The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning added two cases — one involving the Bank Secrecy Act, the other involving the government’s power to dismiss fraud claims — to its 2022-23 docket. In a list of orders from the justices’ private conference last week, the justices also turned down – over a dissent from Justice Clarence… Read More
A baker’s dozen remaining for the justices
With the release of five more decisions on Tuesday, June 21, the justices now have 13 cases left to release before they leave for their summer recess. Some of those as-yet-undecided cases are high-profile ones involving issues like abortion, gun rights, and religion, but the justices are also tackling important issues such as the “major… Read More
Court strikes down Maine’s ban on using public funds at religious schools
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Maine violated the Constitution when it refused to make public funding available for students to attend schools that provide religious instruction. The opinionby Chief Justice John Roberts was a broad ruling, making clear that when state and local governments choose to subsidize private schools, they must allow families… Read More
With two weeks left in June, 18 cases to go
The justices were busy last week, issuing 11 opinions in argued cases on topics ranging from international child custody to arbitration and Medicare reimbursement rates. With two weeks remaining in June, the court now had 18 left to decide. Some of those as-yet-undecided cases are high-profile ones involving issues like abortion, gun rights, and religion,… Read More
Justices broaden trial courts’ discretion in child-custody disputes under Hague Convention
The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave federal trial courts more discretion over whether children in some international custody disputes must be returned to their home countries. The unanimous decision in Golan v. Saada was the latest in a series of cases interpreting the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, an international… Read More
Justices decline to reach merits of conservative states’ attempt to revive public charge rule
The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out an effort by Arizona and 12 other states with Republican attorneys general to defend a contentious Trump-era immigration policy known as the “public charge” rule after the Biden administration refused to do so. In a brief unsigned ruling, the justices dismissed the case as “improvidently granted” – an… Read More
Cases on Clean Water Act and Voting Rights Act will headline October oral arguments
With two dozen cases from its 2021-22 term still undecided, the Supreme Court on Tuesday released the first argument calendar for its 2022-23 term. During the argument session that begins on Oct. 3, the justices will hear oral argument in important cases involving issues such as voting rights, the Clean Water Act, and a challenge… Read More
Court won’t review long-running case of Texas death-row prisoner, drawing dissent from liberal justices
Nearly two years to the day after sending the case of Texas death-row inmate Terence Andrus back to the Texas courts for another look, the Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to take up Andrus’ latest case. Justice Sonia Sotomayor (joined by the other two liberal justices) dissented from that decision, writing that “Andrus’ case… Read More
Court releases five opinions on Monday, with two dozen yet to come
The Supreme Court had a busy Monday morning, issuing five opinions in argued cases. The large tranche of opinions means that the justices have now issued 38 opinions, leaving 24 for the justices to release before they leave for their summer recess. Some of the 24 as-yet-undecided cases are high-profile ones involving issues like abortion,… Read More
With three weeks left in June, 29 cases remain undecided
The announcement that a California man armed with a gun and a knife had been arrested outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home and charged with attempted murder of a Supreme Court justice overshadowed the court’s release, earlier that day, of its decision in Egbert v. Boule, holding that an innkeeper on the U.S./Canada border cannot sue… Read More