Recent Decisions
Wooden v. United States (March 7, 2022)
For purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act a defendant's 10 prior convictions for burglary, arising from a single episode during which he unlawfully entered a one-building storage facility and stole items from 10 different storage units, did not constitute felonies “committed on occasions different from one another.”
United States v. Tsarnaev (March 4, 2022)
Supreme Court reinstates the death penalty imposed in the Boston Marathon bombing case.
Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga (March 4, 2022)
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 does not affect the availability or scope of the government privilege against court-ordered disclosure of state and military secrets.
Cameron v. EMW Women's Surgical Center, P. S. C. (March 3, 2022)
Supreme Court reverses the Sixth Circuit's denial of the Kentucky attorney general's motion to intervene in the appeal from an injunction barring enforcement of a law regulating abortion procedures.
Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L. P. (February 24, 2022)
The Copyright Act safe harbor rule does not distinguish between mistakes of law and mistakes of fact.
Latest Supreme Court News
Hawley Grills Jackson on Sentencing of Child Sex Abuse Defendant
The New York Times,
Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee for the Supreme Court, about her decision to give a sentence shorter than recommended to an 18-year-old for sharing images of child sexual abuse.
Watch Live: Day 2 of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing
The New York Times,
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court, answers questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Judge Jackson Speaks Forcefully on Public Safety and Terrorism
The New York Times,
In her first day of responding to senators’ questions, the judge gave few hints about her judicial philosophy but spoke forcefully about public safety and terrorism.
Justices will tackle discovery puzzle with high stakes for international commercial litigation
SCOTUSblog,
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear argument in two consolidated cases, ZF Automotive US Inc. v. Luxshare Ltd. and AlixPartners LLP v. The Fund for Protection of Investors’ Rights in Foreign States, that will allow it to finally resolve the issue of whether 28... The post Justices will tackle discovery puzzle with high stakes for international commercial litigation appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
Press Release Regarding Justice Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States,
Justice Clarence Thomas was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., on Friday evening after experiencing flu-like symptoms. He underwent tests, was diagnosed with an infection, and is being treated with intravenous antibiotics. His symptoms are abating, he is resting comfortably, and he expects to be released from the hospital in a day or two. Justice Thomas will participate in the consideration and discussion of any cases for which he is not present on the basis of the...
The Scope and Nature of the State Secrets Privilege
Justia's Verdict,
Cornell Law professor Michael C. Dorf comments on two cases the U.S. Supreme Court recently decided that involve the “state secrets privilege.” Professor Dorf argues that the cases demonstrate that the executive branch (regardless of whether the president is a Republican or a Democrat) will go as far as the courts allow with the public secrets privilege, so it falls to Congress to rein it in.
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