Wednesday Writs: Rape and The Death Penalty in Coker v Georgia
The sole questioned left for SCOTUS to consider was whether the death penalty in rape cases violated the 8th Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment
Category: SCOTUS
DOJ Sues Texas Over Abortion Law: Read It For Yourself
As expected, the DOJ sues Texas over the abortion law that took effect Sept 1 and the Supreme Court ruled against acting upon.
Texas Abortion Fortune Hunter’s Bill and an Impotent SCOTUS
The Texas abortion ban that is not really a ban, but really is a ban, that Texas uses as an end run around existing precedent.
SCOTUS Allows Texas Abortion Law To Stand
A day after their perceived inaction allowed the controversial Texas abortion law to take affect, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling leaving the law in place
Texas Abortion Law Takes Effect: Read Both SCOTUS Arguments For Yourself
After a flurry of appeals to a silent Supreme Court, a Texas abortion law described as “prohibiting nearly all abortions” is now in effect.
Why SCOTUS Ended the Eviction Moratorium
Don’t blame the nine lawyers sitting in the big chairs in DC for the eviction moratorium ruling; blame the 535 members of Congress
SCOTUS Lifts Eviction Moratorium, Again: Read It For Yourself
In an unsigned eight page ruling, the Supreme Court for a second time ruled the CDC’s eviction moratorium exceeded it’s authority.
Wednesday Writs: A Case of This, A Case of That Edition
The case list for this edition of Wednesday Writs include child marriage laws, outlawing bacon, and lawyers losing via email
Amy Coney Barrrett, Librul Commie Traitor, Or Something
Why did Justice Amy Coney Barrett “betray” her fellow conservatives in their fight against mandating vaccines? Let’s have a look-see…
Supreme Court Partially Blocks New York Eviction Moratorium: Read It For Yourself
The Supreme Court ruled to partially block the New York eviction moratorium in an unsigned order that drew a dissent from Justices Breyer, Sotomayer, and Kagan.
Wednesday Writs: Court Is Not Choose Your Own Adventures Book Edition
Bayer continues to have its ass handed to it by one court after another as the company tries to wriggle free from an $87 million verdict
Native American Tribal Courts Having Tough Transition Following SCOTUS McGirt Ruling
The Supreme Court’s McGirt v. Oklahoma decision regarding Native American Tribal Courts is having a rocky transition.
Wednesday Writs: Soulless Enterprise of Death Edition
The plaintiff’s lawyer’s passionate closing argument called R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris a “soulless enterprise of death.” Was that wrong?
Trump Has A Kavanaugh Grievance and Wants You People To Hear About It
The Trump vendetta ride against anyone and everyone he perceives to have slighted him continues apace, now featuring Brett Kavanaugh
Wednesday Writs: Voting Rights in Brnovich v Democratic National Committee
Em Carpenter is here to give you a rundown on Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, this SCOTUS term’s so-called “voting rights case”
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 in Arizona Voting Rights Case: Read It For Yourself
SCOTUS ruled 6-3 in Brnovich v. DNC that upholds bans on “ballot harvesting” and throwing out ballots casts in the wrong precinct
Wednesday Writs: The Court Don’t Care About Your Feelings Edition
Quite often, a lawyer knows before leaving court whether they have prevailed or lost miserably, and in this case that was pretty clear.
Supreme Court, The First Amendment, and The Cursing Cheerleader: Read It For Yourself
SCOTUS ruled 8-1 that a Snapchat video of a cheerleader telling her school to go…well, anyway she has a first amendment right to do so.
Supreme Court Unanimous In Favor of NCAA Student-Athletes: Read It For Yourself
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the student-athletes against the NCAA, with Justice Neil Gorsuch delivering the opinion
Fulton v City of Philadelphia: In Which SCOTUS Takes 110 Pages to Accomplish Almost Nothing
The justices who fear that the decision in Fulton v. Philadelphia has only ensured that the case is just beginning are likely correct.
