Every post published in March 2019, most recent first.
The Supreme Court released orders from the March 29 conference on Monday; the justices added Kansas v. Glover to their merits docket for next term. On Monday, the justices released their opinions in Bucklew v. Precythe and Biestek v. Berryhill.
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: PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic Inc. The Dutra Group v. Batterton Rucho v. Common Cause Lamone v. Benisek Kisor v. Wilkie
Last month the Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to execute a Muslim inmate after denying the inmate’s request to have an imam at his side in the execution chamber, even though the prison would have allowed a Christian chaplain to be present in the chamber.
Last night the Supreme Court halted the execution of a Buddhist prisoner, Patrick Murphy, pending review of Murphy’s challenge to Texas’ refusal to allow a Buddhist priest to join him in the execution chamber. Amy Howe has this blog‘s coverage.
Amy Howe analyzes yesterday’s oral argument in Kisor v. Wilkie, in which the justices considered whether to overrule precedents that require courts to defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of its own regulations, for this blog, in a post that first appeared at Howe on the Court; she
The following is a series of questions posed by Ronald Collins to Stephen Budiansky concerning Budiansky’s book “Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas” (W.W. Norton, 2019, 592 pp., cloth: $29.95). Stephen Budiansky is the author of 17 books of biography, history and science.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday in favor of Alaskan John Sturgeon, who waged a 12-year battle against the National Park Service over its ban on hovercraft in park preserves.
Today the justices wrap up their March argument sitting with one oral argument, in Kisor v. Wilkie, in which they will reconsider precedents that require courts to defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of its own regulations. Amy Howe previewed the case for this blog.
The transcript of this morning’s oral argument in Kisor v. Wilkie is available on the Supreme Court’s website.
The Supreme Court heard oral argument this morning in a dispute over veterans’ benefits that could become one of the most significant cases of the term.