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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
Scholars disagree whether the founders intended for impeachment proceedings to extend past a president's term. But the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in 1993 that as long as the Senate follows the basic rules set in the Constitution, it can hold a trial. https://trib.al/3MAUWsr
Supreme Court hears dispute with big implications for climate-change litigation https://wapo.st/35VTaV4
UPDATED: The Justice Department has issued a memo that would sharply limit the impact of a landmark Supreme Court ruling that protects gay and transgender people in the workplace https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-seeks-to-curtail-workplace-protections-for-gay-transgender-people-11611091426?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter w/@sgurman #LGBT
Supreme Court justices lean toward FCC bid to loosen media ownership rules http://reut.rs/2NfxIUp
There will be a big climate-change legal battle at some point, but today's #scotus arguments were for lawyers https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-climate-change/2021/01/19/a4b26b44-5a8e-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html?tid=ss_tw
Some local governments want to hold oil companies accountable for climate change. But do those suits belong in state court or federal court? And why does it matter? SCOTUS heard argument today on that issue. We tried to summarize in a TikTok minute. Follow us if you haven’t yet!
Supreme Court justices lean toward FCC bid to loosen media ownership rules http://reut.rs/2Ngw3hr
U.S. Supreme Court wrestles with dispute over Baltimore climate suit http://reut.rs/3sICLNI
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Merck appeal in hepatitis C patent fight with Gilead http://reut.rs/3p16kHN
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case brought by Baltimore against more than a dozen major oil and gas companies — arguing they must pay for the costs of climate change because they knew their products cause global warming.
https://trib.al/8NAcC6P
#OnThisDay in 1874, President Ulysses S. Grant nominated little-known Ohio lawyer Morrison Waite to replace Chief Justice Salmon Chase on the #SupremeCourt.
Constitution Daily: http://ow.ly/iNXF50DcpNt
On its final full day in office, the Trump administration will stand alongside a group of oil companies as the Supreme Court weighs several climate change lawsuits https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/19/supreme-court-cities-climate-change-lawsuits-460341
The Supreme Court will hear a case on Tuesday that demands fossil fuel companies help pay for the costs of dealing with climate change. But the justices might not even discuss global warming during the oral argument. https://nyti.ms/35WCXyV
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Merck appeal in hepatitis C patent fight with Gilead http://reut.rs/2XSEMIC
#scotus determined not to be the news this week, delaying action on a slew of controversial issues, including restrictive Mississippi abortion and election cases. Don't expect opinions, either. But oral arguments later today
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