by Janiel Jones | Apr 4, 2022
Greetings, Court Fans! Just one new decision this week. In Badgerow v. Walters (No. 20-1143), the Court resolved a circuit split over a technical jurisdictional issue involving the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), while airing the ever-diminishing differences among...
by Janiel Jones | Mar 28, 2022
Greetings, Court Fans! While most eyes were on the confirmation hearings of the Court’s next (presumptive) justice, the current crew kept busy with two new decisions, each touching on First Amendment concerns. In Houston Community College System v. Wilson (No....
by Janiel Jones | Mar 9, 2022
Greetings, Court Fans! The Nine have been active of late, with four opinions coming out late last week and another yesterday morning. There was also significant news yesterday on the orders docket. Here follows our harried (if not quite hurried) effort to bring you up...
by Janiel Jones | Feb 25, 2022
Greetings, Court Fans! The big news today (setting aside the early rumblings of World War III) is of course President Biden’s nomination of D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson to succeed Justice Breyer on that other federal appeals court in the District. You’ll...
by Janiel Jones | Feb 15, 2022
Greetings, Court Fans! Last week’s big news was not found in the pages of the U.S. Reports. As you’ve surely heard, last Thursday Justice Breyer officially announced his retirement from regular service on the Court after that news was leaked the day before. The...
