Thursday round-up
Court-watchers and advocates are gearing up for next week’s unprecedented telephonic Supreme Court arguments.
April 2020 Archive
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Argument preview: Justices to consider what makes a minister a minister (Corrected)
Eight years ago, in a case called Hosanna-Tabor Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, the Supreme Court recognized a “ministerial exception” to employment discrimination laws, reflecting the idea that religious institutions normally have the sole right to determine who can act as their ministers.
Argument preview: Justices to hear second set of arguments on reservation status of eastern Oklahoma
Map of Oklahoma Territories, 1885 (click to enlarge) McGirt v. Oklahoma will bring the justices a pronounced sense of déjà vu, as they hear argument for the second time in two years about whether the eastern half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation.
Mission Creep Watch
John Elwood reviews Monday’s relists, as well as some released holds. Because of the demands of my day job, I’m a little late with this installment. But what this post lacks in timeliness it more than makes up for in sheer tediousness.
Educational seminar: Preview of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com
Today at noon, we held a webinar before the oral argument in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com. Tejinder Singh of Goldstein & Russell and John Duffy of the University of Virginia School of Law led a discussion for undergraduate students on how the case relates to trademarks in marketing and advertising.
Courtroom access: No “performances,” just a “massive civics lesson” when supreme courts overseas live-stream their hearings
Editor’s note: On April 13, the Supreme Court announced that it would conduct 10 oral arguments via telephone conference on several days in May in cases whose oral argument dates had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that it would make an audio feed available to the public through a media pool, providing real-time audio of oral arguments for the first time in its history.
Wednesday round-up
At AP, Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman report that, as the Supreme Court prepares to hold arguments by telephone “for the first time in its 230-year history,” attorneys say “the teleconference arguments in 10 cases over six days present a range of challenges … , but also opportunities.” Greg Stohr
Petitions of the week
This week we highlight petitions pending before the Supreme Court that involve, among other things, what tolling rule applies in a class action filed in federal court based on diversity jurisdiction; whether, by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to grant expedited review and approval of
Courtroom access: Laboratories for live-streaming?
Editor’s note: On April 13, the Supreme Court announced that it would conduct 10 oral arguments via telephone conference on several days in May in cases whose oral argument dates had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that it would make an audio feed available to the public through a media pool, providing real-time audio of oral arguments for the first time in its history.
Argument preview: Justices take on First Amendment challenge to robocall law
Next week, in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument on whether the federal law prohibiting robocalls to cellphones violates the First Amendment’s free speech clause.