US Supreme Court
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Nothing to draw when nothing to see leaves SCOTUS artists idle
Bloomberg News: "Art Lien has been tuning in for what’s both familiar and unrecognizable during the first-ever live audio of Supreme Court oral arguments." -
U.S.: Justice Clarence Thomas has found his moment
CNN: "Justice Clarence Thomas has become a luminary in today's Washington, in a way that might never have been imagined in the arc of his life and time on the bench." -
U.S.: Climate change unleashes interstate water wars
E & E News: "A looming Supreme Court showdown over water flows from the Pecos River may be the first in a rising swell of interstate water battles driven by climate change." -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: May 7
The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on the interpretation of federal fraud and wire fraud laws and a case involving the principle of party presentation on appeal. -
U.S. Supreme Court Notebook: Chatty Thomas breaks with precedent
Associated Press: "A Supreme Court justice gets it in his mind to ask a question, and pretty soon, he’s got questions for everyone. And so the next question: Will Clarence Thomas ever stop talking?" -
Justice Ginsburg in hospital with infection, court says
Associated Press: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday with an infection caused by a gallstone, but plans to take part in the court’s arguments by telephone Wednesday, the Supreme Court said." -
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." -
Justices rule against Montana homeowners near Superfund site
Associated Press: "The Supreme Court delivered a setback Monday to Montana homeowners who are seeking additional cleanup of arsenic left over from years of copper smelting." -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 20
The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on unanimous jury verdicts, a case on challenges to patents, and a case from Montana on hazardous waste site cleanups. -
U.S.: Lawyers get ready for first-ever Supreme Court oral arguments by phone
NBC News: "The Supreme Court’s announcement this week that it will hold oral arguments via teleconference for the first time in its history has a small group of America’s top attorneys prepping for the most important phone calls of their careers." -
U.S. Supreme Court moves to limit paper filings
Bloomberg News: "The U.S. Supreme Court joined the chorus of federal courts across the country trying to reduce paper filings amid the coronavirus outbreak." -
U.S. Supreme Court to hold May arguments by teleconference
Associated Press: "The Supreme Court said Monday it will hold arguments by teleconference in May in key cases, including President Donald Trump’s bid to shield his tax and other financial records." -
U.S. Justice Stephen Breyer reflects on Supreme Court and life in isolation
CNN: "Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recently plunked down before his computer camera for a lively Zoom chat with students at the United Nations International School, offering a glimpse of the justices' private negotiations against a canvas of how the law develops in America." -
U.S.: For Supreme Court, COVID-19 response is 'pretty challenging'
Reuters: " On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it was postponing oral arguments in all of the cases it was scheduled to hear in April." -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 6
The United States Supreme Court has released opinions in an age discrimination case, a case involving evidence found during a search of a vehicle, and an election case. -
U.S. Supreme Court cancels oral arguments for rest of the term
NBC News: "The U.S. Supreme Court Friday said it will scrap the oral argument schedule for the rest of the term amid the coronavirus pandemic but left open the possibility that it might hear a few cases before the term ends in late June."