Recent Decisions
West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (June 30, 2022)
The “best system of emission reduction” identified by the EPA in the Clean Power Plan was not within the authority granted to the Agency in Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.
Biden v. Texas (June 30, 2022)
The rescission of the Migrant Protection Protocols (Remain in Mexico policy) did not violate the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety (June 29, 2022)
In a case under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Texas is not protected by sovereign immunity; by ratifying the Constitution, the state agreed that its sovereignty would yield to the national power to raise and support the Armed Forces.
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (June 29, 2022)
The federal government and the state have concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed by non-Indians against Indians in Indian country.
Concepcion v. United States (June 27, 2022)
The First Step Act of 2018 allows district courts to consider intervening changes of law or fact in exercising their discretion to reduce a sentence.
Latest Supreme Court News
The Supreme Court Seems Awfully Nervous About Its Own Legitimacy
The New York Times,
If justice after justice finds it necessary to defend the court’s power, what does that tell you?
Another Momentous Term for the Supreme Court
The New York Times,
The justices have already set the United States on a more conservative course. Significant coming cases could continue the trend.
Supreme Court Leans Toward Alabama in Voting Rights Dispute
The New York Times,
But several members of the court’s conservative majority rejected the state’s most aggressive arguments in defense of its congressional voting map.
Is Justice Kagan Right that Areas of Constitutional Law Should Not Change Quickly on Account of New Membership on the Court?
Justia's Verdict,
Illinois Law dean Vikram David Amar and professor Jason Mazzone comment on recent comments by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan expressing reservations about doctrinal changes attributable to the arrival of new Justices. Dean Amar and Professor Mazzone argue that new Justices have played an important and generally positive role in advancing the constitutional landscape.
Court agrees to hear nine new cases, including challenge to tech companies’ immunity under Section 230
SCOTUSblog,
The Supreme Court on Monday added nine new cases to its docket, including a high-profile dispute over the extent of technology companies’ immunity from lawsuits based on the content they host. The new additions to the docket came in a list of orders from last... The post Court agrees to hear nine new cases, including challenge to tech companies’ immunity under Section 230 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
Judge Robert M. Dow, Jr., named Counselor to the Chief Justice
Supreme Court of the United States,
The Honorable Robert M. Dow, Jr., has been appointed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., as his new Counselor. Judge Dow will assume his position at the Supreme Court on December 5, 2022. He succeeds Jeffrey P. Minear, who retired on September 30, after 16 years as Counselor. Judge Dow currently serves as a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. §133(b), he will assume full-time responsibility as the Counselor to the...
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