The Court today hears oral argument in one of the most watched cases of the term, June Medical Services v. Russo. The Court will review a decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding a Louisiana law that required abortion providers have admitting privileges at local hospitals. Louisiana’s law is basically identical to a … Continue reading Abortion is Back at the Supreme Court: A Case Preview
Today the Supreme Court hears a case that challenges the constitutional foundations of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Court must first decide whether the Congress violated the separation of powers principle when it created the agency. If the Justices hold the CFPB’s leadership … Continue reading A Constitutional Challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Last Monday, the Supreme Court began its 2019-2020 term. Early in its history, the Court typically had two annual sessions with various starting dates, but since 1917, Congress has set the first Monday of October as the opening of the Court’s annual term. In 1978, a play that imagined the first woman appointed to the … Continue reading Opening the Supreme Court’s New Term
The Supreme Court today hears two cases that consider whether Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace and a third case that considers whether Title VII prohibits discrimination against transgender people. Bostock v. Clayton County involves a man who was fired from his job as a child … Continue reading Title VII’s Day at the Supreme Court