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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

Court ponders constitutionality of disparate fees in business bankruptcy cases

In a dispute over the meaning of a procedural rule, justices seem settled: “Mistake” means “mistake”

Justices invoke practical considerations, legislative expectations, and more in veterans’ benefits case

The morning read for Thursday, April 21

The morning read for Wednesday, April 20

Justices wrestle with mootness and intergovernmental immunity in Hanford workers’ comp case

Can you sue the police for Miranda violations? Court will wrestle with rules, rights, and remedies for wrongs.

Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

Court ponders constitutionality of disparate fees in business bankruptcy cases

In a dispute over the meaning of a procedural rule, justices seem settled: “Mistake” means “mistake”

Justices invoke practical considerations, legislative expectations, and more in veterans’ benefits case

The morning read for Thursday, April 21

The morning read for Wednesday, April 20

Justices wrestle with mootness and intergovernmental immunity in Hanford workers’ comp case

Can you sue the police for Miranda violations? Court will wrestle with rules, rights, and remedies for wrongs.

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The court released opinions in five cases: Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, United States v. Vaello Madero, Brown v. Davenport, Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, and City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin.

By Angie Gou on April 21 at 12 a.m.

On Thursday, April 21, we live blogged as the court released five opinions.

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By John Elwood on April 20 at 10:09 a.m.

A regular round-up of “relisted” petitions. This week: two new relists on personal jurisdiction, one on the First Amendment, and one on “crimes of violence.”

By Ronald Mann on April 20 at 9:57 a.m.

In Siegel v. Fitzgerald, the justices contemplated what it means to have “uniform” bankruptcy laws throughout the nation.

By Ronald Mann on April 20 at 9:51 a.m.

In Kemp v. United States, the court appeared poised to favor a plain-language interpretation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b).

Amy talks to Professor Nicole Stelle Garnett and supervising attorney John Meiser of the Religious Liberty Clinic at Notre Dame Law School about the amicus brief the clinic filed in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. The brief calls on the court to address and throw out the “endorsement test.”

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By Anita Krishnakumar on Apr 21, 2022 at 9:38 am

The justices on Tuesday delved into a dispute that may seem abstract: How should the “clear and unmistakable error” standard apply when military veterans seek to overturn certain decisions that denied them disability benefits? But during 75 minutes of oral argument in George v. McDonough, the practical consequences of the case — both for individual veterans and the agency that processes millions of benefits claims — loomed large.

By James Romoser on Apr 21, 2022 at 9:23 am

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com.

Here’s the Thursday morning read:

Supreme Court Debates Whether Miranda Warnings Are a Constitutional Right (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Kagan Raises SCOTUS ‘Legitimacy’ Concerns in Miranda Case (Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal)
The Supreme Court Confirmation Process Needs Switching Up (Tyler Cooper, Bloomberg Law)
After Supreme Court Win, the Navy Has Reassigned Destroyer Skipper Who Refused Vaccine (Konstantin Toropin, Military.com)
Ginni Thomas also texted Meadows about another friend who shared election fraud conspiracy theories (Katelyn Polantz & Andrew Kaczynski, CNN)

By James Romoser on Apr 20, 2022 at 10:16 am

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com.

Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

How the Supreme Court’s conservatives influenced the ruling against the CDC mask requirement (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
Biden Signs Jackson’s Supreme Court Commission Early in Unusual Move (Greg Stohr & Jordan Fabian, Bloomberg)
A new look at Miranda rights (Lyle Denniston, Lyle Denniston Law News)
Biden asks Supreme Court for OK to scrap Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy on asylum-seeking migrants (Todd J. Gillman, The Dallas Morning News)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Art and Personal Mementos Are Up for Sale in Two Auctions (Bryan Hood, Robb Report)

By Michael C. Duff on Apr 20, 2022 at 9:46 am

It might not be easy to get to the merits of United States v. Washington. A funny thing happened on the way to oral argument: The state of Washington modified the 2018 workers’ compensation law at the center of the case, raising the prospect that there is no longer a live dispute for the justices to resolve.

