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Recent Decisions
Wooden v. United States (March 7, 2022)
For purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act a defendant's 10 prior convictions for burglary, arising from a single episode during which he unlawfully entered a one-building storage facility and stole items from 10 different storage units, did not constitute felonies “committed on occasions different from one another.”
United States v. Tsarnaev (March 4, 2022)
Supreme Court reinstates the death penalty imposed in the Boston Marathon bombing case.
Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga (March 4, 2022)
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 does not affect the availability or scope of the government privilege against court-ordered disclosure of state and military secrets.
Cameron v. EMW Women's Surgical Center, P. S. C. (March 3, 2022)
Supreme Court reverses the Sixth Circuit's denial of the Kentucky attorney general's motion to intervene in the appeal from an injunction barring enforcement of a law regulating abortion procedures.
Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L. P. (February 24, 2022)
The Copyright Act safe harbor rule does not distinguish between mistakes of law and mistakes of fact.
Latest Supreme Court News
Thomas Demakos, Judge in Howard Beach Murder Case, Dies at 98
The New York Times,
In a notorious 1987 trial over the death of a Black man in New York City, he ruled that defense lawyers could not exclude potential jurors on the basis of race.
Seven Steps to Destroy a Democracy
The New York Times,
The Republican-led assault on our elections has been methodical and, so far, successful.
Pro-Choice States Must Prepare for the Fall of Roe v. Wade
The New York Times,
There’s a new tactic in the coming abortion wars: stopping citizens from getting abortions in other states.
Press Release Regarding March Oral Argument Session
Supreme Court of the United States,
The Court will hear all oral arguments scheduled for the March session in the Courtroom. Courtroom access will be limited to the Justices, essential Court personnel, counsel in the scheduled cases, and journalists with full-time press credentials issued by the Supreme Court. Out of concern for the health and safety of the public and Supreme Court employees, the Courtroom session will not be open to the public. The Court will continue to closely monitor public health guidance in determining...
Now available on Oyez: February oral argument audio aligned with the transcripts
SCOTUSblog,
Oyez has posted the aligned audio and transcripts from the February 2022 oral arguments at the Supreme Court. The court heard argument in: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas Denezpi v. United States Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco West Virginia v. Environmental... The post Now available on Oyez: February oral argument audio aligned with the transcripts appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
The Evolution of Chief Justice John Roberts
Justia's Verdict,
Cornell Law professor Michael C. Dorf argues that Chief Justice John Roberts is, perhaps surprisingly, on the left of the current Court partly because of the Court moving far to the right in recent years and partly because of Roberts’s evolution as a jurist. Professor Dorf explores why Roberts has shifted, noting that he seems simply to adhere to a principle that historically liberals, moderates, and conservatives all agreed upon: don’t lie about the law.
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