Legal News

Trump’s steel tariffs, UNC affirmative action, and Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, challenges to President Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on Turkish steel, the University of North Carolina’s use of race in admissions, and Maine’s COVID-19 vaccin

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Justices will decide scope of judicial review over certain immigration decisions

Patel v. Garland raises an important question about whether a federal court can review a decision by an agency within the Department of Justice that a noncitizen is ineligible for a green card. The Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case on Mond

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Justices to consider obligation of retirement-plan sponsors to pare investment options

Monday’s argument in Hughes v. Northwestern University will give the justices yet another opportunity to explain the fiduciary obligation of the sponsors that control the defined-contribution plans on which so many of us depend for our retirement. This ca

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