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Supreme Court Season episodes will include all arguments that occur from October 01st to June/July.

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Ciminelli v. U.S., No. 21-1170 [Arg: 11.28.2022]

December 06, 2022 13:19 - 1 hour - 35.6 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s “right to control” theory of fraud — which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on a person’s economic decision as a species of property fraud — states a valid basis for liability under the federal wire fraud statute. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Haaland v. Brackeen, No. 21-376 [Arg: 11.9.2022]

November 15, 2022 00:06 - 3 hours - 88.1 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: (1) Whether various provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 — namely, the minimum standards of Section 1912(a), (d), (e), and (f); the placement-preference provisions of Section 1915(a) and (b); and the recordkeeping provisions of Sections 1915(e) and 1951(a) — violate the anticommandeering doctrine of the 10th Amendment;  (2) whether the individual plaintiffs have Article III standing to challenge ICWA’s placement preferences for “other Indian famil...

Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana v. Talevski, No. 21-806 [Arg: 11.8.2022]

November 15, 2022 00:06 - 1 hour - 43.1 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: (1) Whether, in light of compelling historical evidence to the contrary, the Supreme Court should reexamine its holding that spending clause legislation gives rise to privately enforceable rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; and (2) whether, assuming spending clause statutes ever give rise to private rights enforceable via Section 1983, the Federal Nursing Home Amendments Act of 1987’s transfer and medication rules do so. https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/case...

Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., No. 21-1168 [Arg: 11.8.2022]

November 15, 2022 00:06 - 1 hour - 49.6 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the due process clause of the 14th Amendment prohibits a state from requiring a corporation to consent to personal jurisdiction to do business in the state. https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mallory-v-norfolk-southern-railway-co/ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran, No. 21-1239 [Arg: 11.7.2022]

November 15, 2022 00:05 - 1 hour - 31.8 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction to hear a suit in which the respondent in an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission administrative proceeding seeks to enjoin that proceeding, based on an alleged constitutional defect in the statutory provisions that govern the removal of the administrative law judge who will conduct the proceeding. https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/securites-and-exchange-commission-v-cochran/ ★ Support this po...

Axon Enterprise v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 21-86 [Arg: 11.7.2022]

November 15, 2022 00:05 - 1 hour - 42 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether Congress impliedly stripped federal district courts of jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s structure, procedures, and existence by granting the courts of appeals jurisdiction to “affirm, enforce, modify, or set aside” the commission’s cease-and-desist orders https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/axon-enterprise-inc-v-federal-trade-commission/ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bittner v. U.S., No. 21-1195 [Arg: 11.2.2022]

November 04, 2022 22:38 - 1 hour - 33.4 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether a “violation” under the Bank Secrecy Act is the failure to file an annual Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (no matter the number of foreign accounts), or whether there is a separate violation for each individual account that was not properly reported. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Jones v. Hendrix, No. 21-857 [Arg: 11.1.2022]

November 04, 2022 22:38 - 1 hour - 36.6 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether federal inmates who did not — because established circuit precedent stood firmly against them — challenge their convictions on the ground that the statute of conviction did not criminalize their activity may apply for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C § 2241 after the Supreme Court later makes clear in a retroactively applicable decision that the circuit precedent was wrong and that they are legally innocent of the crime of conviction. ★ Support this podca...

Cruz v. Arizona, No. 21-846 [Arg: 11.1.2022]

November 04, 2022 22:37 - 1 hour - 28.4 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the Arizona Supreme Court’s holding that Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.1 (g) precluded post-conviction relief is an adequate and independent state-law ground for the judgment. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, No. 20-1199 [Arg: 10.31.2022]

November 01, 2022 16:38 - 1 hour - 132 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: (1) Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Grutter v. Bollinger and hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions; and (2) whether Harvard College is violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by penalizing Asian American applicants, engaging in racial balancing, overemphasizing race and rejecting workable race-neutral alternatives. - https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/students-for-fair-admissions-inc-v-presi...

Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, No. 21-707 [Arg: 10.31.2022]

November 01, 2022 16:38 - 2 hours - 189 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: (1) Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Grutter v. Bollinger and hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions; and (2) whether a university can reject a race-neutral alternative because it would change the composition of the student body, without proving that the alternative would cause a dramatic sacrifice in academic quality or the educational benefits of overall student-body diversity. - https://www.scotusblog...

