Legal News
The Jackson hearings: A week in review
Amy sits down with SCOTUSblog’s James Romoser and Katie Barlow to discuss all four days of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. Later in the episode: Justice Clarence Thomas in the hospital, Ginni Thomas’ texts, and major ord
By IG
Mar 26, 2022
Justices to decide what it means to “use” a locomotive
The Supreme Court is poised to decide yet another case involving one of the many federal statutes that govern the nation’s railroads and railworkers. Just like in other recent railroad cases, this one at first glance seems to present only a narrow questio
By IG
Mar 26, 2022
Court allows Department of Defense to reassign unvaccinated Navy SEALs
The Supreme Court on Friday gave the Pentagon the go-ahead to consider whether some members of the elite Navy SEALs are vaccinated against COVID-19 when making operational decisions. With three justices noting dissents, the court temporarily blocked an or
By IG
Mar 26, 2022
Are airline cargo loaders engaged in interstate commerce? The answer has high stakes for forced arbitration.
Like many cases involving the Federal Arbitration Act, Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon began with an employment dispute: Southwest employee Latrice Saxon believed she was owed overtime pay. On behalf of herself and her fellow ramp-agent supervisors, Saxon
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Mar 26, 2022