Supreme Court Calendar: April Oral Arguments ScheduleThe final cases on the October 2011 Term Supreme Court calendar have been announced. On Friday, the Court released the April oral arguments schedule. While we'll have to wait and see if April showers bring May flowers, we can be
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Ginsburg and Scalia: Raising the Bar for Supreme Court FriendshipWe?ve never subscribed to the grown-up version of Valentine?s Day; it strikes us as insincere. Instead, we've always preferred the childhood version of the holiday: showering friends with silly sentiments, (e.g. Justin Bieber valentines), and candy. In that spirit of
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Looking Forward to Spring: Groundhogs and Stolen ValorHappy Groundhog Day, SCOTUS-watchers. America's seasonal oracle, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow this morning, according to The Washington Post. You can forget that balmy weather outside, because "winter" is here for six more weeks. (Our calendar indicated that winter was
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Sooners to Supreme Court: Stop Minding Oklahoma Business?Perhaps Oklahoma is peeved that the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the state's anti-Sharia law, a state constitutional amendment that prevents Oklahoma state courts from considering or using Sharia law in decisions. Or, maybe the legislature is trying
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Newt Gingrich v. The Nine: Can POTUS Ignore SCOTUS?Lawyers are bound by the courts. We may disagree with judges, but we respect their decisions. If we fail to do so, we can be fined, or even jailed. But is the President of the United States bound by the
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How the Supreme Court Botched U.S. v. JonesThe Supreme Court fumbled the warrantless GPS tracking decision on Monday. Yes, privacy advocates are claiming the case as a victory. And it is. But U.S. v. Jones is more of a field-goal-in-overtime victory, than a resounding win for privacy
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Unanimous: Warrantless GPS Tracking is Unreasonable SearchHappy Monday, everyone. We're kicking this week off with four more Supreme Court opinions, most notably a decision in the warrantless GPS tracking case, U.S. v. Jones. Today, the Court ruled that the government executed an unreasonable search when it
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Back to the Drawing Board: Reversal in Texas Redistricting CaseRick Perry may have exited the presidential race, but he scored a win for Texas Republicans in the Supreme Court; the Nine vacated orders to implement a court-designed Texas redistricting plan this morning, reports The Washington Post. Texas was awarded
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This Week on First Street: SCOTUS Decides Maples v. ThomasThe Nine released three more 2012 Supreme Court opinions yesterday, including a decision in a closely-watched criminal law matter. In a 7-2 decision, the Court overturned the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to find that death row inmate Cory Maples
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Supreme Court Denies Cert in Student Free Speech Rights CasesThe Nine are not fans of social media, and they're not ready to consider arguments that students' free speech rights do not extend to cyberspace. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court denied cert in three free speech rights challenges involving comments
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Supreme Court to Consider Qualified Immunity for Lawyers TuesdayOn Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Filarsky v. Delia, a qualified immunity case challenging a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that government-employed lawyers are entitled to qualified immunity, but private lawyers working on a case-by-case
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Decided: 3 More 2012 Supreme Court OpinionsThe Supreme Court has been busy this week, disposing of cases and dispensing decisions. The Nine followed up yesterday's decisions in CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood, Gonzalez v. Thaler, Minneci v. Pollard, and Smith v. Cain with three more 2012 Supreme
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This Week on First Street: First 2012 Supreme Court OpinionsIt was a busy day at First Street, with both oral arguments and the first round of 2012 Supreme Court opinions. In addition to hearing arguments in Knox v. Services Employees International Union and FCC v. Fox Television Stations, the
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How Will Western Tradition Partnership Affect Citizens United?Once again, Montana is the wild, wild west: Last week, the Montana Supreme Court challenged the U.S. Supreme Court to a showdown. In a 5-2 decision, the popularly-elected Montana Supreme Court held in Western Tradition Partnership v. Attorney General that
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Chief Justice Roberts on Supreme Court Ethics: We've Got ThisWhile you were chilling the champagne and prepping your party hat Saturday night, Chief Justice John Roberts was steeling himself for the publication of his 2011 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary. In light of the many calls for recusals
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