Helix Energy Solutions Group v. Hewitt, No. 21-984 [Arg: 10.12.2022]

October 13, 2022 23:18 - 1 hour - 43 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether a supervisor making over $200,000 each year is entitled to overtime pay because the standalone regulatory exemption set forth in 29 C.F.R. § 541.601 remains subject to the detailed requirements of 29 C.F.R. § 541.604 when determining whether highly compensated supervisors are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime-pay requirements. Date                   Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) Jan 07 2022 | Petition for a writ of certi...

Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith, No. 21-869 [Arg: 10.12.2022]

October 13, 2022 23:17 - 1 hour - 47 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether a work of art is “transformative” when it conveys a different meaning or message from its source material (as the Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, and other courts of appeals have held), or whether a court is forbidden from considering the meaning of the accused work where it “recognizably deriv[es] from” its source material (as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has held). Date                  Proceedings and Orders...

Reed v. Goertz, No. 21-442 [Arg: 10.11.2022]

October 11, 2022 20:11 - 59 minutes - 27.5 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim seeking DNA testing of crime-scene evidence begins to run at the end of state-court litigation denying DNA testing, including any appeals (as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has held), or whether it begins to run at the moment the state trial court denies DNA testing, despite any subsequent appeal (as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, joining the U.S. Court of Appeals for...

National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, No. 21-468 [Arg: 10.11.2022]

October 11, 2022 20:11 - 2 hours - 60.5 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether allegations that a state law has dramatic economic effects largely outside of the state and requires pervasive changes to an integrated nationwide industry state a violation of the dormant commerce clause, or whether the extraterritoriality principle described in the Supreme Court’s decisions is now a dead letter; and   whether such allegations, concerning a law that is based solely on preferences regarding out-of-state housing of farm animals, state a ...

Arellano v. McDonough, No. 21-432 [Arg: 10.4.2022]

October 05, 2022 04:21 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: (1) Whether the rebuttable presumption of equitable tolling from Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs applies to the one-year statutory deadline in 38 U.S.C. § 5110(b)(1) for seeking retroactive disability benefits, and, if so, whether the government has rebutted that presumption; and (2) whether, if 38 U.S.C. § 5110(b)(1) is amenable to equitable tolling, this case should be remanded so the agency can consider the particular facts and circumstances in the ...

Merrill v. Milligan, No. 21-1086 [Arg: 10.4.2022]

October 04, 2022 21:25 - 1 hour - 52.2 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the state of Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for its seven seats in the United States House of Representatives violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding) Jan 28 2022 | Application (21A375) for a stay or injunctive relief pending appeal, submitted to Justice Thomas. Jan 28 2022 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due March 9, 2022) Jan 28 2022 | Response to application (21A375) requested by...

Delaware v. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, No. 22O145 [Arg: 10.3.2022]

October 03, 2022 21:59 - 1 hour - 31.5 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: (1) Whether MoneyGram Official Checks are “a money order, traveler’s check, or other similar written instrument (other than a third party bank check) on which a banking or financial organization or a business association is directly liable,” pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 2503; (2) whether the court should command Wisconsin and Pennsylvania not to assert any claim over abandoned and unclaimed property related to MoneyGram Official Checks; and (3) whether all future sum...

Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 21-454 [Arg: 10.3.2022]

October 03, 2022 21:59 - 1 hour - 49.5 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit set forth the proper test for determining whether wetlands are "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1362(7). Date Proceedings and Orders Sep 22 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 25, 2021) Sep 28 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Michael Sackett, et al. Oct 15 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 25, 2021...

Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, No. 21-429 [Arg: 04.27.2022]

April 28, 2022 17:50 - 2 hours - 59.4 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a state has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. Date Proceedings and Orders Sep 17 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2021) Sep 22 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, State of Oklahoma Oct 20 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 21, 2021 to November 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. Oct 21 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file...

Biden v. Texas, No. 21-954 [Arg: 04.26.2022]

April 28, 2022 17:50 - 1 hour - 49.1 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1225 requires the Department of Homeland Security to continue implementing the Migrant Protection Protocols, a former policy under which certain noncitizens arriving at the southwest border were returned to Mexico during their immigration proceedings; and  whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit erred by concluding that the secretary of homeland security’s new decision terminating MPP had no legal effect. Date Proceedings and Or...

Shoop v. Twyford, No. 21-511 [Arg: 04.26.2022]

April 28, 2022 17:50 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether federal courts may use the All Writs Act to order the transportation of state prisoners for reasons not enumerated in 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c); and  whether, before a court grants an order allowing a habeas petitioner to develop new evidence, it must determine whether the evidence could aid the petitioner in proving his entitlement to habeas relief, and whether the evidence may permissibly be considered by a habeas court. Date Proceedings and Orders Oct 04 2...

