US Supreme Court
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U.S. Supreme Court per curiam opinions: Nov. 2
The United States Supreme Court has issued per curiam opinions in a case on tort liability for injuries caused by protesters and a qualified immunity case involving allegations of cruel and unusual punishment. -
The United States Supreme Court will conduct oral arguments next week with one Justice missing and an empty courtroom
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on September 18, 2020, and her passing will leave the Court with 8 Justices when their term begins on October 5. -
U.S.: Inside virus-era Supreme Court
National Law Journal: "Michael Francisco clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch until July 17 this past term, an unusually late departure caused by the scrambled court calendar resulting from the pandemic." -
U.S.: The Supreme Court's 'shadow docket' is drawing increasing scrutiny
ABA Journal: "The U.S. Supreme Court’s 'shadow docket' is coming in from the dark. The term refers to emergency orders and summary decisions that are outside the high court’s main docket of argued cases and decisions." -
U.S.: Justices will hear argument in ACA case one week after Election Day
SCOTUSblog: "The Supreme Court on Wednesday released the calendar for the November argument session, which will include the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act and a clash between religious liberty and LGBTQ rights." -
Justice Thomas maps own course, at wheel of his 40-foot bus
Associated Press: "Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has never been afraid to turn right when his colleagues turn left, or in any direction really as long as there’s a place to plug in his 40-foot refitted tour bus at the end of the day." -
U.S. Supreme Court justices make rare public appearances in pandemic
Bloomberg News: "Two Supreme Court justices appeared in public this week in the kind of sightings that have become rare since the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to end the term while working remotely." -
Supreme Court denies Nevada church's appeal of coronavirus rule
MPR News: "A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court denied a rural Nevada church’s request late Friday to strike down as unconstitutional a 50-person cap on worship services as part of the state’s ongoing response to the coronavirus." -
U.S.: Pandemic lawsuits from voters, worshipers, prisoners meet roadblock at Supreme Court
USA Today: "The coronavirus pandemic has fueled an outbreak of lawsuits from voters, church worshipers, prisoners and others challenging public health policies, but the Supreme Court is proving to be a roadblock." -
Ruth Bader Ginsburg announces cancer recurrence, says chemotherapy yielding 'positive results'
CNN: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is undergoing chemotherapy to treat a recurrence of cancer. The treatment is yielding 'positive results.'"