On Monday the Court granted four new cases and issued opinions in  five cases: Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona; Salinas v. Texas; FTC v. Actavis; Alleyne v. United States; Maracich v. Spears.

We expect opinions again on Thursday at 10 a.m. We will begin live blogging around 9:00 on Thursday.

• Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
  Affirmative action
• Shelby County v. Holder
  Constitutionality of Section 5 of Voting Rights Act
• Hollingsworth v. Perry
  California's definition of marriage and the Equal Protection Clause
• United States v. Windsor
  Constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act
• Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.
  Natural genes are not patentable; synthetic genes are.

Conference of June 20

• Wilson v. Flaherty Habeas challenge to sex offender registrations
• Samantar v. Yousuf Common law immunity for foreign officials acting on behalf of foreign states
• Pruitt v. Nova Health Systems Constitutionality of state law requiring pre-abortion ultrasounds
• Lozano v. Alvarez Return of an abducted child under the Hague Convention

More Petitions »

• Pruitt v. Nova Health Systems
  Constitutionality of state law requiring pre-abortion ultrasounds
• Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Arkison
  Bancrupcy court jurisdiction based on "implied consent" of litigants
• Environmental Protection Agency v. EME Homer City Generation
  States' regulation of interstate air pollution contributions under the Clean Air Act
• National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning
  Constitutionality of President's recess appointments to NRLB
• Mulhall v. Unite Here Local 355
  Rights under the Labor-Management Relations Act

• Salinas v. Texas The privilege against self-incrimination must be expressly invoked.
• Maracich v. Spears Lawyers’ not permitted access to private driver’s license records for use in preparing lawsuits.
• Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis Antitrust and pharmaceutical “reverse payments”
• Arizona v. The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters is preempted by federal law.
• Alleyne v. United States Juries must find facts that increase mandatory minimum sentences.

• Same-Sex Marriage
• Gene Patenting
• Voting Rights Act
  
• Fisher (Affirmative Action)