The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. Federal law limits the government’s ability to place a substantial burden on the free exercise of religion.... The … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr. group’s attempt to protect anti-Covid-vaccine doctors from investigations (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) Revealed: trans … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: This Missouri lawyer pushed to limit abortion. Now he’s Trump’s solicitor general pick (Kacen Bayless & Daniel Desrochers, The Kansas City Star) H … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: U.S. Supreme Court will not review St. Clair capital murder case (Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector) US Supreme Court rejects appeal over patent vali … | Continue reading
For the second week in a row, the Supreme Court did not add any new cases to its docket for the 2024-25 term. In a list of orders released on Monday morning, the justices turned down several dozen petitions for review that they had considered... The post Supreme Court won’t hear … | Continue reading
Mark your calendars, the court announced on Friday that the first opinion day of the term will be Nov. 22. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: US Supreme Court... The post The morning r … | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he intends to nominate D. John Sauer, who successfully argued in the Supreme Court earlier this year that Trump is entitled to broad immunity from prosecution, to serve as the solicitor general of the United States. Trump ma … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Lawyer who argued for Trump’s immunity at Supreme Court is tapped for solicitor general (Josh Gerstein, Politico) Trump picks lawyer who won his... T … | Continue reading
The justices closed the November session on Wednesday with NVIDIA Corp v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB, a case arising out of the use of NVIDIA chips by crypto miners. The legal problem presented for the justices is whether the complaint – which alleges that... The post Justices debat … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court Seems Ready to Allow Securities Fraud Case Against Nvidia (Adam Liptak, The New York Times) Supreme Court whiplash: What Trump’s win. … | Continue reading
The world’s most valuable company is before the justices today for oral arguments in NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Sparks... The post T … | Continue reading
NVIDIA, the world’s most valuable company, sells computer graphics processing chips designed primarily for use in video games, which it sells to manufacturers of game devices. As it happens, NVIDIA’s chips also are useful for mining cryptocurrency, and in 2017 many crypto miners … | Continue reading
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. Last Monday, the justices heard oral argument in a case about a federal program that offers discounted... The post … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court turned down a plea from Mark Meadows, who served as chief of staff to Donald Trump during his first term in office, to transfer his Georgia election interference prosecution to federal court. The announcement came as part of a list of orders... The post Supreme … | Continue reading
The justices are convening today for oral arguments in Velazquez v. Garland and Delligatti v. U.S. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Supreme Court rejects push to move Georgia case.. … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: US Supreme Court mulls Facebook bid to escape securities fraud suit (John Kruzel, Reuters) Trump will name more conservative judges. He may even... T … | Continue reading
The justices heard arguments Wednesday in Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank, their first securities case of the year. The case involves the 2015 Cambridge Analytica-Facebook data breach, and considers whether Facebook’s disclosures to investors before the breach was public improperly … | Continue reading
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court continues to whittle down its backlog of relisted cases. At the last conference, the court dispos … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court appears split in Facebook lawsuit tied to data breach (Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post) Justices Weigh Whether Hospitals Merit Hi … | Continue reading
The justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in Facebook, Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank this morning, a securities fraud dispute stemming from the Cambridge Analytica data breach. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. H … | Continue reading
The court is still in session on Election Day with oral arguments this morning in Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Becerra and E.M.D. Sales v. Carrera. Security has been increased around the building. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary... The po … | Continue reading
The justices will return to securities law on Wednesday with arguments in a case arising out of the 2015 Cambridge Analytica-Facebook data breach. The tech giant’s effort to fend off federal securities fraud lawsuits in Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank could narrow the opportunities … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court will hear arguments early next year in the latest chapter in a protracted dispute over race and redistricting in Louisiana. In a list of orders from the justices’ private conference on Friday, the court announced on Monday morning that it will review... The post … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Supreme Court takes up Louisiana racial gerrymandering dispute (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) Supreme Court will weigh in on new mostly Black Louisiana … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Friday night left in place a ruling by Pennsylvania’s highest court that requires election boards in the state to count provisional ballots submitted by voters whose mail-in ballots had been deemed invalid. The brief unsigned order came just four days before. … | Continue reading
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In its 2000 decision in Hill v. Colorado, the Supreme Court upheld a Colorado law enacted to... The post Anti-abor … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: US Supreme Court girds for rush of election-related litigation (Andrew Chung, Reuters) Thousands of ballots are at stake as the Supreme Court conside … | Continue reading
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court has taken a lot of action on relisted cases since our last installment. The court granted review. … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court will hear an important First Amendment case on Jan. 15, 2025. During their January argument session, which begins on Jan. 13 and continues until Jan. 22, the justices will also consider questions involving the Americans with Disabilities Act, federal laws prohib … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Eastern Utah wants an oil railroad. The nation’s highest court will decide how feds should judge its environmental impacts. (Anastasia Hufham, The … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge voter rolls ahead of election (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) Supreme Court allows Virginia to resume its purge … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked an order by a federal judge that would have required Virginia to return more than 1,600 people to the voter rolls. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles found that since early August the state had canceled the registration. … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to order the removal of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s name from ballots in Wisconsin and Michigan. Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed former President Donald Trump. But election officials in Wisconsin and Michigan rebuffed Kenne … | Continue reading
The Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania came to the Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to block a ruling by Pennsylvania’s highest court requiring election boards to count provisional ballots submitted by voters whose mail-in ballots h … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a federal law intended to standardize anti-doping and safety regulations in horse racing to remain in place while a challenge to that law plays out. The conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in New Orleans,... The post J … | Continue reading
Virginia election officials on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a ruling by a federal judge that would bar them from reviving a program put in place in August by the state’s Republican governor intended to remove suspected noncitizens from the state’s voting rolls.... The … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Virginia Asks US Supreme Court to Allow Purge of Voter Rolls (Zoe Tillman, Bloomberg) Appeals court rejects Virginia’s request to continue its late.. … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: New York state can enforce many gun restrictions, US appeals court rules (Jonathan Stempel, Reuters) Voters Don’t Think US Supreme Court Can Be... Th … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Former Trump aides are asking for the Supreme Court’s help as their ex-boss eyes the White House (John Fritze, CNN) RFK Jr. asks... The post The mo … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaign (Mark Sherman & Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press) Court. … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Supreme Court Clean Air Fight Could Pry Disputes From Washington (Jennifer Hijazi & Shayna Greene, Bloomberg Law) A frustrated Supreme Court to look … | Continue reading
The justices on Monday added four new cases, involving the venue for challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s actions under the Clean Air Act and federal sentencing law, to its docket for the 2024-25 term. The justices also declined to take up a challenge to... The pos … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Supreme Court rejects Michael Cohen’s civil rights claim against Trump over tell-all book (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) Supreme Court rejects GOP state … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court’s December argument session will feature the challenge to Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors, as well as a case by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust seeking compensation for the seizure of the property by the Hungar … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken baby case after lawmakers’ last-minute appeal (Juan A. Lozano & Michael Graczyk, The Associated. … | Continue reading
This article was updated on Oct. 18 at 9:07 a.m. The Supreme Court on Thursday evening refused to stop the execution of Robert Roberson, who was scheduled to be killed by lethal injection in Texas Thursday night for the 2002 death of his two-year-old daughter,... The post Supreme … | Continue reading
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. On Monday’s order list, the Supreme Court didn’t do much to clear out the relisted cases. The court denied review.. … | Continue reading
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu discusses City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, in which the court is considering whether the Environmental Protection Agency violates the Clean Water Act when it imposes generic prohibitions in a permit for a city’s water discharges, wit … | Continue reading