Supreme Court Update: Orders

Greetings, Court Fans! While the first opinion of the term came a little early this year, we’ve now gone five weeks without a second and it looks like we’ll be waiting several more weeks, since the December sitting has come to a close and the next public...

Supreme Court Update: Tharpe v. Sellers (17-6075)

Greetings, Court Fans! And Happy New Year! Though we’re still awaiting the second signed opinion of October Term 2017, the Supreme Court kicked off Calendar Year 2018 with a per curiam decision in a case mixing (as so many do) race, capital punishment, . . . and...

Supreme Court Update: Orders

Greetings, Court Fans! As we continue to wait for the second signed opinion of the OT17, The Nine (or at least four of them, in various potential configurations) have made significant headway in filling out the term’s dance card. On Friday, the Court added...

Supreme Court Update: Orders

Greetings, Court Fans! It may have taken a government shutdown, but the Supreme Court has at last handed down its second (and third and fourth) argued decisions of the term. Thanks to the Judiciary’s three-week reserve of court fees, The Nine reported to work as...