Court Court Decisions Stare Decisis 
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 23, 2021
Hochman fielded several questions about why the court should abandon a doctrine that the court has recognized for nearly a century. Morgan Ratner argued for the federal government, which filed its own friend-of-the-court brief but supported neither party. The post Doctrinal “dinosaur” or stare decisis?
The Crime Report
MAY 18, 2021
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v. That not only amounts to a reversal of a precedent set earlier by the Court, but is an “alarming” step back in protecting juveniles, say Arthur Ago and Rochelle Swartz of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. But the majority of the court unraveled this holding.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
JULY 30, 2024
Supreme Court struck down the Chevron doctrine in its recent decision in Relentless v. Facts of the Case The Supreme Court granted certiorari in the two cases to address whether Chevron U.S.A. Supreme Court’s Decision The Supreme Court expressly overruled Chevron. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. ,
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 22, 2021
Share The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to impose new restrictions on the ability of states to sentence juveniles to life without parole, rejecting a challenge from a Mississippi man, Brett Jones, who was convicted of the 2004 stabbing death of his grandfather, a crime committed when Jones was 15.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 5, 2023
On February 1, 2023, the Death Penalty Information Center reported that Andrus’ attorney, Gretchen Sween , told the Los Angeles Times that the latest Supreme Court denial left her client a “broken” man “careening toward the abyss.” In its June 2020 decision , the U.S.
Patently O
DECEMBER 11, 2022
This means that issues decided at the district or administrative court level can be binding on all other courts: district courts, administrative courts, appellate courts, and even the Supreme Court. District court decisions are not binding precedent because they are at the bottom.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 20, 2022
Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Cochran , the justices will decide whether federal district courts have the power to consider claims challenging the constitutionality of the commission’s administrative law proceedings. That’s all for this week.
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