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Americans For Prosperity Foundation v. Rodriquez
Does a California regulation requiring charities to disclose donor information violate the First Amendment?
Minerva Surgical v. Hologic
Can an inventor challenge a patent that came from an application he originated?
Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
Can non-tribal Alaska natives get benefits under the 2020 Coronavirus relief act?
Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.
Can public schools punish students for speech on social media?
Google v. Oracle
Google’s use of Java API code in the Android operating system was “fair use” and not a copyright infringement.
Facebook v. Duguid
Does the law prohibiting auto-calls cover a device without a random or sequential number generator?
Essential SCOTUS Live Feed
How did a case involving a convenience store make its way to the Supreme Court? The answer involves beer, frat boys and a young lawyer named Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who made an unusual argument for women’s equality. Listen now. http://on.theatln.tc/aPJL6gp
In a 9-0 ruling, the justices said the Federal Trade Commission cannot force companies that engage in wrongdoing to pay restitution to consumers
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/22/9-0-supreme-court-ruling-guts-ftcs-ability-to-seek-redress-for-consumers-484194
By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court ruled judges don't have to find a juvenile offender is "permanently incorrigible" before handing down a life sentence. https://nbcnews.to/3et4Cen
The Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of life without parole for a juvenile offender in a 6-3 decision, rejecting arguments that such sentences should have additional limits https://cnn.it/3vbnqFF
.@MaddowBlog: On the Supreme Court, Sen. Cruz pretends to forget his own record. https://on.msnbc.com/3vdBwWW
The Supreme Court today declined to impose new limits on juvenile life-without-parole sentences. Last year, Brandon L. Garrett argued that these sentences “are an abomination” and “unheard-of across the rest of the world": http://on.theatln.tc/7OuLFAI
Supreme Court rules against juvenile sentenced to life without parole https://wapo.st/3ax0n08
Is California’s donor disclosure policy constitutional?
@cindymlott of @ColumbiaLaw and @brianmhauss of @ACLU join #WTPpodcast host @RosenJeffrey to discuss an upcoming #SCOTUS case on the #FirstAmendment and donor disclosure laws. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that judges need not determine people under 18 are beyond rehabilitation before sentencing them to life in prison without parole, changing course on years of rulings that cut back on harsh punishments for juveniles. https://nyti.ms/32CNBZs
U.S. Supreme Court curbs FTC's power to recoup ill-gotten gains http://reut.rs/32DL6WT
Supreme Court unanimous that FTC lacked authority to recover billions for consumers https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-ftc/2021/04/22/674d131c-a390-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html?tid=ss_tw
U.S. Supreme Court spurns limits on life sentences for juveniles http://reut.rs/3nb8KDH
Democratic lawmakers are asking Justice Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself from a case involving a conservative nonprofit with ties to a group that gave at least $1 million to fund a campaign to win Senate confirmation for her Supreme Court nomination.
https://trib.al/gMNyMkP
.@MaddowBlog: On the Supreme Court, Sen. Cruz pretends to forget his own record. https://on.msnbc.com/3dIc0TX
Supreme Court declines to put new limits on juvenile life-without-parole sentences https://cbsn.ws/2RWTajB
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