Legal News
Court will hear challenges to affirmative action at Harvard and University of North Carolina
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to reconsider the role of race in college admissions. In a brief order, the justices agreed to take up two cases asking them to overrule their landmark 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, holding that the University o
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Jan 25, 2022
Justices take up cases on power of district courts and regulation of wetlands
The Supreme Court on Monday morning issued orders from the justices’ private conference on Friday, Jan. 21. In addition to taking up the issue of race in college admissions (covered here), the justices added two other cases to their docket for next term.
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Jan 25, 2022
Squabbles over masks and shadow-docket tasks
Amy Howe and Katie Barlow review a busy Supreme Court week, including a new cert grant in a religious-freedom case, the latest action on the shadow docket, and “maskgate.” SCOTUStalk is launching a new Q&A feature. Send us your questions about the jus
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Jan 25, 2022
Court reaffirms duties of retirement-plan sponsors to monitor and update plan options
Monday’s decision in Hughes v. Northwestern University will be a strong contender for shortest decision of the term – Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s opinion for a unanimous court did not fill six pages, and included only six paragraphs of explanation following
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Jan 25, 2022