Every post published in December 2016, most recent first.
Briefly: At PovertyLaw, Gary Smith and colleagues review last term’s Supreme Court cases “implicating federal court ‘access,'” including decisions involving appealability of administrative actions, standing, attorney fees, arbitration and class actions.
Briefly: At Lawfare, Steve Vladeck discusses Hernandez v. Mesa, an upcoming case involving liability for a cross-border shooting, arguing that “if a rogue border patrol agent’s unjustified and unauthorized shooting of an unarmed 15-year-old boy implicates national security simply because the
In its conference of January 6, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether Alabama’s advisory-jury death-sentencing scheme violates the Sixth Amendment; whether, in a means-of-execution suit, known and available alternatives are limited to those already provided in a
In the ABA Journal, Mark Walsh reports on the prospects for filling the Supreme Court vacancy in the new year, surveying the “reliably conservative names” on Donald Trump’s list of potential nominees.
Briefly: In The New York Times, Adam Liptak looks at Mickelson v. County of Ramsey, a pending cert petition challenging a Minnesota county’s imposition of “booking fees” on people who are arrested, even if no charges are ever filed, noting that an “unusual coalition of civil rights organizations,
John Elwood reviews the latest relists, with the musical assistance of a retired elf. Not that one. I’m dreaming of some slight relists Not like the ones we used to know Where petitions prevail and readers fail To gripe that we used this song before Our story begins late at night at the desk of a sour law clerk named Ebenezer Scotus.
The justices logged 174 events in the 2016 calendar year, seven of which took place in December. The Supreme Court justices had a light extracurricular schedule this December – with the exception of Justice Stephen Breyer, who remained active on the speaking circuit.
The Supreme Court released the argument calendar for the February sitting today. Over a two-week period, the justices will hear oral arguments in seven cases on five different days, beginning on Tuesday, February 21. (Monday, February 20 is a federal holiday.)
Yesterday the court released its argument calendar for the February sitting, which begins on Tuesday, February 21. Amy Howe reports on the schedule for this blog.
Lately, the Supreme Court seems to be sending a message to the lawyers who practice before it: Do not ask the court to grant review of an issue and then try to change the subject.