WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Friday, Nov. 29
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
November 2024 Archive
Every post published in November 2024, most recent first.
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CASE PREVIEWMerits Cases
Supreme Court to hear dispute over FDA rejection of flavored vapes
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday in a dispute over the Food and Drug Administration’s rejection of two companies’ applications to sell flavored liquids for use in e-cigarettes.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Wednesday, Nov. 27
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
CASE PREVIEWMerits Cases
Supreme Court to consider IRS’s claim on pre-bankruptcy tax payments
When someone makes a payment to a creditor shortly before filing for bankruptcy, the Bankruptcy Code requires the creditor to return the funds. But whether those same obligations apply to the Internal Revenue Service is less clear.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Tuesday, Nov. 26
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
SCOTUS NEWSRelist Watch
Court rejects bid for compensation over police raid damages to Texas woman’s home
The Supreme Court declined on Monday morning to hear the case of a Texas woman seeking compensation for damage to her home inflicted by a SWAT team pursuing a fugitive. The denial of review in Baker v. McKinney came on a list of orders from the justices’ private conference on Friday.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Friday, Nov. 22
Today is the first opinion day of the 2024-25 term. At 10 a.m. EST, the court expects to issue one or more opinions in argued cases from the current term. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
RELIST WATCHRelist Watch
Nondelegation doctrine, abortion clinic protest, and transgender student athletes
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. It’s been two weeks since our last installment without any new grants.
SCOTUS NEWSMerits Cases
Justices schedule Mexico’s suit against US gun manufacturers
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 26 in a case involving the showing that plaintiffs in “reverse discrimination” cases must make, followed by oral arguments on March 4 in a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers, seeking to hold them liable for gun violence in Mexico.
OPINION ANALYSISMerits Cases
Justices dismiss Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach dispute
This morning the justices dismissed Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank as “improvidently granted” – that is, without issuing a ruling on the merits, and instead signaling that it was a mistake to grant review.