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BP v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
Can the oil company defendants get the climate change case against them removed to federal court?
Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski
Can Uzuegbunam get nominal relief from his college for restrictive speech policies that the college now removed?
Trump v. New York
Can the Trump administration re-tabulate the census count before determining House apportionment?
Carney v. Adams
Delaware limits positions on several high courts to the two major political parties. Do the limits violate an Independent’s First Amendment rights to free association?
Tanzin v. Tanvir
Can Tanvir and co. get money damages from the federal officers who tried to convince them to be spies?
Facebook v. Duguid
Does the law prohibiting auto-calls cover a device without a random or sequential number generator?
Essential SCOTUS Live Feed
Trump’s norm busting behavior extended to the usually staid Solicitor General’s office. Now the incoming Biden Adm has tough calls as to whether to change the govt’s position in cases before #SCOTUS. https://www.npr.org/2021/01/23/960027322/tough-decisions-ahead-for-bidens-incoming-solicitor-general
Samsung's Jay Y. Lee will not appeal jail term to Supreme Court: Yonhap http://reut.rs/3cezyQ9
ICYMI: Kamala Harris, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, became the first Black person, first woman and first Asian American to serve as vice president after she was sworn in by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor https://reut.rs/3sS5uj8
Samsung's Jay Y. Lee will not appeal jail term to Supreme Court: Yonhap http://reut.rs/39awGSi
ICYMI: Kamala Harris became the first Black person, first woman and first Asian American to serve as vice president after she was sworn in by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor https://reut.rs/3sS5uj8
#OnThisDay in 1862, Noah Swayne was confirmed by the Senate to replace Justice John McLean, one of two dissenters in the Dred Scott decision along with Benjamin Roberts Curtis.
Constitution Daily: http://ow.ly/UTaM50DfMUb #SCOTUS
Trump pressed @TheJusticeDept to file suit in the Supreme Court to invalidate Biden's victory after Texas's case against PA, MI, GA & WI got tossed out. His own appointees refused. W/@sgurman. #scotus https://buff.ly/3sLMdzP
WATCH: Kamala Harris, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, became the first Black person, first woman and first Asian American to serve as vice president after she was sworn in by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor https://reut.rs/3sS5uj8
EXCLUSIVE: Before he weighed cashiering the acting AG for a loyalist who would pursue baseless fraud claims, Trump pressed the Justice Department to go directly to Supreme Court to overturn Biden's election. W/@sgurman https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-pressed-to-change-justice-department-leadership-to-boost-his-voter-fraud-claims-11611434369
FLASH: Trump pressed Justice Department to go directly to Supreme Court to overturn election results https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-pressed-to-change-justice-department-leadership-to-boost-his-voter-fraud-claims-11611434369
Trump pressed Justice Department to go directly to Supreme Court to overturn election results https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-pressed-to-change-justice-department-leadership-to-boost-his-voter-fraud-claims-11611434369?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter via @WSJ
WATCH: Kamala Harris became the first Black person, first woman and first Asian American to serve as vice president after she was sworn in by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor https://reut.rs/3sS5uj8
NEW: Dissenting from the Supreme Court’s refusal to halt the deportation of mentally troubled man to Haiti, Justice Sotomayor urges the Biden administration to act.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a111_8nj9.pdf
#OnThisDay in 1973, the #SupremeCourt handed down its ruling in Roe v. Wade.
Constitution Daily: http://ow.ly/rwRg50DfIFa #SCOTUS
#scotus continues month-by-month approach, but says oral argument session Feb. 22-March 3 will be by teleconference because of pandemic. Court remains closed to the public. Last in-person argument was 3/4/20
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