Monday round-up
It’s not quite yet December, but the Supreme Court opens its December argument sitting on Monday morning with oral arguments in a pair of cases with broad ramifications: Trump v. New.
November 2020 Archive
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Case preview: When can U.S. companies be sued for alleged violations of international human rights?
Enacted as part of the Judiciary Act of 1789, the Alien Tort Statute allows foreigners to bring lawsuits in U.S. courts for serious violations of international law.
Case preview: Dueling statutes, pre-enforcement review and the fight over tax shelters
CIC Services v. Internal Revenue Service is one of the rare tax cases to come before the Supreme Court. While apparently technical, the case has great implications for jurisdiction, administrative law and the tax system overall.
Legal research no longer limited to keywords
Longtime readers of SCOTUSblog are by now familiar with Casetext’s legal search tool. It solves an ever-present need for our team: finding opinions from all levels of the court system for our articles and case pages.
Argument analysis: Justices seem inclined to put off ruling on merits of Trump’s plan for census data
The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Monday in Trump v. New York, the challenge to the Trump administration’s plan to exclude people who are in the United States illegally from the state-by-state breakdown used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives.
Case preview: Justices to consider breadth of federal computer fraud statute
Van Buren v. United States gives the Supreme Court its first chance ever to interpret the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a federal statute that imposes civil and criminal liability for unauthorized access of computers.
This week at the court
On Monday, the justices heard oral argument in Trump v. New York and Van Buren v. United States. On Tuesday, the justices heard oral argument in Nestlé USA v. Doe I and CIC Services v. Internal Revenue Service. On Wednesday, the justices heard oral argument in Edwards v. Vannoy.
Symposium: A not-at-all disguised attempt to shift power away from Latino voters
This article is the final entry in a symposium previewing Trump v. New York. Nina Perales is vice president of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and counsel in La Union del Pueblo Entero v. Trump, a related case currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
The Supreme Court, faithless electors, and Trump’s final, futile fight
Much has been written about how there is essentially no chance that the Supreme Court will intervene in any of the existing litigation in a way that will call into question Joe Biden’s victory.
Justices lift New York’s COVID-related attendance limits on worship services
The Supreme Court late Wednesday night granted requests from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and two Orthodox Jewish synagogues to block enforcement of a New York executive order restricting attendance at houses of worship.