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Unless you’ve been in seclusion since yesterday, you likely have been inundated with news regarding the Court’s highly controversial campaign finance decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (08-205), which opened the doors to unrestricted spending by corporations and unions on advertisements supporting or attacking political candidates. I will give you the very short version now, with a deeper dive…

Read More Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (08-205), South Carolina v. North Carolina (138 Orig.), Kucana v. Holder (08-911), Wood v. Allen (08-9156), Presley v. Georgia (09-5270) and Wellons v. Hall (09-5731)

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I’m back to bring you recent Court orders, including eight cert grants in:

Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms (09-475), in which Monsanto seeks to challenge the imposition of a nationwide injunction against further planting of its genetically engineered crop, presents multiple questions for review relating to the standard for obtaining injunctive relief under the National Environmental Policy Act and the…

Read More Order List 1/27/2010
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The Court issued its final batch of opinions for the Term yesterday – and what a batch it was. The biggest case of the day – as measured by news coverage and the 185 pages of opinions it generated – was the Court’s decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools [PICS] v. Seattle School District No. 1 (05-908), in which a

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Read More Parents Involved in Community Schools [PICS] v. Seattle School District No. 1 (05-908), Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. (06-480)

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After a long, long, wait, the Court finally acted on the petition in Padilla v. Hanft (05-533), denying certiorari. As you probably remember, Padilla is a U.S. citizen who was arrested at Chicago O’Hare airport on a material witness warrant. When his court-appointed counsel moved to vacate the warrant, President Bush declared him an “enemy combatant” and ordered him moved into…
Read More Padilla v. Hanft (05-533)

Greetings Court fans!

Doesn’t it just seem like forever since we last met? The Court has finally emerged from its winter recess with a few cert grants and a per curiam opinion.

 

Of course, the big news is that last Friday, the Court granted cert in another “terrorism” case, Rumsfeld v. Padilla (03-1027). In this case, the Second Circuit held that the President cannot detain…

Read More Rumsfeld v. Padilla (03-1027), Illinois v. Fisher (03-374), and order list


As expected, today the Court denied without comment the request by Terri Schiavo’s parents (04A825) for an order to reinsert her feeding tube. The order simply reads: “The application for stay of enforcement of judgment pending the filing and disposition of a petition for writ of certiorari presented to Justice Kennedy and by him referred to the Court is denied.” Schiavio’s parents applied for the

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Read More Terri Schiavo’s parents (04A825)