations. He also notifies Congress that the Supreme Court will be asking for less money than last year in its new budget request.
Lawyers in a Guantanamo case intensify in the Court their challenge to the D.C. Circuit’s handling of a number of Guantanamo cases. A particular target, singled out for the first time: Circuit Judge Randolph.
The Court switches the positions of two cases on the calendar for the February sitting.
The Court can take some — perhaps a good deal — of the credit for the settlement of an interstate fight that had been unfolding on its docket for two and a half years.
Significant dates in the coming weeks.
South Carolina settles water rights case
The Court releases the schedules of oral arguments for the next two sittings, beginning Monday, Feb. 21, and Monday, March 21. One afternoon argument.
Arlen Specter’s Senate swan song includes a parting shot at the Supreme Court
Continuing debates over health care reform; definitions of “pro-business”; and historical Supreme Court cases.
Prof. Richard Nagareda reflects on the treatment of class actions in arbitration and litigation, shedding light on the questions before the Court in AT&T v. Concepcion.
The New York Times on business interests and the Court; the Boston Globe on disparities in sentencing; and a Forbes blog discusses the Term’s class action cases.
Significant dates in the coming weeks.
Health-care reform and the Court; protesters’ conviction upheld; two Sixth Circuit judges disagree with Abbott
UPDATE Friday p.m. Virginia is considering its own prompt appeal to the Supreme Court, in the wake of the Justice Department decision to go first to a federal Circuit Court to defend the new health insurance mandate..
Health-care reform challenges and the Court; FCC v. AT&T
Eminent domain commentary; Justice Scalia’s invitation from Michele Bachmann; and speculation on health care’s future at the Supreme Court
Justice Department endorses mandate to federal judges to give added weight to the government’s reasons for detaining prisoners at Guantanamo Bay — first response to wave of new detainee appeals.
Possible expedited review of Virginia v. Sebelius, yesterday’s orders in the news, Justice Kagan’s first interview
UC Irvine Dean Erwin Chemerinsky answers SCOTUSblog’s questions about his new book.
Coverage of Friday’s cert. grants; Congress replaces law struck down in United States v. Stevens; and ten years after Bush v. Gore.
Live coverage of opinions and orders from the Justices’ December 10 Conference.
The Court splits 4-4 in denial of a legal defense for those who buy copyrighted goods abroad and then seek to bring them into the U.S. for re-sale without the copyright owner’s permission. The Court grants no new cases.
A federal judge strikes down the mandate by Congress that nearly every American obtain health insurance by 2014. Three other judges had rejected similar challenges.
Significant dates in the coming week.
A discussion with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky about his book, The Conservative Assault on the Constitution.
Semantics, and questions presented in Wal-Mart
Audio recordings of this week’s oral arguments are now available.
The Acting Solicitor General recommended today that the Court deny certiorari in Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Groves.
On Wednesday, the Court heard oral argument in Chase Bank USA v. McCoy.
The Court grants three new cases: on the legal duties of makers of generic drugs and of local telephone companies, and the power of federal judges to give a convicted individual a longer sentence to promote rehabilitation — an issue splitting lower courts.
On Tuesday, the Court heard oral argument in Janus Capital v. First Derivative Traders.
Reactions to yesterday’s argument in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting; cert. petition in the Ninth Circuit extraordinary rendition case.
On Tuesday, the Court heard oral argument in Thompson v. North American Stainless.
This post discusses three big David and Goliath-type cases the Court addressed this week: the cert. grant in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the oral argument in Thompson v. North American Stainless, and the oral argument in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting.
The lower federal courts have spent more than two years developing the law of detention, in Guantanamo cases. Now, eight new cases seek review in the Supreme Court.
Two five-minute podcasts from attorneys on both sides of Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting (09-291).
Anticipation builds for today’s argument in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting
Amid indications that Arizona’s anti-immigration law will survive its challenge in the Court, the Justices pore over the meaning and scope of a 24-year-old federal law on aliens’ employment in the U.S.
Transcripts of today’s oral arguments are now available.
In a dramatic bid for the Court to defend the independent authority of the federal courts against the political branches, lawyers for five Guantanamo prisoners, detained since 2002, pursue a new appeal.
Jessica E. Slavin previews Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, which is scheduled for oral argument on Wednesday.
The Ninth Circuit Court, in more than two hours of oral argument on California’s ban on same-sex marriage, explores ways to avoid ruling right away and ways to rule, if it must, in a modest yet still historic way.
Today, the Court will hear oral arguments in Thompson v. North American Stainless.
Two five-minute podcasts from attorneys on both sides of Thompson v. North American Stainless (09-291)
Corporate interests in Wal-Mart v. Dukes and American Electric Power v. Connecticut; exceptions for veterans; immigration and employment
Last week, the Court handed down its unanimous opinion in Los Angeles County v. Humphries.
Transcripts of today’s oral arguments are now available.
On Monday, the Court heard oral arguments in Henderson v. Shinseki.
On Monday the Court heard oral arguments in Pepper v. United States.
Insiders debate when the right time is to mount a federal challenge.