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We’re back with our final Update of OT22, covering a trio of decisions involving standing and challenges federal agencies’ authority:

… Read More Biden v. Nebraska (No. 22-506), Department of Education v. Brown (No. 22-535), United States v. Texas (No. 22-58)

In this installment, we bring you summaries of two cases that address accommodations for religious beliefs and practices without invoking either the Free Exercise or Establishment clauses of the First Amendment. In 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (No. 21-476), a 6-3 Court held that the Free Speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits Colorado from using its public-accommodations law to compel a Christian website…

Read More 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (No. 21-476), Groff v. DeJoy (No. 22-174)

As promised last week, we’re back today with a summary of Students for Fair Admission, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (No. 20-119), where a 6-3 Court held that Harvard’s and the University of North Carolina’s race-conscious admission policies violated the Equal Protection Clause. Given the case’s importance—to say nothing of the sheer volume of the opinions, concurrences, and dissents, which collectively…

Read More Students for Fair Admission, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (No. 20-119)

Today, the Supreme Court’s OT2022 term came to a close, with the issuance of its last three decisions:

  • 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (No. 21-476), where the Court held 6-3 that the First Amendment bars Colorado from using its public-accommodations law to require a website designer to create wedding websites for same-sex couples, because that would compel her to “speak” contrary to her personal
… Read More Moore v. Harper (No. 21-1271)

Today, on what is likely the penultimate day of the term, the Court issued three decisions, including one of the most watched cases of the term:

… Read More Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (No. 21-1168), Counterman v. Colorado (No. 22-138), Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski (No. 22-105)

This morning, the Court issued decisions in three of the most closely watched cases of the term:

  • In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railroad (No. 22-1168), the Court’s three most conservative justices united with its two most liberal ones to uphold a Pennsylvania statute providing that companies that register to do business in the state thereby consent to the Pennsylvania courts exercising general personal jurisdiction
… Read More Arizona v. Navajo Nation (No. 21-1484), Yegiazaryan v. Smagin (No. 22-381), Pugin v. Garland (No. 22-23)