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Recent Decisions
Mckesson v. Doe (November 2, 2020)
Supreme Court vacates a Fifth Circuit holding that the First Amendment does not bar tort liability for a violent incident during a protest; certification of state tort law questions to the Louisiana Supreme Court is advisable.
Taylor v. Riojas (November 2, 2020)
Supreme Court vacates a grant of qualified immunity: No reasonable correctional officer could have concluded that the confinement of an inmate, for several days, in a cell filled with sewage, was constitutionally permissible.
Trump v. Vance (July 9, 2020)
With regard to a state subpoena for his private papers, a President stands in “nearly the same situation with any other individual.”
Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP (July 9, 2020)
Lower courts did not adequately consider separation of powers concerns implicated by congressional subpoenas for the President’s personal financial information.
McGirt v. Oklahoma (July 9, 2020)
Land reserved for the Creek Nation remains "Indian Country" so that crimes committed on that land must be prosecuted in federal court under the Major Crimes Act.
Latest Supreme Court News
Argument analysis: Justices revisit immigration notice provision, parsing statutory text while urging practical solutions
SCOTUSblog,
On Monday morning, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Niz-Chavez v. Barr, a case that centers on the “stop-time rule,” the same provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act examined by the court in Pereira v. Sessions and Barton v. Barr. The stop-time rule limits access to cancellation of removal, a powerful form of…
Argument analysis: ACA seems likely to survive, but on what ground?
SCOTUSblog,
After roughly two hours of oral argument in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, it appeared likely that the Affordable Care Act will survive yet another effort in the courts to dismantle it. Although there may be five votes to strike down the ACA’s individual mandate – the provision in the law that directs virtually all…
Argument analysis: Two paths forward in lawsuit alleging unconstitutional police violence
SCOTUSblog,
While assigned to an FBI task force, Officers Douglas Brownback and Todd Allen mistakenly assumed James King might be a home invasion suspect. They stopped King, and when King put up a struggle, the officers pummeled him. King filed suit alleging claims against the officers under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau…
Key Justices Signal Support for Affordable Care Act
The New York Times,
At a Supreme Court argument on Tuesday, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh suggested that striking down one provision would not doom the balance of the law.
The Affordable Care Act Challenge and the Senate Runoff Elections in Georgia
Justia's Verdict,
Cornell law professor Michael C. Dorf comments on the third challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that has made it before the U.S. Supreme Court, and considers how the case will play in the upcoming Georgia runoff elections. Dorf argues that absent a dramatic and highly unusual development—like a Supreme Court decision rejecting the ACA challenge in the next few weeks—that should help the Democratic candidates in Georgia’s runoff elections.
Amy Coney Barrett Oath Ceremony
Supreme Court of the United States,
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., will administer the Judicial Oath to the Honorable Amy Coney Barrett, as the 103rd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, in a private ceremony tomorrow, October 27, 2020, in the East Conference Room at the Supreme Court. Upon administration of that oath, she will be able to begin to participate in the work of the Court.
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