Legal News
The morning read for Thursday, May 18
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court to Rule on Affirmative Action, Student Debt and Internet Companies’ Liability (Jess
By IG
May 19, 2023
Separation of powers and mental health evidence in capital sentencing
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. There was a lot of action among the relisted cases at last week’s Supreme Court conference
By IG
May 19, 2023
Supreme Court rules Twitter not liable for ISIS content
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the family of a 2017 ISIS attack victim who sought to hold tech companies liable for allowing ISIS to use their platforms in its terrorism efforts. The lawsuit seeking to hold Twitter, Facebook, and Googl
By IG
May 19, 2023
Court dismisses Title 42 case
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government began relying on a public health law, known as Title 42, to quickly expel migrants seeking asylum at the Mexico and Canada borders. On Thursday afternoon, the Supreme Court dismissed a disp
By IG
May 19, 2023