Every post published in April 2019, most recent first.
In Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority, the federal government asked for broad policy immunity to shield choices by the Tennessee Valley Authority about the safety measures the TVA employed when stringing a power line across a river.
Yesterday a unanimous court ruled in Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority that the TVA can generally be sued for personal-injury claims, and sent the case back for the lower court to determine whether this particular claim can proceed. Gregory Sisk analyzes the opinion for this blog.
Briefly: Adam Liptak visits The New York Times’ podcast The Daily to talk about Department of Commerce v. New York, a challenge to the Trump administration’s decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census that is “the biggest case in front of the Supreme Court this session.” At
The justices issued orders today from last week’s private conference. They did not add any new cases to their merits docket for next term.
In this week’s episode of SCOTUStalk, Amy Howe of Howe on the Court briefly reviews the latest SCOTUS news before providing deeper coverage with Kimberly Robinson of last week’s oral argument in Department of Commerce v. New York, a high-profile challenge to the Trump administration’s decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census.
The Supreme Court released orders from the April 26 conference on Monday; the justices called for the views of the U.S. solicitor general in Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc. On Monday, the justices released their opinion in Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority.
Justice Clarence Thomas, who turns 71 this year, dismissed talk of his retirement from the Supreme Court during an appearance at Pepperdine University School of Law’s Annual Dinner on March 30. “I’m not retiring,” he declared in response to a question about his hypothetical retirement party years
This week we highlight petitions pending before the Supreme Court that address, among other things, whether the Bankruptcy Code abrogates the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes, the constitutionality of an “information-seeking” police stop, the particularized-nexus requirement for probable cause, and whether a dog-sniff in the common area of an apartment building is a search under the Fourth Amendment.
Yesterday’s argument in what appeared to be a relatively routine Armed Career Criminal Act case (see my preview here), developed into a fascinating discussion among the justices about statutory interpretation, led by Justices Elena Kagan and Neil Gorsuch.
At The Economist, Steven Mazie discusses Tuesday’s oral argument in Department of Commerce v. New York, a challenge to the Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross’ decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, concluding that “the five conservatives have a clear—if fraught—path to