on Oct. 17 at 6:44 p.m.
The justices declined to halt the execution of Robert Roberson on Thursday evening. Roberson was prosecuted for the death of his two-year-old daughter based on shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis that has been questioned in the intervening years. Just before the court issued its order, a Texas judge temporarily blocked Roberson’s execution. The office of the state’s attorney general indicated that it intends to appeal that decision.
The Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, where Roberson was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday evening. (Mark via Flickr)
on Oct. 16 at 4:32 p.m.
The court on Wednesday turned down a handful of emergency appeals from states, energy companies, and fossil fuel industry groups, leaving in place an Environmental Protection Agency rule aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants while litigation continues in lower courts.
on Oct. 16 at 4:37 p.m.
At oral argument on Tuesday the justices were divided over whether a former commercial truck driver can sue the distributors of a CBD wellness product that caused him to fail a drug test and lose his job. Douglas Horn seeks to sue the company, whose product was marketed as THC free, under federal racketeering law for his “business injury.”
on Oct. 17 at 3:51 p.m.
A regular round-up of “relisted” petitions. This week: six newly relisted cases addressing New York’s rent regulations (again), Alaska’s political contribution rules, Louisiana’s congressional redistricting scheme, and California’s historically distinct role in air emissions regulation.
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu discusses City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, in which the court is considering whether the Environmental Protection Agency violates the Clean Water Act when it imposes generic prohibitions in a permit for a city’s water discharges, without specifying explicit standards for discharges.
Continue ReadingEach weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:
The court will hear oral arguments in Bufkin v. McDonough and San Francisco v. EPA today. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sent a challenge to a Pennsylvania law barring people 18- to 20-years-old from carrying guns back to the lower courts for another look in light of last term’s decision in United States v. Rahimi, in which the justices attempted to provide guidance for courts reviewing Second Amendment challenges to restrictions on gun rights. The announcement came on a list of orders from the justices’ private conference last week.
The justices did not add any new cases to their docket for the 2024-25 term.
In Paris v. Lara, Pennsylvania had appealed in a challenge to a state law that effectively bars 18- to 20-year-olds from openly carrying a gun when Pennsylvania has declared a state of emergency. In a decision issued in June 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit barred the state from enforcing the law, reasoning that the words “the people” in the Second Amendment “presumptively encompass all Americans, including 18-to-20-year-olds, and we are aware of no founding-era law that supports disarming people in that age group.”
Continue ReadingThe justices will hear oral arguments in Medical Marijuana v. Horn and Bouarfa v. Mayorkas this morning. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:
