Every post published in March 2018, most recent first.
The petitions of the day are: Northern Arapaho Tribe v. Wyoming 17-1159 Issue: Whether—when the Supreme Court has instructed that only Congress may diminish the boundaries of an Indian reservation, and only when its intent is clear and plain—Congress evinced a clear and plain intent in the 1905 Act to diminish the Wind River Reservation by nearly two-thirds simply by using language of cession.
Oyez has posted the aligned audio and transcripts from this week’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court. The court heard argument this week in: United States v. Sanchez-Gomez China Agritech v. Resh Hughes v. United States Koons v. United States Benisek v. Lamone
Court-watchers continue to report and comment on Wednesday’s oral argument in Benisek v. Lamone, a high-profile partisan-gerrymandering challenge by Republican voters to a Democratic-leaning congressional district in Maryland.
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard argument in Benisek v. Lamone, a high-profile partisan-gerrymandering challenge by Republican voters to a Democratic-leaning congressional district in Maryland. Amy Howe analyzes the argument for this blog; her analysis first appeared at Howe on the Court.
John Elwood reviews Monday’s relists. This is spring break for many American schoolchildren, meaning that they’re spending the week in exotic destinations, trying local specialties, and enjoying beautiful scenery with their loving parents.
Erik Hughes was federally indicted in 2013 on four methamphetamine- and firearm-related offenses. He pleaded guilty to two charges, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The issue before the Supreme Court in Koons v. United States concerns the application of 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(2), which allows federal judges to modify a prison term for a “defendant who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the
The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in a challenge to Maryland’s 6th congressional district, which stretches north and west from the Washington, D.C., suburbs.
In its conference of March 29, 2018, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether the death penalty, in and of itself, violates the Eighth Amendment in light of contemporary standards of decency and the geographic arbitrariness of its imposition; whether the Indiana procedure
This morning the Supreme Court wraps up the March session by hearing oral argument in Benisek v. Lamone, a high-profile partisan-gerrymandering challenge by Republican voters to a Democratic-leaning congressional district in Maryland.