Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall
Professor César F. Rosado Marzán of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law discusses the background and legal issues involved in Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall, a unique labor relations case being argued at the Supreme Court next week.
Case: Town of Greece v. Galloway Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Town of Greece v. Galloway, a case about the constitutionality of almost exclusively Christian prayers offered at the beginning of city council meetings over a period of years. If you’d like to learn more about it, ISCOTUS and the Oyez … Continue reading 2013 Deep Dive Announcement
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases involving questions of criminal law. In Hall v. Florida, the Court will evaluate Florida’s standards for determining whether capital defendants are mentally retarded. (Note: “mentally retarded” is a legal term.) In Robers v. United States, the question presented involves how much a defendant has … Continue reading Two New Cases This Week
Case: Town of Greece v. Galloway This post was originally published in Nahmod Law and has been republished with the permission of the author. Suppose a town, over a period of a decade or so, regularly invited Christian clergymen to lead the opening prayers in town board meetings. Suppose also that these clergymen, more often … Continue reading Town of Greece v. Galloway – Guest Post by Sheldon Nahmod
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court will decide on another affirmative action case this Term. Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, though, is different from the previous Term’s case in its central premise. Learn the background of the case from Professor Vinay Harpalani of Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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.