Trump v. Cook: an explainer

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in yet another battle over the president’s power to remove the heads of independent agencies created by Congress. Wednesday’s arguments center on President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, in August […]

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Announcement of opinions for Tuesday, January 20

We will be live blogging as the court potentially releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. Note: A login is not required to participate in the chat. The post Announcement of opinions for Tuesday, January 20 appeared […]

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SCOTUStoday for Friday, January 16

As we’ve observed before, we read a lot of legal news as we prepare this newsletter. This headline got our attention this week: Supreme Court Keeps Novel-Writing Bankruptcy Judge on Fund Manager’s Case. And a programming note: We will not be sending SCOTUStoday on Monday because of the holiday. We […]

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Whither Bostock?

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. What will be the fate of Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the Supreme Court’s 2020 landmark ruling protecting gay, lesbian, […]

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SCOTUStoday for Thursday, January 15

Hat tip to The Hill for noticing that Justice Neil Gorsuch is apparently a jokester not just during oral arguments, but also in written opinions. In his dissent in Bowe v. United States, Gorsuch described Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a major case in which the court overturned the Chevron […]

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