The state’s old law, H.B. 1723, was aimed at federal contract workers who got sick after helping clean up the Hanford nuclear site in southern Washington. It created a presumption that certain conditions suffered by those workers were “occupational diseases.” The new law, S.B. 5890, expanded the presumption beyond federal workers; the presumption now applies to “all personnel working at a radiological hazardous waste facility.” Because the merits of the case concern whether Washington can constitutionally discriminate against federal contractors by utilizing a causation standard making it easier for those employees to obtain workers’ compensation awards (with the federal government as de facto self-insurer of the awards), a problem of mootness arose. Discrimination — if that is what it was — ceased to exist as soon as the new law took effect on March 11, 2022.

By Lenese Herbert on Apr 19, 2022 at 1:10 pm

Miranda v. Arizona is one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions in American criminal procedure. Mirandaanswered the question, “does the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination extend to the police interrogation of a suspect?” with a resounding “yes” and required that an individual held for interrogation must be informed – nay, warned — that they have the right to remain silent, consult with a lawyer, and have the lawyer with them during governmental interrogation.

April 2021

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 today_at_the_court On Thursday, the court released opinions in Facebook v. Duguid, FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project and Florida v. Georgia. The justices met for their April 1 conference.	2	3
4	5 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the April 1 conference and an opinion in Google v. Oracle. Orders orders Opinions opinions	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16 today_at_the_court On Friday, the justices met for their April 16 conference. The court will release orders from that conference on Monday at 9:30 a.m. Conference private_conferences	17 today_at_the_court On Friday, the justices met for their April 16 conference. The court will release orders from that conference on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
18 today_at_the_court On Friday, the justices met for their April 16 conference. The court will release orders from that conference on Monday at 9:30 a.m.	19 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the April 16 conference. The justices also heard oral argument in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation and Sanchez v. Mayorkas. Orders orders Yellen v. Chehalis Reservation (20-543) oral_arguments Sanchez v. Mayorkas (20-315) oral_arguments	20 today_at_the_court On Tuesday, the court heard oral argument in Greer v. U.S. and U.S. v. Gary. Greer v. US (19-8709) oral_arguments US v. Gary (20-444) oral_arguments	21 today_at_the_court On Wednesday, the court heard oral argument in San Antonio v. Hotels.com and Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc. San Antonio v. Hotels.com (20-334) oral_arguments Minerva Surgical v. Hologic (20-440) oral_arguments	22 today_at_the_court On Thursday, the court released opinions in Jones v. Mississippi, Carr v. Saul and AMG Capital Management v. Federal Trade Commission. Opinions opinions	23 today_at_the_court On Friday, the justices will meet for their April 23 conference. The court will release orders from that conference on Monday at 9:30 a.m. Conference private_conferences	24
25	26 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court issued orders from the April 23 conference. The justices granted three new cases for oral argument next term and asked the federal government to file briefs sharing its views in two other cases. The court also heard oral argument in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta and Guam v. United States. Orders orders Americans for Prosperity v. Becerra (19-251) oral_arguments Guam v. US (20-382) oral_arguments	27 today_at_the_court On Tuesday, the justices will hear argument in HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining v. Renewable Fuels Association and U.S. v. Palomar-Santiago. HollyFrontier Refining v. Renewable Fuels Assoc. (20-472) oral_arguments US v. Palomar-Santiago (20-437) oral_arguments	28 today_at_the_court On Wednesday starting at 10 a.m., the justices will hear oral argument in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. and PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey. Mahanoy School District v. B.L. (20-255) oral_arguments PennEast Pipeline v. New Jersey (19-1039) oral_arguments	29 today_at_the_court On Thursday, the court released its opinion in Niz-Chavez v. Garland. Opinions opinions	30 today_at_the_court On Friday, the justices will meet for their April 30 conference. The court will issue orders from that conference on Monday at 9:30 a.m. Conference private_conferences

