Legal News
Court rejects “door opening” as a Sixth Amendment confrontation-clause exception
The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a criminal defendant who said his Sixth Amendment rights were violated at a trial during which he was convicted of fatally shooting a two-year-old boy. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the opinion for an 8-1 court. Ju
By IG
Jan 21, 2022
Revenge of the rescheduled cases: Congressional proxy voting, the ministerial exception, and more
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Last week’s relists yielded what will likely be the last five cases to be to be argued dur
By IG
Jan 21, 2022
Now available on Oyez: January oral argument audio aligned with the transcripts
Oyez has posted the aligned audio and transcripts from the January 2022 oral arguments at the Supreme Court. The court heard argument in: Biden v. Missouri National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
By IG
Jan 21, 2022
Majority turns down request to send Texas abortion litigation back to federal district court
The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon rejected abortion providers’ request to order a federal appeals court to send their challenge to a Texas law banning almost all abortions in the state promptly back to the friendlier confines of a federal district c
By IG
Jan 21, 2022