Supreme Court Update: Trump v. United States (No. 23-939)

by Christine Stackhouse | Jul 10, 2024

Greetings, Court Fans! Like the Court, itself, we’ll close out OT23 with Trump v. United States (No. 23-939), a highly consequential (and arguably consequentialist) decision on presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. As you all know by now, the Supreme Court,...

Supreme Court Update: Smith v. Arizona (No. 22-899), Erlinger v. United States (No. 23-370), Department of State v. Muñoz (No. 23-334)

by Christine Stackhouse | Jul 8, 2024

Greetings, Court Fans! The Nine closed out OT23 with their so-called “clean-up conference” last Tuesday, issuing multiple GVRs in cases controlled by recent opinions and granting cert in five new cases for OT24. We’ll attend to some clean-up of our own with this...

Supreme Court Update: Moody v. NetChoice (No. 22-277), City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson (No. 23-175), Texas v. New Mexico (No. 141, Orig.)

by Christine Stackhouse | Jul 3, 2024

Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with the nightcap of today’s doubleheader, consisting of summaries of Moody v. NetChoice (No. 22-277), an important First Amendment case that turned into an important case on facial constitutional challenges; City of Grants Pass,...

Supreme Court Update: Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (No. 22-451), Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (No. 22-1008), Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy (No. 22-859), Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency (No. 23A349)

by Christine Stackhouse | Jul 3, 2024

Greetings, Court Fans! Last fall, if you asked commentators what OT23 was going to be about, chances are they would have said “the administrative state.” But things took a bit of a turn when circumstances in the lower courts conspired to fill out the Court’s docket...

Supreme Court Update: Murthy v. Missouri (No. 23-411), Moyle v. United States (No. 23-726)

by Christine Stackhouse | Jul 2, 2024

Greetings, Court Fans! In Murthy v. Missouri (No. 23-411) and Moyle v. United States (No. 23-726), Justice Barrett cemented her new role as the leader of a Coalition of the Unwilling (to adjudicate on the merits), joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan (and sometimes...