Legal News
A squabble over a procedural deadline will test the limits of “plain language” textualism
Plain language versus structure. That’s the debate the parties offer the court Tuesday morning in Kemp v. United States. The case involves a small detail of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure – the correct pigeonhole in Rule 60(b) for an argument that a
By IG
Apr 19, 2022
The “reasonable observer” of prayer in school
Amy talks to Professor Nicole Stelle Garnett and supervising attorney John Meiser of the Religious Liberty Clinic at Notre Dame Law School about the amicus brief the clinic filed in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. The brief calls on t
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Apr 19, 2022
Court declines to hear death-row inmate’s claim of juror’s racial bias, prompting dissent from liberal justices
The Supreme Court on Monday morning issued orders from the justices’ private conference last Thursday. The justices did not add any new cases to their docket, and over the dissent of the three liberals, the court denied review in the case of a death-row i
By IG
Apr 19, 2022
With three conservatives dissenting, court declines to intervene on behalf of Air Force officer who won’t get vaccinated
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea from a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve to block the Air Force from disciplining him because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. Three justices – Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch
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Apr 19, 2022