Oral argument live blog for Monday, December 8

We will be live blogging as the court hears oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter. Note: A login is not required to participate in the chat. The post Oral argument live blog for Monday, December 8 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Can a Mississippi pastor challenge the constitutionality of a law that he was previously convicted of violating?

On Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Olivier v. City of Brandon, Mississippi, the Supreme Court will consider whether individuals can challenge a law as unconstitutional and seek to protect themselves from its future enforcement if they’ve previously been punished for violating the law.  The dispute centers on the experiences of Gabriel Olivier, […]

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SCOTUStoday for Monday, December 1

Grab some hot cocoa, get comfortable, and press play on the Supreme Court’s live audio feed. The December sitting is here. SCOTUS Quick Hits On Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced that it would not act on the Trump administration’s request to be able to fire the top U.S. copyright official […]

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December’s criminal law arguments

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. The Supreme Court has only eight cases scheduled for oral argument over two weeks this December. (You can listen to their oral arguments live, here.) Two civil cases will attract much media attention: Trump v. Slaughter (addressing […]

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The Irish court

The ethnic milestones and makeup of the Supreme Court have long been topics of fascination, from the notion of a “Jewish seat” filled by those who followed Justice Louis Brandeis as the first Jewish justice in 1916 to the recognition that Justice Antonin Scalia received as the first Italian American […]

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Court to hear arguments on faith-based pregnancy centers’ challenge to state subpoena

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday, Dec. 2, in a case brought by First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a group of faith-based pregnancy centers that the New Jersey attorney general’s office alleges may have misled women about whether it provides certain reproductive-health services.  The question before the court is […]

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SCOTUStoday for Wednesday, November 26

We’re wishing you a happy and restful Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving weekend. On Monday, the justices will be back in the courtroom to start the December sitting, and the SCOTUStoday newsletter will be back in your inbox. SCOTUS Quick Hits The court could issue its decisions in the interim docket cases […]

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Justice Jackson’s dissents

Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the court. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. In a recent investigative report, New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor […]

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