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On Monday the Supreme Court will release orders from the June 14 conference at 9:30 a.m. There is a possibility of opinions in argued cases at 10 a.m. On Thursday the justices will meet for their June 21 conference; our list of “petitions to watch” for that conference will be available soon.
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The petitions of the day are: Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda 17-1623 Issue: Whether the prohibition in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1), against employment discrimination “because of . . . sex” encompasses discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation. Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia 17-1618 Issue: Whether discrimination against an […]
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Yesterday the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts released the 2017 financial disclosure reports for the justices of the Supreme Court. The reports are relatively opaque – they indicate the value of investments only in a wide range, for example – and do not include the value of the real estate in which the justices […]
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Yesterday the Supreme Court issued opinions in two cases. Mark Walsh has a “view” from the courtroom for this blog. In Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, the justices held 7-2 that a Minnesota law banning political apparel at polling places is facially overbroad under the First Amendment. Amy Howe has this blog’s opinion analysis. Subscript provides […]
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The petition of the day is: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Merus N.V. 17-1616 Issue: Whether a patent right can be fully extinguished based on misconduct committed by the patentee’s counsel during federal district court litigation to enforce the patent right.
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It’s the first “extra” day for opinions of this term, and that fact is reflected in the courtroom. The public gallery is pretty full, but the bar section is almost entirely empty. With no bar admissions, the court’s impromptu extra opinion days rarely attract a large number of members of the Supreme Court bar, with […]
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The Supreme Court today ruled that a U.S. court does not need to take at face value a foreign government’s word about how that country’s laws operate. Instead, the justices explained, although courts should “carefully consider” what a foreign government says about its own laws, they are not bound by those views; they can also […]
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When Minnesota voters go to the polls in November, they’ll likely have more wardrobe options than the last time the state held an election. That’s because this morning the Supreme Court ruled that a state law prohibiting voters from wearing clothing or other apparel containing political messages to the polls violates the First Amendment. Minnesota […]
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We live-blogged as the Supreme Court released opinions in Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky. The transcript of the live blog is available below and at this link.
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At Rewire.News, Imani Gandy remarks that in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, in which the justices upheld Ohio’s process for removing infrequent voters from the state’s voter rolls, Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent, which “draw[s] the connection between historical voter suppression and the pernicious effects of Ohio’s voter purge process,” is the only opinion “that puts […]
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