Senator Elizabeth Warren is worried about conflicts of interest on the Supreme Court. Unlike all other federal courts, the Supreme Court has no formal code of conduct. Supreme Court justices are largely on their own when it comes to off-the-court activities and deciding when to recuse because of a conflict of interest. In a Politico article titled … Continue reading Senator Warren, the Supreme Court, and Judicial Ethics
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week. Monday’s cases, which are both capital cases, present questions about habeas procedure. Tuesday’s cases are about appellate review standards. The argument on Wednesday will review the meaning of the tolling provision for state court claims in supplemental jurisdiction cases. The first … Continue reading Arguments: Week of October 30, 2017
While we wait for today’s Conference Order List, which will probably be released on Monday, here’s a summary of other recent orders and cert grants. On Monday, October 16, the Court declined the petition for certiorari in Al-Nashiri v. Trump, a case involving Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri, a Guantanamo detainee who has been held in U.S. … Continue reading Report on October 13 Conference
The week of October 9, the Supreme Court heard argument on only two days and in only three cases. (The Court was closed on Monday, October 10, for Columbus Day, and it had previously canceled oral argument in the travel ban cases, originally set for argument on Tuesday.) Nonetheless, as our pre-argument post explained, the … Continue reading Oral Arguments: Week of October 9, 2017
The Supreme Court released orders from last week’s Conference on Tuesday. The Court dismissed the government’s appeal in one of the travel ban cases, Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project. In this case, the Fourth Circuit upheld a district court’s injunction of portions of President Trump’s travel ban Executive Order. The Court granted certiorari in … Continue reading Orders from the October 6 Conference
On Friday, the Court released the argument calendar for the December sitting, which will begin on November 27. Perhaps the most high-profile case is Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, scheduled for December 5. Masterpiece Cakeshop, involves a Colorado bakery that refused to sell a wedding cake to Charlie Craig and David Mullins in … Continue reading December Argument Schedule & Orders
This coming week, the Court will hear oral arguments in three cases, all of which present major civil and appellate procedural issues. On Tuesday, following a day off on Monday for Columbus Day, the Court will hear oral arguments in Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago. The case presents the question of whether Federal … Continue reading This Week at the Supreme Court – Week of October 9, 2017
The Supreme Court has wrapped up the first week of oral arguments for this exciting and jam-packed term. Check out our post earlier this week for a description of the facts and issues in the case presented to the Court this week. And audio from the oral arguments is available at at Oyez. The Court … Continue reading Weekly Roundup: Week of October 2, 2017
The Supreme Court has just announced that it will hear eleven new cases in the Term that begins on Monday. Between the end of June and the beginning of September every year, the Supreme Court is on recess. Over the summer, many of the Justices travel or teach. New law clerks begin work as well, … Continue reading New Cases for the Court: The September 2017 Long Conference
Monday marks the start of a new term at the Supreme Court. By all accounts, this looks to be a major term for the justices, stocked full of high-profile cases; Justice Ginsburg has already declared it to be “momentous.” The term kicks off Monday morning with arguments in three consolidated cases: Epic Systems Corporation … Continue reading A Look Ahead at the Week at the Supreme Court