Greetings, Court Fans! Though OT16 was gaveled to a close yesterday, the work of the clerk’s office continued this morning with the issuance of additional orders from yesterday’s “clean up conference,” including five new cases accepted for...
Greetings, Court Fans! Told you we’d back soon. This time, we’ve got summaries of two decisions relating to the availability of the implied damages remedy for constitutional violations by federal officials announced in the Court’s 1971 decision,...
Greetings, Court Fans! This is the way October Term 2016 ends—not with a whimper, but a bang. After eight relatively sleepy months, the last day of the term brought enough excitement to warrant a T.S. Elliot misquote. To be sure, much of the bang came through...
Greetings, Court Fans! While a potential ninth justice made plans to give a high school commencement address, The Eight continued to demonstrate that, without a full complement of justices, this may be the Term Without Blockbusters. (Although, with abortion and...
Greetings, Court Fans! It’s that time of year! Fresh on the heels of the six decisions handed down Monday, the Court issued another three yesterday, with more to come on the other side of the weekend. This Update will cover the remaining three cases from earlier...
