Recent Decisions
Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (June 23, 2022)
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association., Inc. v. Bruen (June 23, 2022)
United States v. Taylor (June 21, 2022)
Attempted Hobbs Act robbery does not qualify as a “crime of violence” for purposes of enhanced sentencing under 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A) because no element of the offense requires proof that the defendant used, attempted to use, or threatened to use force.
Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita Inc. (June 21, 2022)
The Medicare Secondary Payer statute does not authorize disparate-impact liability; a benefits plan that offers all of its participants the same limited coverage for outpatient dialysis does not violate the statute.
Shoop v. Twyford (June 21, 2022)
A transportation order that allows a prisoner to search for new evidence is not “necessary or appropriate in aid of” a federal court’s adjudication of a habeas corpus action when the prisoner has not shown that the desired evidence would be admissible in connection with a claim for relief.
United States v. Washington (June 21, 2022)
Applying sovereign immunity, the Supreme Court invalidates a Washington law that discriminated against the federal government and its contractors at a particular federal site.
Carson v. Makin (June 21, 2022)
Maine’s “nonsectarian” requirement for otherwise generally available secondary school tuition assistance payments violates the Free Exercise Clause.
Latest Supreme Court News
The Major Supreme Court Decisions in 2022
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The Supreme Court Case That Could Doom U.S. Climate Goals
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The government’s power to tackle pollution is not the only question at stake in a potentially far-reaching lawsuit.
Conservatives Are Attempting a Broad Attack on Gay Rights and Culture
The New York Times,
Conservatives are launching a broad attack on gay rights and gay culture.
‘Patriotic and Honest Republicans’ Telling the Truth
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Readers praise the testimony of election officials and are appalled at attacks on them. Also: Election hypocrisy; a ruling on religion; Tolstoy in Ukraine; book browsing.
The Supreme Court Further Dismantles the Establishment Clause, Empowers Religious Parents to Obtain Taxpayer Funds for Sectarian Schools, and Ignores the Rights of the Children in Carson v. Makin
Justia's Verdict,
University of Pennylvania professor Marci A. Hamilton comments on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision earlier this week in Carson v. Makin, in which it held the Free Exercise Clause requires Maine to subsidize religious private schools because it subsidized non-religious private schools. Professor Hamilton argues that the decision further erodes the Establishment Clause and disregards the rights and needs of children.
Press Release
Supreme Court of the United States,
Yesterday, a news organization published a copy of a draft opinion in a pending case. Justices circulate draft opinions internally as a routine and essential part of the Court’s confidential deliberative work. Although the document described in yesterday’s reports is authentic, it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., provided the following statement: To the extent this betrayal...
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