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Sotomayor vs. Kavanaugh?
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Court to hear argument on law enforcement's use of "geofence warrants
8+ hour, 51+ min ago (144+ words) Chatrie then pleaded guilty to bank robbery and gun charges, although he reserved the right to appeal the district court's denial of his motion to suppress the evidence obtained through the geofence warrant. He was sentenced to 141 months in prison,…...
The emergency docket's mistaken birthday
6+ hour, 3+ min ago (485+ words) Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning " from practical considerations to deep theory " behind our nation's most consequential constitutional decisions. What the reporting claims These are different versions of the same claim. On all of…...
Court appears skeptical of right to jury trial in FCC proceedings
20+ hour, 59+ min ago (213+ words) Both companies opted to go to federal court, where they argued that imposing the fine in an in-house proceeding violated their Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial. The U. S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit'agreed with AT&T'and threw out…...
Justices seem receptive to SEC's use of disgorgement in securities enforcement
1+ day, 24+ min ago (811+ words) Ronald Mann is a professor of law at Columbia, where he teaches courses in commercial finance, payment systems and deals. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1985, and after clerking on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (Judge…...
What the New York Times got wrong " and right " about the emergency docket
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (432+ words) In the Interim is a recurring series by Taraleigh Davis on the Supreme Court's emergency docket, using data to help explain how it works. What was actually new in 2016 The Times is wrong about most of this. What the Times…...
Court adds two cases to 2026-27 docket
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (414+ words) Reminder: Tomorrow is a big day for SCOTUSblog. We will be launching our rebuilt website and hosting a live blog for the possible announcement of opinions. Thanks for being part of our community as we continue to innovate and grow....
Justices debate the relationship between state and federal courts
2+ day, 50+ min ago (159+ words) The justices on Monday considered the proper relationship between state and federal courts and wrestled with confusion surrounding a doctrine addressing that relationship as they heard oral argument in T. M. v. University of Maryland Medical System. The specific question before the justices…...
Supreme Court will hear religious liberty case on Catholic preschools and LGBTQ families
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (587+ words) The U. S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit rejected the preschool's argument. In its view, the state's conditions were neutral and generally applied to every preschool, regardless of relgion " the kind of government actions, the Supreme Court held in 1990 in Employment…...
A leak from the interim docket
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (518+ words) As you'll see below in the Morning Reads section, it was a busy weekend on the Supreme Court beat " to put it lightly. And we've got a busy week ahead, as today marks the start of the April argument session....