Scotus Archive
Archives for March 2021
Biden named a diverse group of 11 lawyers to the federal bench on Tuesday, including several former public defenders.
Fox spread a dangerous lie about the 2020 election. Now the network could face expensive consequences.
The Court’s brief order in Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center suggests it will take an incremental approach to dismantling abortion rights.
The Supreme Court is poised to give itself a veto power over much of the Biden administration’s authority.
Sports leagues enjoy some exemptions from antitrust laws, but do they apply to player compensation?
Two police officers sought a fairly nonsensical exemption from the Fourth Amendment in Torres v. Madrid.
Conservative lawyers shot for the moon in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid. They probably asked for too much.
Ohio wants red states to be able to get something for nothing from the federal government.
Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid isn’t just an attack on unions, it could bar health inspectors from inspecting restaurants.
Four major cases went up in smoke after Biden abandoned Trump policies.
GOP lawmakers in states trending toward Democrats hope to arrest that trend by making it harder to vote.
Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski doesn’t have much to say about “cancel culture,” but it has a lot to say about the role of the courts.
Filibuster reforms are normal, and they happen all the time.
If the Voting Rights Act survives this latest challenge, thank bad lawyering on the GOP side.
A 6-3 Republican Court will hear one of the most aggressive attacks on voting rights since Jim Crow.