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RELIST WATCH By John Elwood on Jan 18, 2024 at 8:12 am The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court made substantial progress at last week’s conference to reduce the accumulation of relisted cases. To
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WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Jan 18, 2024 at 7:11 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Thursday, January 18, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 18, 2024, 7:11 AM),
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ARGUMENT ANALYSIS By Amy Howe on Jan 17, 2024 at 6:58 pm Roman Martinez argues for Relentless, Inc. (William Hennessy) It has been nearly 40 years since the Supreme Court indicated in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council that courts should defer to an agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. After more than three-and-a-half
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CASE PREVIEW By Amy Howe on Jan 16, 2024 at 3:30 pm Oral arguments in the two related cases will begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. (Katie Barlow) The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a case involving the deference that courts should give to federal agencies’ interpretations of the laws that
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Advocates in Conversation By SCOTUSblog on Jan 16, 2024 at 3:42 pm In this video, Nate Mowry interviews Robert McNamara of the Institute for Justice, one of the lawyers representing a group of landowners from Houston who sued Texas for flooding their land with a highway project. Recommended Citation: SCOTUSblog , The takings
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WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Jan 16, 2024 at 6:22 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Tuesday, January 16, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 16, 2024, 6:22 AM),
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WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Jan 9, 2024 at 6:07 am The court will hear oral argument this morning in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, California and Office of the U.S. Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other
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Petitions of the week By Kalvis Golde on Jan 13, 2024 at 6:45 pm The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. Organized crime, from the mafia to small-time money laundering schemes, often evades criminal
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CASE PREVIEW By Amy Howe on Jan 9, 2024 at 2:52 pm The court will hear oral argument in Smith v. Arizona on Jan. 10. (Abbie Fitz via Shutterstock) Jason Smith claims that when an expert witness testified in Arizona’s drug possession case against him using drug analysis performed by a former state employee, it
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SCOTUS NEWS By Amy Howe on Jan 12, 2024 at 3:23 pm The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether an Oregon city can enforce its ban on public camping against homeless people. The announcement came as part of a short list of orders released from the justices’ private conference earlier in the day
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