Weekly Roundup, December 18, 2015

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The Economist discussed the Supreme Court’s order to halt an Alabama Supreme Court decision that would strip a woman of parenting rights to children she was raising with her same-sex partner prior to the couple’s separation.

Last week’s twitter chat Between Bloomberg Law, Prof. Nahmod, Oyez and ISCOTUS is now available to read on Storify.

Neighboring states recently sued Colorado, claiming the state’s legalization of marijuana has caused the states to “have suffered direct and significant harm.” On Wednesday, “The Obama administration . . . urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to referee the dispute[.]” The National Law Journal provided coverage.

ACSblog featured a guest post by Erwin Chemerinsky revisiting Bush v. Gore. The ruling “is a powerful reminder that Supreme Court decisions are a product of who is on the bench and their ideology and views . . . [R]arely has it been as obvious–or as important–as in Bush v. Gore.”

On Monday, the Court released its opinion in DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia. “The U.S. Supreme Court once again upheld consumer arbitration contracts against attacks by class-action lawyers,” reported Forbes. JURIST, Dubitante and Liberty Blog provided commentary and coverage.

NPR featured a “best of” from their interview with Justice Breyer on the 13th.

On Monday, we featured a guest post by Vinay Harpalani on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin.

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