Every post published in May 2011, most recent first.
Lawyers for Michigan challengers to the new health care law argue in new filings in the Sixth Circuit Court that the individuals are already feeling economic pressure from that law, so they should be allowed to go on with their case.
Commentary on, and analysis of, last week’s decisions in Whiting and Plata; the Justices in the news.
Live coverage of orders and opinions issued in argued cases.
The controversial anti-terrorism use of witness arrest warrants survives — but barely and perhaps only temporarily — a challenge in the Court. Half the Court questions the validity of the tactic.
The Court granted one case and issued opinions in two argued cases.
In United States v. Tinklenberg, the Court overruled two Sixth Circuit readings of the Speedy Trial Act but affirmed its ruling.
Significant dates in the upcoming week.
A federal judge in Virginia strikes down the century-old federal ban on corporate donations to candidates for President and Congress, saying this was foreshadowed by last year’s Citizens United ruling.
On Thursday, the Court issued its decision in the consolidated cases of Camreta v. Greene (No. 09-1454) and Alford v. Greene (No. 09-1478).
On Thursday, the Court issued its decision in Fowler v. United States (No. 10-5443).