by Christine Stackhouse | Jul 3, 2024
Greetings, Court Fans! Last fall, if you asked commentators what OT23 was going to be about, chances are they would have said “the administrative state.” But things took a bit of a turn when circumstances in the lower courts conspired to fill out the Court’s docket...
by Christine Stackhouse | Jul 2, 2024
Greetings, Court Fans! In Murthy v. Missouri (No. 23-411) and Moyle v. United States (No. 23-726), Justice Barrett cemented her new role as the leader of a Coalition of the Unwilling (to adjudicate on the merits), joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan (and sometimes...
by Christine Stackhouse | Jul 1, 2024
Greetings, Court Fans! This morning, the Court issued the final three decisions of OT23: In Trump v. United States (No. 23-939), a 6-3 Court held that a former President enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and...
by Christine Stackhouse | Jun 27, 2024
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court issued four significant decisions this morning: Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. (No. 23-124), holding (5-4, with an interesting “horseshoe” alignment) that the Bankruptcy Code does not authorize nonconsensual releases of claims...
by Christine Stackhouse | Jun 24, 2024
Greetings, Court Fans! While we await the Court’s issuance of more decisions on Wednesday, we have four recaps of cases decided in the last week or so: Moore v. United States (No. 22-800), in which a 7-2 Court held that a one-time repatriation tax was not an...