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, No. 21-418 [Arg: 04.25.2022]

April 28, 2022 17:50 - 1 hour - 49.4 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a public-school employee who says a brief, quiet prayer by himself while at school and visible to students is engaged in government speech that lacks any First Amendment protection; and  whether, assuming that such religious expression is private and protected by the free speech and free exercise clauses, the establishment clause nevertheless compels public schools to prohibit it. Date Proceedings and Orders Sep 14 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiora...

Nance v. Ward, No. 21-439 [Arg: 04.25.2022]

April 28, 2022 17:50 - 1 hour - 39.4 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether an inmate’s as-applied method-of-execution challenge must be raised in a habeas petition instead of through a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action if the inmate pleads an alternative method of execution not currently authorized by state law; and whether, if such a challenge must be raised in habeas, it constitutes a successive petition when the challenge would not have been ripe at the time of the inmate’s first habeas petition. Date  Proceedings and Orders Sep 17 ...

George v. McDonough, No. 21-234 [Arg: 04.19.2022]

April 28, 2022 17:50 - 1 hour - 34.5 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether, when the Department of Veterans Affairs denies a veteran’s claim for benefits in reliance on an agency interpretation that is later deemed invalid under the plain text of the statutory provisions in effect at the time of the denial, that is the kind of “clear and unmistakable error” that the veteran may invoke to challenge VA’s decision. Date Proceedings and Orders Aug 13 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 16, 2021)...

Kemp v. U.S., No. 21-5726 [Arg: 04.19.2022]

April 28, 2022 17:50 - 43 minutes - 20 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1) authorizes relief based on a district court’s error of law. Date Proceedings and Orders Sep 16 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 20, 2021) Oct 12 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 20, 2021 to November 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. Oct 13 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is g...

U.S. v. Washington, No. 21-404 [Arg: 04.18.2022]

April 28, 2022 17:50 - 1 hour - 28.9 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether a state workers’ compensation law that applies exclusively to federal contract workers who perform services at a specified federal facility is barred by principles of intergovernmental immunity, or is instead authorized by 40 U.S.C. § 3172(a), which permits the application of state workers’ compensation laws to federal facilities “in the same way and to the same extent as if the premises were under the exclusive jurisdiction of the State.” Date Proceedi...

Siegel v. Fitzgerald, No. 21-441 [Arg: 04.18.2022]

April 28, 2022 17:50 - 1 hour - 34.6 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violates the uniformity requirement of the Constitution's bankruptcy clause by increasing quarterly fees solely in districts under the U.S. Trustee program, not in those under the Bankruptcy Administrator program. Date Proceedings and Orders Sep 20 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2021) Oct 12 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 22, 2021 to November 22, 2...

Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, No. 20-1573 [Arg: 03.30.2022]

April 01, 2022 01:20 - 1 hour - 37 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the Federal Arbitration Act requires enforcement of a bilateral arbitration agreement providing that an employee cannot raise representative claims, including under the California Private Attorneys General Act. Date  Proceedings and Orders May 10 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 14, 2021) May 25 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Viking River Cruises, Inc. Jun 11 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal F...

Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety, No. 20-603 [Arg: 03.29.2022]

April 01, 2022 01:18 - 1 hour - 46.3 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether Congress has the power to authorize suits against nonconsenting states pursuant to its constitutional war powers. Date     Proceedings and Orders Nov 02 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2020) Nov 03 2020 | Waiver of right of respondent Texas Department of Public Safety to respond filed. Nov 17 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020. Nov 24 2020 | Response Requested. (Due December 28, 2020) Dec 01 2020 | ...

LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, No. 20-807 [Arg: 03.28.2022]

March 31, 2022 22:42 - 1 hour - 46.3 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether a locomotive is in use on a railroad’s line and subject to the Locomotive Inspection Act and its safety regulations when its train makes a temporary stop in a railyard as part of its unitary journey in interstate commerce, or whether such use does not resume until the locomotive has left the yard as part of a fully assembled train, as held by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit below, contrary to the decisions of the Supreme Court and other cir...

Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, No. 21-309 [Arg: 03.28.2022]

March 31, 2022 22:38 - 1 hour - 30.5 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether workers who load or unload goods from vehicles that travel in interstate commerce, but do not physically transport such goods themselves, are interstate “transportation workers” exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act. Date   Proceedings and Orders Aug 27 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 30, 2021) Sep 08 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 30, 2021 to November 1, 2021, submitted to Th...

