The Supreme Court on Monday announced that it would add the case of a Michigan inmate convicted of premeditated murder to its docket for next term. The justices granted Brown v. Davenport, a petition filed by the state of Michigan on the standard for whether a constitutional error is “harmless” when a defendant is seeking… Read More
Justices throw out Trump Twitter case
Just under three months after former President Donald Trump was permanently banned from Twitter, the Supreme Court put an end to a legal battle over Trump’s personal Twitter account, throwing out a lower-court ruling against the former president and instructing that court to dismiss the case on the ground that it is moot – that… Read More
Court upholds FCC’s changes to media ownership rules
Update (April 1, 1:23 p.m.): This article has been updated with expanded analysis. The Supreme Court unanimously agreed on Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission could loosen restrictions on ownership of radio stations, television stations and newspapers. The justices rejected a challenge by public-interest and consumer-advocacy groups, which argued that the FCC had not adequately… Read More
Justices employ full-court press in dispute over college athlete compensation
With just a few days until college basketball begins its “Final Four” to crown the men’s and women’s champion, the attention at the Supreme Court on Wednesday turned to college sports. The spotlight was often harsh, with several justices openly criticizing the state of elite college sports – and, by extension, efforts by the National… Read More
Justices appear inclined to curb standing in credit-reporting class action
The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed to favor a middle-ground approach in a dispute over the rules that limit when consumers can bring class-action lawsuits against corporations. Some justices suggested that an 8,000-member class action against TransUnion, one of the country’s three major credit-reporting companies, should be significantly narrowed — but not tossed out entirely…. Read More
Amid March Madness, antitrust dispute over college athlete compensation comes to the court
This weekend the National Collegiate Athletic Association will host its storied “Final Four” to determine the champions of the men’s and women’s Division I basketball tournaments. But first the NCAA will be in a different high court on Wednesday: the U.S. Supreme Court, which will hear oral argument in an antitrust challenge by college basketball… Read More
Justices return to standing after Spokeo
Nearly five years ago, the Supreme Court decided Spokeo v. Robins, the case of a Virginia man who alleged that an internet database company violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act when it published inaccurate information about him. The justices ruled that to have standing – that is, a legal right to sue – it is… Read More
Justices to decide whether Kentucky attorney general can defend abortion law
The Supreme Court on Monday morning again postponed a decision on whether it will review a controversial Mississippi anti-abortion law, but the court indicated it will take up a procedural issue in a separate case on a Kentucky anti-abortion law. In an order list from the justices’ private conference on Friday, the justices took no… Read More
Court sets May argument on sentencing reductions for crack-cocaine offenses
For the second year in a row, the Supreme Court will take the rare step of hearing oral argument in May. But this time the cause is not the COVID-19 pandemic, as it was last year, but instead the Biden administration’s change in position in Terry v. United States. In a brief order on Thursday,… Read More
Justices will decide whether to reinstate death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber
Nearly eight years after two homemade bombs detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring hundreds of others, the Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would review the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was sentenced to death for his role in the 2013 bombings. The U.S. Court of… Read More