Greetings, Court fans! The Term is, for practical purposes, over, but I’m still working my way through the backlog. This Update will bring you a complete discussion of Ricci v. DeStefano (07-1428) and Cuomo v. Clearing House Association, L.L.C. (08-453),...
Greetings, Court fans! This will be my final Update of the Term and will bring you summaries of the following cases: Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez (08-310), involving a constitutional challenge to a tax on vessels; Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. v....
Greetings, Court fans! Today marks the first official day of the October 2009 Term. It is also the formal beginning of Justice Sotomayor’s first Term on the Court (though she participated in a hearing on a hold-over campaign finance case last month). She...
Greetings, Court fans! We’re catching up on the Court’s four decisions issued last week – two civil and two habeas. I’ll start with the civil cases, including a highly divided per curiam decision blocking broadcasting of a California trial regarding...
Greetings, Court fans! Unless you’ve been in seclusion since yesterday, you likely have been inundated with news regarding the Court’s highly controversial campaign finance decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (08-205), which opened...
