Recent Decisions
Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski (March 8, 2021)
A request for nominal damages satisfies the redressability element necessary for Article III standing where a plaintiff’s claim is based on a completed violation of a legal right.
Pereida v. Wilkinson (March 4, 2021)
An alien seeking cancellation of a lawful removal order bears the burden of showing he has not been convicted of a disqualifying offense.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club, Inc. (March 4, 2021)
The deliberative process privilege protects from FOIA disclosure in-house draft biological opinions that are pre-decisional and deliberative, even if the drafts reflect the agencies’ last views about a proposal.
Brownback v. King (February 25, 2021)
Latest Supreme Court News
Supreme Court to Consider Death Sentence in Boston Marathon Bombing Case
The New York Times,
The justices will review a decision from a federal appeals court that overturned the death sentence imposed on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the perpetrators of the attack.
Supreme Court Wary of Law Letting Union Organizers Onto Private Property
The New York Times,
The justices considered a California regulation that allowed labor representatives to meet with farm workers at their worksites for up to three hours a day for as many as 120 days a year.
There’s no place like home?
SCOTUSblog,
The maxim “a man’s house is his castle” is one of the oldest and most deeply rooted principles in Anglo-American jurisprudence. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that may test how much protection the Fourth Amendment truly provides the... The post There’s no place like home? appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
Does Requiring Only Men to Register for the Draft Violate the Constitution?
The New York Times,
The Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether one of the last sex-based distinctions in federal law should survive now that women can serve in combat.
Press Release Regarding April Oral Argument Session
Supreme Court of the United States,
Press Release Regarding April Oral Argument Session The Supreme Court will hear all oral arguments scheduled for the April session by telephone conference, following the same format used for the previous teleconference arguments. In keeping with public health guidance in response to COVID-19, the Justices and counsel will all participate remotely. The Court building remains open for official business only and closed to the public until further notice. The Court will provide a live audio feed of...
Why the Supreme Court was Right Last Week to Deny Review of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decisions Handed Down Prior to the 2020 Election
Justia's Verdict,
Illinois Law dean Vikram David Amar and professor Jason Mazzone argue that the U.S. Supreme Court correctly denied review last week of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decisions handed down before the 2020 election. Dean Amar and Professor Mazzone explain why the majority denied review and point out that the dissenting opinions unwittingly demonstrate the rightness of the majority.
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