Monday round-up
Posted Mon, October 12th, 2020 7:08 am by James Romoser The Senate Judiciary Committee begins its hearings this week on the nomination of Judge Amy...
Tag : legal
Case preview: Determining the statute of limitations for military rape — and possibly a lot more
Editor’s note: A previous version of this article ran on March 16, 2020. When the Supreme Court entertains argument on Tuesday in United States v....
Empirical SCOTUS: A comprehensive look at Judge Amy Coney Barrett
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, now a Supreme Court nominee, has followed a well-worn path of nominees before her. President Donald Trump nominated her to the...
Petitions of the week: DNA analysts, Temporary Protected Status recipients and more
Posted Fri, October 9th, 2020 3:49 pm by Andrew Hamm This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to decide, among other...
Argument analysis: Justices debate legality of Google’s use of Java interfaces in Android software code
The justices finished up the first week of the new term by finally hearing argument in Google v. Oracle, a case that has been pending...
Symposium: The liberal, yet powerful, feminism of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This article is part of a symposium on the jurisprudence of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Katherine Franke is the James L. Dohr professor...
Justices delay action on FDA request to reinstate abortion-pill restrictions
Posted Thu, October 8th, 2020 9:30 pm by Amy Howe The Supreme Court on Friday put off action on a request from the Food and...
Government seeks emergency ruling allowing it to end census count early
Posted Thu, October 8th, 2020 4:48 pm by James Romoser Another dispute involving the 2020 census has reached the Supreme Court, and this time the...
Relist Watch: Worst Monday in October
John Elwood reviews the relists from the “long conference” … barely. The Supreme Court began October 2020 with black crepe still draped over an empty...
Argument analysis: No clear consensus on states’ authority to regulate prescription-drug middlemen
Nicholas J. Bronni, solicitor general of Arkansas, argues remotely for petitioner (Art Lien) The justices heard argument on Tuesday in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management...