May 2021

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						1 today_at_the_court On Friday, the justices will meet for their April 30 conference. The court will issue orders from that conference on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
2 today_at_the_court On Friday, the justices will meet for their April 30 conference. The court will issue orders from that conference on Monday at 9:30 a.m.	3 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the April 30 conference. The justices did not add any new cases to their merits docket for next term. Orders orders	4 today_at_the_court On Tuesday, the justices heard oral argument in Terry v. United States. Terry v. United States (20-5904) oral_arguments	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13 Conference private_conferences	14 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the May 13 conference and opinions in Caniglia v. Strom, Edwards v. Vannoy, BP v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and CIC Services v. IRS.	15 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the May 13 conference and opinions in Caniglia v. Strom, Edwards v. Vannoy, BP v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and CIC Services v. IRS.
16 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the May 13 conference and opinions in Caniglia v. Strom, Edwards v. Vannoy, BP v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and CIC Services v. IRS.	17 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the May 13 conference and opinions in Caniglia v. Strom, Edwards v. Vannoy, BP v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and CIC Services v. IRS. Orders orders Opinions opinions	18	19	20 Conference private_conferences	21 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the May 20 conference, and opinions in United States v. Palomar-Santiago and Guam v. United States.	22 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the May 20 conference, and opinions in United States v. Palomar-Santiago and Guam v. United States.
23 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the May 20 conference, and opinions in United States v. Palomar-Santiago and Guam v. United States.	24 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the May 20 conference, and opinions in United States v. Palomar-Santiago and Guam v. United States. Orders orders Opinions opinions	25	26	27 today_at_the_court On Thursday, the court issued its decision in San Antonio v. Hotels.com. The justices will also meet for their May 27 conference. Conference private_conferences Opinions opinions	28 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court will be closed for Memorial Day. On Tuesday, the court will issue orders from the May 27 conference at 9:30 a.m., followed by opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term starting at 10 a.m.	29 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court will be closed for Memorial Day. On Tuesday, the court will issue orders from the May 27 conference at 9:30 a.m., followed by opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term starting at 10 a.m.
30 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court will be closed for Memorial Day. On Tuesday, the court will issue orders from the May 27 conference at 9:30 a.m., followed by opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term starting at 10 a.m.	31 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court will be closed for Memorial Day. On Tuesday, the court will issue orders from the May 27 conference at 9:30 a.m., followed by opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term starting at 10 a.m. Memorial Day holidays

June 2021

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		1 today_at_the_court On Tuesday, the court released orders from the May 27 conference and opinions in Garland v. Dai and United States v. Cooley. Opinions opinions	2	3 today_at_the_court On Thursday, the court issued its decision in Van Buren v. United States. The justices will also meet for their June 3 conference. Conference private_conferences Opinions opinions	4	5
6	7 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the June 3 conference and its opinion in Sanchez v. Mayorkas. Orders orders Opinions opinions	8	9	10 today_at_the_court On Thursday, the court issued a decision in Borden v. United States. The justices also met for their June 10 conference. Conference private_conferences Opinions opinions	11	12
13	14 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the June 10 conference and opinions in Greer v. United States and Terry v. United States. Orders orders Opinions opinions	15	16	17 today_at_the_court On Thursday, the court released opinions in California v. Texas, Fulton v. Philadelphia and Nestlé USA Inc. v. Doe. Conference private_conferences Opinions opinions	18 Juneteenth holidays	19
20	21 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the June 17 conference and opinions in NCAA v. Alston, United States v. Arthrex and Goldman Sachs v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. Orders orders Opinions opinions	22	23 today_at_the_court On Wednesday, the court issued opinions in Mahanoy Area School District v. B. L., Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, Lange v. California and Collins v. Yellen. Opinions opinions	24 today_at_the_court On Thursday, the justices will meet for their June 24 conference. Conference private_conferences	25 today_at_the_court On Friday, the court issued opinions in TransUnion v. Ramirez, HollyFrontier Refining v. Renewable Fuels Association and Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. Opinions opinions	26
27	28 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court released orders from the June 24 conference. The justices added two cases to their merits docket for next term, and issued unsigned summary decisions in Lombardo v. St. Louis and Pakdel v. San Francisco. Orders orders	29 Opinions opinions today_at_the_court On Tuesday, the court released opinions in Minerva Surgical v. Hologic, Johnson v. Guzman Chavez and PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey. On Thursday, the court has announced that it will release the remaining opinions from the current term.	30 today_at_the_court On Thursday, the court released opinions in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee and Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta. The justices will also meet for conference. The court will issue orders from that conference on Friday at 9:30 a.m.

