Recent Decisions
Chicago v. Fulton (January 14, 2021)
The debtors each filed a bankruptcy petition and requested that the city return his vehicle, which had been impounded for failure to pay fines. The filing of a bankruptcy petition automatically “creates an estate,” 11 U.S.C. 541(a), that is intended to include any property made available by other pr...
Trump v. New York (December 18, 2020)
Supreme Court dismisses, as premature, challenges to the President's policy of excluding undocumented immigrants from census calculations.
Shinn v. Kayer (December 14, 2020)
Supreme Court vacates a Ninth Circuit order granting habeas relief on grounds of ineffective assistance in a trial for premeditated first-degree murder.
United States v. Briggs (December 10, 2020)
Although the Supreme Court has held that the Eighth Amendment forbids a death sentence for the rape of an adult woman, such a rape may be considered a military offense punishable by death for purposes of the statute of limitations under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Tanzin v. Tanvir (December 10, 2020)
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act permits litigants, when appropriate, to obtain money damages against federal officials in their individual capacities.
Latest Supreme Court News
Argument analysis: Justices doubt FTC’s authority to compel monetary relief
SCOTUSblog,
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. But that is what happened Wednesday morning when Joel Marcus appeared on behalf of the FTC in AMG Capital Management v.…
Why Trump Can Be Convicted Even as an Ex-President
The New York Times,
He is the poster child for why such accountability is not just constitutionally permissible but necessary.
When an I.Q. Score Is a Death Sentence
The New York Times,
The Supreme Court declared it was unconstitutional to execute intellectually disabled people. On Thursday, we’re set to do it anyway.
U.S. Executes Lisa Montgomery for 2004 Murder
The New York Times,
She was the first woman to be put to death by the federal government since 1953 and had been the only woman on federal death row.
Media Advisory Regarding January Teleconference Argument Audio
Supreme Court of the United States,
Media Advisory Regarding January Teleconference Argument Audio The Court will hear all oral arguments scheduled for the January session by telephone conference. In keeping with public health guidance in response to COVID-19, the Justices and counsel will all participate remotely. The oral arguments are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. On days when more than one case will be heard, there will be a three minute pause before the second case begins. The Court will provide a live audio feed of the...
Trump’s Manipulation of the Courts
Justia's Verdict,
Steven D. Schwinn, a professor of law at the University of Illinois Chicago John Marshall Law School, explains how the Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing the Trump administration to proceed with efforts to exclude undocumented aliens from the census is consistent with the administration’s manipulation of the courts to achieve illegal policy. Professor Schwinn describes why that the Court’s ruling in the census case is an appropriate bookend to the travel ban ruling he received early in his presidency.
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