Friday round-up
on Mar 27, 2015 at 6:38 am
Briefly:
- On Wednesday, the Court heard oral arguments in the challenge to an EPA rule that restricts the release of mercury and other pollutants from power plants. Writing for The Economist, Steven Mazie recaps the issues in the case and the oral argument.
- In an interview at the blog of the Harvard Law and Policy Review, Virginia Solicitor General Stuart Raphael discusses the amicus brief that his state filed in the challenges to state bans on same-sex marriage.
- At Cato at Liberty, Walter Olson weighs in on Wednesday’s opinion in Young v. United Parcel Service, in which the Court sent the case of a female UPS driver who became pregnant back to the lower court for it to reconsider its ruling.
- At the blog of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Lisa Soronen looks at Wednesday’s opinion in the Alabama redistricting cases, in which the Court sent a Republican plan for state legislative districts back to the lower court for further consideration.
- At Slate, Cristian Farias discusses Monday’s oral argument in City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan, in which the Court is considering the duties that law enforcement officers owe to the mentally disabled and ill under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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