Recent Decisions
Shurtleff v. Boston (May 2, 2022)
Boston's policy of allowing groups to raise flags on City Hall Plaza without regard to the message on any flag indicates that the flag-raising program does not express government speech so Boston’s refusal to let a Christian group fly its flag violated the Free Speech Clause.
LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (April 28, 2022)
Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C. (April 28, 2022)
Emotional distress damages are not recoverable in a private action to enforce either the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Affordable Care Act.
Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (April 21, 2022)
The Tax Code's 30-day time limit to file a petition with the Tax Court for review of a collection due process determination is a non-jurisdictional deadline subject to equitable tolling.
Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation (April 21, 2022)
In a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act suit raising non-federal claims against a foreign state or instrumentality, a court should determine the substantive law by using the same choice-of-law rule applicable in a similar suit against a private party..
Latest Supreme Court News
A Battle Over How to Battle Over Roe: Protests at Justices’ Homes Fuel Rancor
The New York Times,
Many of the protesters have expressed concern that the scrutiny over the demonstrations has distracted from the real issue: restricting a woman’s right to have an abortion.
Harris Emerges as the Voice of Abortion Rights in the Biden Administration
The New York Times,
The threat to Roe v. Wade presents Vice President Kamala Harris with an opportunity to recover from early political stumbles.
Pregnant? Need Help? They Have an Agenda.
The New York Times,
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, more than half of American women of reproductive age will live closer to a crisis pregnancy center than to an abortion facility.
Alito, Rape, and Incest
Justia's Verdict,
In light of the recently leaked draft of a majority opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that would overrule Roe v. Wade, Cornell Law professor Sherry F. Colb comments on the Mississippi law at issue, which lacks an exception for instances of rape incest. Professor Colb suggests that Justice Alito has been waiting to overrule Roe at least since the Supreme Court reversed his decision as an appeals court judge in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, thereby giving voice to his Catholic belief that a zygote could reasonably be characterized as an “unborn child.”
How the leak might have happened
SCOTUSblog,
Among the debates generated by the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in Dobbs is whether the leaker was conservative or liberal. The leak will ultimately pale in importance to the court’s decision once it is issued; the ruling will directly affect the lives and... The post How the leak might have happened appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
Press Release
Supreme Court of the United States,
Yesterday, a news organization published a copy of a draft opinion in a pending case. Justices circulate draft opinions internally as a routine and essential part of the Court’s confidential deliberative work. Although the document described in yesterday’s reports is authentic, it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., provided the following statement: To the extent this betrayal...
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