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Long before he became Chief, John Roberts quipped that “[o]nly Supreme Court justices and schoolchildren are expected to and do take the entire summer off.” Right now, the Justices are in the midst of a multi-week Christmas vacation that would make most school children green with envy. But we’re not complaining, as we’ve got some catching up to do. Last week, the
Read More Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens (13-719) and Heien v. North Carolina (13-604)
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We’re back with summaries of the first signed decisions of the term, Warger v. Shauers (13-517) on whether Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) precludes juror testimony during a proceeding in which a party seeks to secure a new trial on the ground that another juror lied during voir dire (yep), and Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk (13-433), on whether warehouse workers
Read More Warger v. Shauers (13-517), Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk (13-433) and Order List
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Another week, another summary reversal (the fourth in a row to start the Term). This time, the Ninth Circuit was back in the line of fire with Glebe v. Frost (14-95), a habeas appeal concerning the difference between structural error and harmless error, and what counts as “clearly established Federal law.” Once again, the Supreme Court chastised the Ninth Circuit for
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We’re back with decisions two and three of OT14 (did you already forget about Lopez v. Smith?) as well as last week’s news of cert petitions granted and likely to be granted.
Police officers had a good day today, prevailing both as plaintiffs and defendants in two cases involving Section 1983. In Carroll v. Carman (14-212) the Court confronted a question
Read More Carroll v. Carman (14-212), Johnson v. City of Shelby (13-1318) and Order List
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The term has barely started and already we’ve got some catching up to do. Who knew the Court would take so many consequential actions, with so few words to explain them, so early in the term? In this update, we’ll cover the Court’s recent foray into voting rights and abortion rights, before turning to yesterday’s cert grants.
The big news over the
…and welcome back! While some of you may still be pondering/celebrating/cursing last term’s Hobby Lobby finale, time and the Nine march on. The October 2014 Term officially kicked off this morning with a bang (well, two, if we’re also counting the sound of Scott Harris’s gavel).
The Court this morning released orders from its September 29th “Long Conference,” where the 2000-odd cert petitions that
Read More Order List 10/6/14