US Supreme Court
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Smooth sailing in U.S. Supreme Court's first teleconference case; Thomas joins fray
Reuters: "The first U.S. Supreme Court arguments conducted by teleconference - a break from tradition due to the coronavirus pandemic - played out smoothly on Monday." -
U.S.: It's going to be an unusual May in the Supreme Court
ABA Journal: "For the first time in recent memory, the Supreme Court will be holding oral arguments in May, and for the first time ever, they will be by telephone." -
Black robes or bathrobes? Virus alters high court traditions
WSLS News: "The coronavirus pandemic is forcing big changes at the tradition-bound Supreme Court. The justices will hear arguments this month by telephone for the first time since Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention in 1876." -
Courtroom access: Laboratories for live-streaming?
SCOTUSblog: "On April 13, the Supreme Court announced that it would conduct 10 oral arguments via telephone conference on several days in May in cases whose oral argument dates had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic." -
Blind justice: No visual cues in U.S. high court phone cases
Associated Press: "Because of the coronavirus pandemic the high court is, for the first time in its 230-year history, holding arguments by telephone." -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 27
The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on payments to insurers under the Affordable Care Act and a case on copyright protection for state statute annotations. The Court also issued a per curiam opinion dismissing a firearms case as moot. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 23
The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on the removal of a lawful permanent resident who commits a serious crime, a trademark infringement case, and a Clean Water Act case involving discharge permits. -
U.S. Supreme Court decision on unanimous jury verdicts leaves military out
Stars & Stripes: "A Supreme Court opinion this week banning non-unanimous verdicts in state criminal cases leaves the military as the sole American jurisdiction that allows them." -
You’ve reached the Supreme Court. Press 1 for live arguments
Associated Press: "This is how the Supreme Court embraces technology. Slowly. It took a worldwide pandemic for the court to agree to hear arguments over the telephone." -
U.S. Supreme Court set to release spring opinions during coronavirus pandemic
CNN: "It's spring time at the Supreme Court which normally means the justices are just finishing oral arguments and hunkering down to release all outstanding opinions by their self-imposed end-of-June deadline."