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November 2021

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
	1	2 Houston Community College Sys. v. Wilson (20-804) oral_arguments Badgerow v. Walters (20-1143) oral_arguments	3 New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen (20-843) oral_arguments	4	5 Conference private_conferences	6
7	8 Orders orders FBI v. Fazaga (20-828) oral_arguments Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. (20-915) oral_arguments	9 United States v. Vaello-Madero (20-303) oral_arguments Ramirez v. Collier (21-5592) oral_arguments	10 Austin v. Reagan National Advertising (20-1029) oral_arguments	11 Veterans Day holidays	12 Conference private_conferences	13
14	15 Orders orders	16	17	18	19 Conference private_conferences	20
21	22 Orders orders Opinions opinions	23	24	25 Thanksgiving Day holidays	26	27
28	29 Becerra v. Empire Health Fund (20-1312) oral_arguments	30 Cummings v. Premier Rehab (20-219) oral_arguments American Hospital Assn. v. Becerra (20-1114) oral_arguments

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March 2022

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		1	2 Egbert v. Boule (21-147) oral_arguments	3 Opinions opinions	4 Conference private_conferences Opinions opinions	5
6	7 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court will issue one or more opinions in argued cases from the current term starting at 10 a.m. Orders orders Opinions opinions	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18 Conference private_conferences	19
20	21 Orders orders Morgan V. Sundance, Inc. (21-328) oral_arguments Berger v. North Carolina State Conf. of NAACP (21-248) oral_arguments	22 Golan v. Saada (20-1034) oral_arguments	23 ZF Automotives US, Inc. V. Luxshare, Ltd. (21-401) oral_arguments	24 today_at_the_court On Thursday, the court will issue one or more opinions in argued cases from the current term starting at 10 a.m. Opinions opinions	25 Conference private_conferences	26
27	28 Orders orders Ledure v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (20-807) oral_arguments Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon (21-309) oral_arguments	29 Ledure v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (20-807) oral_arguments Torres v. Texas Dept. of Public Safety (20-603) oral_arguments	30 Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (20-1573) oral_arguments	31 Opinions opinions

April 2022

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					1 Conference private_conferences	2
3	4 Orders orders Opinions opinions	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14 Conference private_conferences	15	16
17	18 Orders orders United States v. Washington (21-404) oral_arguments Siegel v. Fitzgerald (21-441) oral_arguments	19 George v. McDonough (21-234) oral_arguments Kemp v. United States (21-5726) oral_arguments	20 Vega v. Tech (21-499) oral_arguments	21 Opinions opinions	22 Conference private_conferences	23
24	25 Orders orders Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dept. (21-418) oral_arguments Nance v. Ward (21-439) oral_arguments	26 Biden v. Texas (21-954) oral_arguments Shoop v. Twyford (21-511) oral_arguments	27 Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (21-429) oral_arguments	28	29 Conference private_conferences	30

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On Thursday, the court released opinions in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee and Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta.

The justices will also meet for conference. The court will issue orders from that conference on Friday at 9:30 a.m.

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today_at_the_court
On Friday, the court issued orders from the July 1 conference.

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