There’s been a great deal of coverage in the media about the amount of time the Court has allocated to arguments in the ACA challenges, which it will hear at the end of this month. Just how significant is it that the Court granted six hours of arguments to these challenges? The answer is a bit complicated.
Prof. Richard Kling previews the complicated double jeopardy case of Blueford v. Arkansas.
The Court’s recent opinion in United States v. Jones has potentially far-reaching implications in future search and seizure case. Prof. Douglas Godfrey recaps the opinion and discusses the impact.
In a significant Fourth Amendment decision, the Court today found that law enforcement authorities must obtain warrants before using GPS tracking devices to monitor a vehicle. The decision was unanimous.
The case is No. 10-1259, United States v. Jones.
The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent has posted audio and transcripts of this week’s oral arguments.
The Court heard arguments this week in the following cases:
The Supreme Court on Friday issued an unsigned, per curiam opinion in Perry v. Perez halting the implementation of a congressional district map drawn by a Federal district court, after the lower court rejected the Texas legislature’s map.
Check out Oyez’s summary of the case.
Recordings and transcripts of this week’s oral arguments are now available from Oyez.
This week, the Court heard arguments in:
Knox v. Service Employees International Union
FCC v. Fox Television Stations
Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.
Prof. David Schwartz of the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law discusses an important patent case, heard by the Court on December 7.
The Court today granted review in the Federal government’s challenge to Arizona’s controversial immigration reform law, with Justice Kagan recusing herself from the case. SCOTUSblog has a nice summary of the law.
Update: Oyez’s summary of the case is now available.
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Prof. Sanford Greenberg of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law discusses a case that examines the role of expert witnesses and the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.