Greetings, Court Fans! While “Brexit” is dominating the international headlines, it was a Texas twin bill yesterday on First Street, as The Eight handed down a 4-4 affirmance in United States v. Texas (15-674), upholding a nationwide injunction against...
Greetings, Court Fans! Having cleared some near-blockbusters off the table on Friday (everything’s relative this term), we’ve still got an eight-case backlog to get through before the final decision day of OT15 on Monday. Since we’ve got an even...
The Court finished up OT15 this morning with decisions in Voisine v. United States (14-10154), holding that a reckless domestic assault qualifies as a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” under the federal felon-in-possession statute; McDonnell v....
Greetings, Court Fans! Though most of the attention coming out of the final decision day of OT15 has focused on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (15-274), where a 5-3 majority held that a Texas law regulating abortion providers imposed an undue burden on a...
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with our penultimate Update of OT15, covering one of the biggest decisions (and certainly the longest) of the term, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (15-274). Hellerstedt, the first significant abortion case to reach...
