WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Thursday, Feb. 29
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
February 2024 Archive
Every post published in February 2024, most recent first.
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ARGUMENT ANALYSISMerits Cases
Justices seem to resolve Dogecoin arbitration dispute during argument
Wednesday’s oral argument in Coinbase v. Suski was the court’s second case in February under the Federal Arbitration Act, and by all accounts this one will be a lot easier for them to resolve than Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Wednesday, Feb. 28
Today is the last day of the February session. The justices will hear oral argument in Garland v. Cargill and Coinbase v. Suski. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court split over bump-stock ban
The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over the validity of a 2018 federal regulation banning the “bump stock” rifle attachment. The Trump administration regulation barred ownership of bump stocks, which transforms a semiautomatic rifle into a weapon that can discharge at a rate of hundreds of rounds per minute, under an existing general prohibition of machine guns.
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Justices debate New York interest requirement on national bank escrow accounts
The argument Tuesday in Cantero v. Bank of America revealed a bench of justices struggling to reconcile provisions of the National Bank Act that protect national banks with a New York statute requiring all banks (including national banks) to pay interest on the escrow accounts they hold for their mortgage customers.
SCOTUS NEWSMerits Cases
Supreme Court takes up Trump immunity appeal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be tried on criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
ARGUMENT ANALYSISMerits Cases
Supreme Court skeptical of Texas, Florida regulation of social media moderation
The Supreme Court on Monday appeared skeptical of a pair of laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies control content posted on their sites.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Tuesday, Feb. 27
The justices will hear oral argument this morning in McIntosh v. U.S. and Cantero v. Bank of America. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
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Bump-stock ban comes before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has already heard oral argument in one major gun-rights case this term, and on Wednesday the court will hear another. In November, the justices heard United States v. Rahimi, a challenge to the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it a crime for someone who is the subject of a domestic-violence restraining order to have a gun.
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Dogecoin arbitration dispute hits high court
In their second case this month under the Federal Arbitration Act, the justices will hear oral argument on Wednesday in Coinbase v. Suski. The case follows in a well-worn track of the justices’ arbitration cases.