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Calendar: May 2012
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- Hall v. United States Capital gains tax on sale of farm by bankrupt owner.
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This Week at the Court
On Monday we expect orders from the May 17 Conference as well as opinions in argued cases. Our list of “Petitions to watch” for that Conference is here.
On Thursday, the Court will meet for its May 24 Conference. We also expect opinions on Thursday. Our list of “Petitions to watch” for the May 24 Conference will be available soon.
We will be live blogging on both Monday and Thursday beginning shortly before ten o’clock.
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See allUpcoming Petitions
- Clapper v. Amnesty International USA Standing to challenge Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- Howes v. Walker Standard of federal habeas review for state court factual determinations
- Latif v. Obama Presumption of accuracy of intelligence reports in Guantanamo habeas decisions
- Pickering v. Colorado Burden of proof for affirmative defenses in a criminal case
Conference of May 17
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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s Legacy
The lasting impact of a key Justice.
FCC v. Fox
Constitutionality of indecency ban in broadcast media
The Texas redistricting cases
Texas's new, legislatively enacted district maps, court-ordered interim maps, and the Voting Rights Act
Christmas and the Court
The Court's traditions and holdings regarding church and state.
Sackett v. EPA
Governmental enforcement of federal environmental laws against private property owners
Recent Community Comments
Excellent points, all, but I can't believe this current court will do anything but, per usual 5-4 decision, uphold the redistricting...
Elaine Snow on 4/5 at 1:32 amWhat you need to realize that is that the EPA should operate on macro level and admittedly they serve an important role. However when...
richard roper on 4/4 at 9:30 pmMy initial feeling is that since the government does licenses out the broadcast frequency it can say what will be said on them. The...
Rusty Shackleferd on 3/5 at 1:12 pmThe Justices made their opinions obvious in the case "FCC v. Fox Television Stations et. al." I understand that we know what the Judges...
Ramtin Rahmani on 3/5 at 2:10 amSome of the problems I have with these laws are ethically, I think that was a good law and the sale of those types of video games should...
Jade Bath on 3/5 at 1:06 am
