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29 Sep 2017, 4:36 am by Edith Roberts
” Previews of October Term 2017 also come from David Savage for the Los Angeles Times, from Steven Mazie in The Economist, and in a livestream from the Counting to 5 podcast at 11:00 a.m. [read post]
25 Sep 2017, 4:14 am by Edith Roberts
At The Economist, Steven Mazie reports that at today’s “long conference,” the justices will “sort[] through hundreds of petitions that arrived over the summer. [read post]
21 Sep 2017, 4:02 am by Edith Roberts
” At The Economist, Steven Mazie looks at Epic Systems v. [read post]
18 Sep 2017, 4:27 am by Edith Roberts
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie suggests that “[l]ess than a month before the Supreme Court considers the legality of his executive order barring travel from six overwhelmingly Muslim countries,” Trump’s tweets reacting to a London bombing last week “handed a gift to those challenging the ban. [read post]
13 Sep 2017, 4:19 am by Edith Roberts
” Coverage of the broader entry-ban controversy comes from Steven Mazie at The Economist. [read post]
11 Sep 2017, 4:29 am by Edith Roberts
In The Economist, Steven Mazie takes issue with the amicus brief filed by the federal government in support of a baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, arguing that although the brief characterizes wedding cakes as “’inherently communicative,’” it “provides no evidence that even the most elaborately decorated and exorbitantly priced wedding confections are imbued with the capacity of speech. [read post]
28 Aug 2017, 7:55 am by Andrew Hamm
Briefly: In The Economist (subscription or registration may be required), Steven Mazie reports that for the fourth time in two weeks a federal judge has found that the Texas legislature discriminated against black and Hispanic voters; he notes that the Supreme Court “will probably be the forum of last resort” for assessing Texas’ district boundaries and that “it would be a surprise if the nine justices are not eventually called upon” to consider… [read post]
21 Aug 2017, 7:08 am by Andrew Hamm
  At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie discusses Janus v. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 3:39 am by Edith Roberts
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie reports on the pivotal role Justice Anthony Kennedy will likely play in several high-profile cases on the Supreme Court’s docket for October Term 2017. [read post]
21 Jul 2017, 4:06 am by Edith Roberts
In The Economist, Steven Mazie reports that the Supreme Court’s entry-ban ruling on Wednesday was “a win for family members in Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Syria and Yemen seeking visas to visit relatives in America,” but “a loss for resettlement organisations that have already expended time, resources and energy planning for 24,000 aspiring refugees seeking shelter in America,” and that the court’s “above-the-fray perspective is the… [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 4:30 am by Edith Roberts
In The Economist, Steven Mazie observes that the “paper-and-ink volley” in the parties’ briefs was not “fought in polite, lawyerly terms. [read post]
17 Jul 2017, 4:18 am by Edith Roberts
Additional coverage comes from Lyle Denniston at his eponymous blog, Greg Stohr at Bloomberg, Julia Edwards Ainsley and Lawrence Hurley at Reuters, Richard Wolf at USA Today, and Steven Mazie in The Economist. [read post]
12 Jul 2017, 4:14 am by Edith Roberts
In The Economist, Steven Mazie reports that “one salvo” in the Democrats’ battle “to stanch the huge redistricting advantage Republicans grabbed after the 2010 census” “is coming to the Supreme Court when the justices reconvene in the autumn: Gill v Whitford, a case challenging Wisconsin’s electoral maps. [read post]
10 Jul 2017, 4:28 am by Edith Roberts
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie looks at Masterpiece Cakeshop v. [read post]
5 Jul 2017, 4:16 am by Edith Roberts
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie looks at how “the justices spend their three months of summer break,” concluding that as Roberts has observed, “the summer recess isn’t just about giving the justices a break from resolving the republic’s most pressing legal controversies—the adjournment reassures Americans that the ‘constitution is safe for the summer. [read post]