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Merits Cases

Argument previews and analyses, opinion analyses, posts with links to argument transcripts and audio, and other news relating to cases granted for either the current term’s docket or next term’s docket

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10.19.20 Argument analysis: Justices weigh mandatory deportations based on “thin reed” of minor crimes
10.16.20 Court fast-tracks census appeal
10.16.20 Argument analysis: Justices spar over stare decisis, originalism, text and what counts as a Fourth Amendment “seizure”
10.16.20 Now available on Oyez: This month’s oral argument audio aligned with the transcripts
10.16.20 Argument analysis: Bankruptcy metaphysics
10.14.20 Argument analysis: Justices don’t tip their hand in military rape case
10.13.20 Supreme Court will consider constitutional status of administrative patent judges
10.13.20 Case preview: Harsh immigration consequences from ambiguous state criminal convictions
10.13.20 Case preview: When is a fleeing suspect “seized”?
10.12.20 Case preview: Squaring impoundment with federal bankruptcy procedure
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