Most Court-watchers’ attention last Thursday was devoted to the oral argument in Trump v. Anderson (No. 23-719), where candidate Trump seeks to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court’s recent decision barring him from that state’s primary ballot on the ground that he “engaged in insurrection” in and around January 6, 2021. So, they can be forgiven for missing the Court’s first two real decisions of
Read More Murray v. UBS Securities, Inc. (No. 22-660), Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz (No. 22-846)
Supreme Court Updates
Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer (No. 22-429)
Posted in OT23, Supreme Court Updates
On Tuesday, the Court issued its first decision of the term: Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer (No. 22-429). This was set to be a significant decision on the standing of so-called “testers”—individuals who file lawsuits against businesses whose websites are not ADA compliant even if they don’t have genuine plans to patronize the businesses in question. But we’ll have to wait for an answer…
Read More Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer (No. 22-429)A Look Ahead at October Term 2023
Posted in OT23, Supreme Court Updates
It’s the first Monday of October, which means The Nine are back in action, and so are we. As we have for the past two decades or so, we’ll be summarizing each of the Court’s decisions throughout October Term 2023. But since the opinions won’t start to roll out until around December, we thought we’d tide you over with a preview of some of the…
Read More A Look Ahead at October Term 2023Biden v. Nebraska (No. 22-506), Department of Education v. Brown (No. 22-535), United States v. Texas (No. 22-58)
Posted in OT22, Supreme Court Updates
- Biden v. Nebraska (No. 22-506) and Department of Education v. Brown (No. 22-535), where the Court held that some plaintiffs had standing to challenge the Biden Administration’s student-loan forgiveness plan (while others did not) and that the plan exceeded the Secretary of Education’s statutory
Samia v. United States (No. 22-196), Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. (No. 21-1043), United States v. Hansen (No. 22-179), Jones v. Hendrix (No. 21-857)
Posted in OT23, Supreme Court Updates
- Samia v. United States (No. 22-196), where a 6-3 Court rejected a defendant’s Confrontation Clause challenge to the Government’s use at trial of a co-defendant’s confession, which had been modified to refer to the defendant as the “other person”, a reference that in context, the
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (No. 21-476), Groff v. DeJoy (No. 22-174)
Posted in OT22, Supreme Court Updates
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)