by Christine Stackhouse | Jul 7, 2023
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with our final Update of OT22, covering a trio of decisions involving standing and challenges federal agencies’ authority: Biden v. Nebraska (No. 22-506) and Department of Education v. Brown (No. 22-535), where the Court held that...
by Christine Stackhouse | Jul 6, 2023
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back today with summaries of four of the Court’s decisions from the last week of its OT22 term: Samia v. United States (No. 22-196), where a 6-3 Court rejected a defendant’s Confrontation Clause challenge to the Government’s use at trial...
by Christine Stackhouse | Jul 5, 2023
Greetings, Court Fans! In this installment, we bring you summaries of two cases that address accommodations for religious beliefs and practices without invoking either the Free Exercise or Establishment clauses of the First Amendment. In 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis...
by Christine Stackhouse | Jul 3, 2023
Greetings, Court Fans! As promised last week, we’re back today with a summary of Students for Fair Admission, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (No. 20-119), where a 6-3 Court held that Harvard’s and the University of North Carolina’s race-conscious...
by Christine Stackhouse | Jun 30, 2023
Greetings, Court Fans! Today, the Supreme Court’s OT2022 term came to a close, with the issuance of its last three decisions: 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (No. 21-476), where the Court held 6-3 that the First Amendment bars Colorado from using its public-accommodations...