The Annual: OT2017 in Review
Its the second-ever First Mondays annual! Leah* joins an episode devoted to looking back on OT2017, even with so many possibilities for the courts future. That includes another round of First Mondays superlatives — and no spoilers, but Justice Elena Kagan didnt win them all (although she came up in almost every category). After the best and the worst of OT2017, from cases ranging fromSessionsv.DimayatoOrtizv.United StatestoGillv.WhitfordtoNIFLAv.BecerratoHustedv.A. Philip Randolph Institute(and more!), a brief word about some things to watch for in OT2018.
Special thanks to Matt Farley ofMotern Mediafor yet another perfect song to cap the term.
*Read her tribute, “Justice Kennedy’s Counter-Clerks,” here.
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Cases: Sessions v. Dimaya, Cox v. United States, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, Gill v. Whitford, Ortiz v. United States, Sveen v. Melin, Carpenter v. United States, Class v. United States, Artis v. District of Columbia, McCoy v. Louisiana, Dalmazzi v. United States, Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, United States v. Microsoft Corp., Kisela v. Hughes, South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc., Tharpe v. Sellers, Trump v. Hawaii