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Chief Justice Roberts shot down Census citizenship question, but it’s not dead yet

Posted by Jared Samilow on June 30, 2019 31 Comments

Dept. of Commerce gets a do-over on its rationale, and may end up back before SCOTUS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KVqaIaeRpA

Supreme Court: No census citizenship question for now, need clarified agency explanation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2019 86 Comments

"In these unusual circumstances, the District Court was warranted in remanding to the agency, and we affirm that disposition."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUnT8IFTScA

Supreme Court rejects challenges to partisan gerrymandering

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2019 10 Comments

"partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJbUVbBdcIs

SCOTUS: 1925 Bladensburg ‘Peace Cross’ can stay on public land

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2019 34 Comments

Alito Majority Opinon: "The Religion Clauses of the Constitution aim to foster a society in which people of all beliefs can live together harmoniously, and the presence of the Bladensburg Cross on the land where it has stood for so many years is fully consistent with that aim."

ConCensus: Supreme Court looks likely to uphold Census citizenship question

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2019 61 Comments

Clear ideological divide apparent in Supreme Court oral argument -- Read the highlighted transcript.

Big win for Trump in Supreme Court on detention of criminal aliens after release from custody

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2019 26 Comments

9th Circuit reversed. Criminal alien does not become exempt from mandatory detention after release from criminal custody just because DHS does not take him into immigration custody immediately.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/justices.aspx

Supreme Court stays Louisiana anti-abortion law, Roberts sides with liberals

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2019 53 Comments

"JUSTICE THOMAS, JUSTICE ALITO, JUSTICE GORSUCH, and JUSTICE KAVANAUGH would deny the application."

Chief Justice Roberts is the new Swing Vote, or worse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2018 58 Comments

Roberts joins liberal Justices in denying Trump request for stay of lower court ruling halting new asylum process. An ominous sign.

Supreme Court Declines Cases That Would Allow States to Block Planned Parenthood From Medicaid Funding

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 10, 2018 21 Comments

Justice Clarence Thomas not thrilled: "Some tenuous connection to a politically fraught issue does not justify abdicating our judicial duty."

Mandatory Bar Association dues for political activity may go the way of similar union dues – away

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 03, 2018 17 Comments

In Fleck v. Wetch, Supreme Court vacates judgment supporting mandatory dues and remands for consideration in light of Janus union dues decision.

Brett Kavanaugh Receives Standing Ovation at Federalist Society Convention

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 16, 2018 6 Comments

His first public appearance

SCOTUS Rules in Janus v. AFSCME That Public Sector Unions Cannot Make Non-Members Pay Dues

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 27, 2018 67 Comments

Forcing them to pay "violates the free speech rights of nonmembers by compelling them to subsidize private speech on matters of substantial public concern."

SCOTUS upholds power of states to force internet retailers to collect sales tax

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2018 41 Comments

The taxman cometh - States can force online retailers to collect sales tax for them.

Conservative majority scorches Sotomayor’s “scorching” dissent in Ohio voting rolls case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2018 94 Comments

Sotomayor's "dissent says nothing about what is relevant in this case—namely, the language of the NVRA

DOJ won’t defend Obamacare mandate – unlike Obama-Holder shift on DOMA there’s a reasonable legal basis

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2018 11 Comments

DOJ argues change in legislation renders Supreme Court precedent on individual mandate no longer applicable. Compare to Obama-Holder DOJ shift on DOMA for political reasons.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Law That Banned Sports Gambling

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 14, 2018 16 Comments

"Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each State is free to act on its own."

Pennsylvania Republicans file federal lawsuit to stop PA Sup Ct court-imposed redistricting

Posted by Jared Samilow on February 22, 2018 9 Comments

Allege violation of federal Constitution Elections Clause for new map that is more friendly to Democrats than Democrats proposed.

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