Arizona Court Rules Statute 
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 23, 2022
Share Two men on Arizona’s death row are not entitled to present new evidence in federal court to support their arguments that their trial lawyers bungled their cases, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 6-3 decision. In an opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court sided with Arizona. “[O]nly
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 9, 2021
As Roberts put it, what should the court do in a situation where “the plain language” of a statute “seems to require one result,” while “the plainly logical meaning of a subsequent precedent” seems to require the opposite? The question raised in Shinn v. Kavanaugh shot back, “Assuming we don’t do that, what’s your next answer?”.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
The primary issue in both cases is whether the Court should reverse its decision in Grutter v. Below is a brief summary of the other cases before the Court: Cruz v. University of North Carolina, which are poised to determine the role of affirmative action in college admissions. Bollinger , 539 U.S. 306 (2003).
JURIST
AUGUST 21, 2024
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a 200-word description of a ballot initiative to enshrine a right to abortion in the state’s constitution was valid and determined voters would see the initiative on the statewide general election ballot.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
In both cases, the targets of agency proceedings want to challenge the legitimacy of those proceedings right away in federal court, rather than having to await the outcomes of long-running administrative processes before getting their day in court. The general federal jurisdiction statute ( 28 U.S.C.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 4, 2022
McDonough , a case that the court already rescheduled seven times last term, and which involves the construction of a statute providing disability pay for members of the military. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, by a divided vote , deferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs construction of the statute under Chevron U.S.A.,
SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
On Friday, the justices agreed to decide whether the Nollan / Dolan test applies to a California man’s challenge to a development fee, or whether – as a California appeals court ruled – the fee is instead immune from such review because it was authorized by legislation. A federal appeals court ruled that Fikre’s case was not moot.
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