SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It is the first day the court has welcomed the general public into the courtroom since early 2020. Besides the Supreme Court “ hard pass ” holders who could attend in person last year, we are now joined by some “day pass” reporters, including some who cover the court regularly but for one reason or another do not have hard passes.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 25, 2022

Share The Supreme Court is poised to decide yet another case involving one of the many federal statutes that govern the nation’s railroads and railworkers. The court will hear argument on Monday in LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company , a case about the scope of the Locomotive Inspection Act.

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At the Lectern

JULY 25, 2024

There were no straight grants at yesterday’s Supreme Court conference , but several justices weren’t happy about that. Four different members of the court dissented from various denials of petitions for review. The court just barely denied review in People v. The court just barely denied review in People v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

States such as Ohio, Virginia, Illinois, California, Florida Georgia , Texas, Arizona, and Oregon have emerged as major data center hubs and are now faced with the challenge of upgrading their grids to bring more electricity to them. In this regard, the Supreme Court of Ohio has held that R.C.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Since our last installment , the Supreme Court has continued slowly chipping away at the still-sizable number of lingering relists from the end-of-summer “long conference.” United States.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 20, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. With just a few weeks left before the Supreme Court’s summer recess, and with only the October and November argument sittings filled, the court has switched into high gear. Circuit and the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 28, 2025

The states California, along with Massachusetts, New Jersey, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York, and Wisconsin challenged the termination of the grants in federal court in Massachusetts. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 6, 2025

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Courts landmark 2022 gun-rights ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. In August 2021, a federal district court upheld the states license requirement.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court cleared out quite a bit of its backlog of relisted cases at last week’s conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The defendant’s actual conduct is irrelevant.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Two relists involve free exercise cases that the court held while it was reviewing Fulton v. City of Philadelphia , which the court decided on June 17. When the court requests the views of the U.S.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

But that hasn’t stopped some from promoting his methods and even deploying 911 call analysis in court to win convictions. She said she disguised 911 call analysis in court by “getting creative … without calling it ‘science.’”. “I Searches for 911 call analysis in national court dockets come up virtually empty too.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

from a duplex in the heart of Decatur, Illinois. In the coming weeks, ProPublica will reveal the origins of 911 call analysis and the local, state and federal agencies that foster it, despite a consensus among experts that its application is scientifically baseless. “I can’t,” Logan replied, inhaling sharply to force the words out.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 2, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday added five new cases – two of which will be argued together – to its docket for the 2024-25 term. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld the law. As the case comes to the Supreme Court, the dispute centers on the proper test to determine the law’s constitutionality.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. At last week’s conference, the Supreme Court had 472 petitions and applications before it – including three new relists, which yielded (so far) zero grants. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court cleared out some old relists in the last few order lists. The court denied review in Smith v. A short explanation of relists is available here. Another major target is the FCC.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2024

Share The justices agreed to take up a Clean Water Act case brought by San Francisco against the Environmental Protection Agency in a scheduled list of orders on Tuesday. As the case comes to the Supreme Court, Medrano contended that the use of his statements violated his rights under Miranda v. Nike has denied any wrongdoing.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

And that makes these false police reports regrettably a manifestation of our age of failing to confront the disconnect between the text and history of the Second Amendment and the lazy ahistorical interpretation of this Supreme Court.” Once again, I am very thankful for the effort of all of these agencies in bringing this case.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has relisted for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is continuing to work through its relisted cases. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit invalidating a system of subsidies for rural and low-income broadband service. But the U.S.

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JURIST

MARCH 28, 2025

US President Donald Trump’s administration asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to vacate an order by a district court that reinstated federal grants to address teacher shortages. The respondents included the states of California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York, and Wisconsin.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 7, 2021

As a compromise, the commission was formed and consisted of 15 members : five Supreme Court justices and five members from each chamber of Congress. However, in a move that seemed calculated to secure his vote for Tilden, the Illinois legislature then moved to appoint the independent, Justice David Davis , to the Senate.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has relisted for its upcoming conference. A group of states brought suit in a federal district court in Kentucky, challenging the constitutionality of the HISA and its funding mechanism. The district court dismissed both claims.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 27, 2025

The challenging states went to federal court in Massachusetts in early March, alleging that universities and nonprofits in their states had received grants through the programs, and that the termination of the grants violated the federal law governing administrative agencies. After a hearing on March 10, U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 30, 2020

Public agencies are doing their part by closing offices to the public, canceling or postponing hearings, and shifting services and proceedings to virtual formats. Illinois has suspended the legal requirement that members of a public body must be physically present to assemble, as well as restrictions on remote participation.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has relisted for its upcoming conference. Its been a big few days for the Supreme Court working through its backlog of relisted cases. Hawaii , the court denied review of a Second Amendment challenge to Hawaiis handgun-licensing scheme.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Share On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a dispute over whether a group of states, led by Arizona, can defend a contentious Trump-era immigration policy known as the “public charge” rule after the Biden administration declined to do so. immigration court. immigration court.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. The court dispensed with the cities’ three primary arguments for remanding the cases. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 107.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. After going two conferences without any new relists, the Supreme Court ended the relist drought this week with a vengeance. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to lift those orders while they appealed.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The US Department of Justice sued the state of Illinois, Governor J.B. The primary legal justification the DOJ cites against the Illinois laws springs from the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. . As a result, many cities and states across the US have adopted “ sanctuary city ” policies similar to Illinois.

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Above The Law

MAY 27, 2025

Highlights from Last Week – Top Fifteen Headlines #1 Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and the Court of Public Opinion. Under the American Bar Associations Model Rule 3.6 , lawyers are obliged to refrain from out-of-court public statements that are likely to have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

Share On Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Biden v. immigration court. In March 2020, the court allowed the Trump administration to begin enforcing the policy after a federal district judge in California blocked it. In October 2020, the Supreme Court agreed to review a ruling by the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Louisiana Federal Court Blocked Biden Administration “Pause” on New Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Supreme Court seeking review of the D.C. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. FEATURED CASE. The company argued that the D.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Share The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Wednesday in a case involving whether a group of states can defend a contentious Trump-era immigration policy known as the “public charge” rule after the Biden administration refused to do so. After nearly 90 minutes of debate in Arizona v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 13, 2025

On May 15, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the federal governments efforts to be able to generally implement President Trumps executive order ending birthright citizenship the guarantee of citizenship to virtually everyone born in the United States. What happened in the lower courts? How many cases are there?

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 30, 2025

Under new leadership appointed by the Trump administration, federal agencies have weakened key regulations meant to protect the economy from the financial harms of climate change. Judge Kacsmaryk in the Northern District of Texas had affirmed this rule in a decision on remand, following the Supreme Courts Loper Bright opinion.

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