Last week, ISCOTUS was a sponsor of Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Supreme Court Intellectual Property Review (SCIPR), which highlighted intellectual property cases before the Supreme Court last Term and discussed implications for the coming Term. ISCOTUSnow presents a summary from each session of the conference, with help from Daniel Saunders of the Chicago-Kent faculty blog.
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission
The case McCutcheon v. FEC will be argued on Tuesday, October 8. This is the biggest campaign finance reform case since Citizens United was decided in 2010. Learn the facts behind the case from ISCOTUS Director and Professor Carolyn Shapiro of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
On Monday, September 30, the Supreme Court met for its Long Conference, where it considered the hundreds of petitions that came in over the summer. While the Court ultimately grants a tiny number of those cases, at the Long Conference they generally grant more cases than at any other point during the year. This morning, … Continue reading First Supreme Court Orders After Long Conference Announced
Earlier this year, Judge Richard Posner and his co-authors William Landes and Lee Epstein captured attention with their article, How Business Fares in the Supreme Court. The article, which appeared in the Minnesota Law Review, evaluated Supreme Court cases in which at least one of the litigants was a business. Among their conclusions, the authors … Continue reading Business in the Supreme Court
The short answer to the first question is that oral arguments will recommence on October 7 – the first Monday in October – and ISCOTUSnow will be providing information about some of the cases to be argued. But a longer answer requires delving into various aspects of the Court’s operations. The Supreme Court organizes its … Continue reading When will the Supreme Court start deciding cases again? Are they still on vacation?
Case: Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action While the Supreme Court was still deciding Fisher v. University of Texas last Term, it granted cert to a case out of Michigan called Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action. Both cases deal with affirmative action, but in very different ways.
Case: McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission Campaign financing is a touchy subject, pitting concerns about free speech against concerns about the corrupting and other negative effects of money in politics. With the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be prohibited. This … Continue reading Coming Up At The Court – McCutcheon v. FEC
The 2012 Term of the Supreme Court wrapped up with many important decisions. The faculty of Chicago-Kent College of Law goes behind the decisions to explain what happened, why, and what it means for the future.
In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court found that Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional. But the Voting Rights Act isn’t gone. Professor Carolyn Shapiro (Chicago-Kent College of Law) explains the decision and what it means for the future of voting rights law.
The Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act this Term by declaring it unconstitutional. This historic decision has many important implications for the future. Get the facts on where same-sex marriage now stands from Chicago-Kent Professor Katharine Baker, who submitted an amicus brief on behalf of family law professors to the case.