Ask the authors: When “Machiavellian” is a compliment
The following is a series of questions on the occasion of the publication of Ronald Collins and David Skover’s “The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons” (Oxford University Press, 2017).
November 2017 Archive
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Thursday round-up
Yesterday the justices heard oral argument in Carpenter v. United States, which asks whether the government must obtain a warrant before obtaining cell-site-location information from cellphone service providers. Amy Howe has this blog‘s argument analysis, which first appeared at Howe on the Court.
Argument preview: Who should pay attorneys who win on behalf of prisoners?
Petitioner Chris Murphy was a prisoner at the Vandalia Correctional Center in Illinois, where respondents Robert Smith and Gregory Fulk were guards. One day in 2011, Murphy noticed some food and water on his assigned seat in the prison cafeteria and reported it to Smith.
Petitions to watch | Conference of December 1
In its conference of December 1, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether orders denying state-action immunity to public entities are immediately appealable under the collateral-order doctrine; whether Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado created a new constitutional claim;
Petitions of the day
The petitions of the day are: Sprint Communications Company, LP v. CenturyTel of Chatham, LLC 17-627 Issues: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit erred by rejecting the Federal Communications Commission’s determination that failure to pay a tariffed charge is not a violation of
Argument analysis: Justices frustrated by “gibberish” in statutes limiting state-court adjudication of securities class actions
The key word in today’s argument in Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund was “gibberish” – the characterization by several of the justices of the text Congress provided in the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998.
Argument analysis: Don’t just whistle while you work – Dodd-Frank whistleblowers may need to pucker up for the SEC
The backdrop Digital Realty Trust hired Paul Somers in 2010 and fired him in 2014, allegedly in retaliation for reporting to senior management that his supervisor had eliminated internal controls in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Wednesday round-up
This morning the justices will hear oral argument in a high-profile Fourth Amendment case, Carpenter v. United States, which asks whether the government must obtain a warrant before obtaining cell-site-location information from cellphone service providers. Amy Howe had this blog’s preview.
Argument analysis: Drawing a line on privacy for cellphone records, but where?
The Supreme Court heard oral argument this morning in an important privacy-rights case. The defendant in the case, Timothy Carpenter, was convicted and sentenced to 116 years in prison for his role in a series of armed robberies in Michigan and Ohio.
Argument transcript
The transcript in Carpenter v. United States is available on the Supreme Court’s website.