Monday round-up
Last week’s oral argument in in Trump v. Hawaii, a challenge to the latest version of the Trump administration’s entry ban, continues to steal the limelight.
April 2018 Archive
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OT2017 #23: “After Dark”
The Supreme Court finished up its final sitting of October Term 2017 last week, and the justices heard argument in several big cases in what is proving to be a hugely consequential term.
Justices add three new cases to next term’s docket
This morning the justices issued orders from their private conference last week. They added three new cases to their docket for next fall, but once again did not act on the government’s petition to nullify a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that cleared the way for an undocumented pregnant teenager to obtain an abortion.
Sotomayor to have shoulder surgery
The Supreme Court announced today that Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who injured her left shoulder in a fall at her home earlier this month, will undergo “reverse total shoulder replacement surgery” tomorrow morning.
This week at the court
On Monday the Supreme Court released orders from the April 27 conference. The justices added three cases to their merits docket for next term: Frank v. Gaos, Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela and Bucklew v. Precythe. The justices will meet next for their May 10 conference.
Friday round-up
Court-watchers continue to parse Wednesday’s oral argument in Trump v. Hawaii, a challenge to the latest version of the Trump administration’s entry ban. Steven Mazie covers “this showdown over presidential power” for The Economist.
Now available on Oyez: This week’s oral argument audio aligned with the transcripts
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: Lucia v. Securities and Exchange Commission Pereira v. Sessions Chavez-Meza v. United States Abbott v. Perez Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Trump v. Hawaii (published Wednesday afternoon)
Thursday round-up
Yesterday the Supreme Court wrapped up its last session of the term with oral argument in one of this term’s marquee cases, Trump v. Hawaii, a challenge to the latest version of the Trump administration’s entry ban.
Ask the author: The people surrender nothing
The following is a series of questions prompted by the publication of Linda R. Monk’s “The Bill of Rights: A User’s Guide” (Hachette Book Group, 2018, 5th Ed.).