ZF Automotive US v. Luxshare, Ltd., No. 21-401 [Arg: 03.23.2022]

March 25, 2022 00:04 - 1 hour - 50.2 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a), which permits litigants to invoke the authority of United States courts to render assistance in gathering evidence for use in “a foreign or international tribunal,” encompasses private commercial arbitral tribunals, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 4th and 6th Circuits have held, or excludes such tribunals, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 5th and 7th Circuits have held. Date Proceedings and Orders Sep 10 2021 | Peti...

Golan v. Saada, No. 20-1034 [Arg: 03.22.2022]

March 25, 2022 00:04 - 1 hour - 36.6 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether, upon finding that return to the country of habitual residence places a child at grave risk, a district court is required to consider ameliorative measures that would facilitate the return of the child notwithstanding the grave risk finding. DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding) Jan 26 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 1, 2021) Mar 01 2021 | Brief of respondent Isacco Saada in opposition filed. Mar 01 2021 | ...

Morgan v. Sundance, No. 21-328 [Arg: 03.21.2022]

March 25, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 37.6 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the arbitration-specific requirement that the proponent of a contractual waiver defense prove prejudice violates the Supreme Court’s instruction in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion that lower courts must “place arbitration agreements on an equal footing with other contracts." Date Proceedings and Orders Aug 27 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 1, 2021) Sep 29 2021 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Law Pro...

Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, No. 21-248 [Arg: 03.21.2022]

March 24, 2022 23:59 - 1 hour - 32.6 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether a state agent authorized by state law to defend the state’s interest in litigation must overcome a presumption of adequate representation to intervene as of right in a case in which a state official is a defendant;  whether a district court’s determination of adequate representation in ruling on a motion to intervene as of right is reviewed de novo or for abuse of discretion; and  whether petitioners Philip Berger, the president pro tempore of the stat...

Egbert v. Boule, No. 21-147 [Arg: 03.02.2022]

March 07, 2022 18:54 - 1 hour - 33 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: 1) Whether a cause of action exists under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics for First Amendment retaliation claims; and (2) whether a cause of action exists under Bivens for claims against federal officers engaged in immigration-related functions for allegedly violating a plaintiff’s Fourth Amendment rights. Date                   Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) Jul 30 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. ...

Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. Davita, No. 20-1641 [Arg: 03.1.2022]

March 07, 2022 18:54 - 1 hour - 40.3 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED:  Whether a group health plan that provides uniform reimbursement of all dialysis treatments observe the prohibition provided by the Medicare Secondary Payer Act that group health plans may not “take into account” the fact that a plan participant with end stage renal disease is eligible for Medicare benefits;  whether a plan that provides the same dialysis benefits to all plan participants, and reimburses dialysis providers uniformly regardless of whether the pa...

Ruan v. U.S., No. 20-1410 [Arg: 03.1.2022]

March 07, 2022 18:53 - 1 hour - 43.7 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether a physician alleged to have prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice may be convicted of unlawful distribution under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) without regard to whether, in good faith, he “reasonably believed” or “subjectively intended” that his prescriptions fall within that course of professional practice. Date                  Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) Apr 05 2021 | Petition for a writ of certi...

West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 20-1530 [Arg: 02.28.2022]

March 07, 2022 18:53 - 2 hours - 56.4 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether, in 42 U.S.C. § 7411(d), an ancillary provision of the Clean Air Act, Congress constitutionally authorized the Environmental Protection Agency to issue significant rules — including those capable of reshaping the nation’s electricity grids and unilaterally decarbonizing virtually any sector of the economy — without any limits on what the agency can require so long as it considers cost, nonair impacts and energy requirements. Date                    Proc...

Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco, California, No. 20-1775 [Arg: 02.23.2022]

March 07, 2022 18:33 - 1 hour - 37.2 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether states with interests should be permitted to intervene to defend a rule when the United States ceases to defend. Date                    Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) Jun 18 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2021) Jul 09 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 23, 2021 to August 23, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. Jul 12 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted...

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas, No. 20-493 [Arg: 02.22.2022]

March 07, 2022 18:33 - 1 hour - 42 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act provides the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo with sovereign authority to regulate non-prohibited gaming activities on its lands (including bingo), as set forth in the plain language of Section 107(b), the act’s legislative history and the Supreme Court’s holding in California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, or whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit’s decision ...

Denezpi v. U.S., No. 20-7622 [Arg: 02.22.2022]

March 07, 2022 18:32 - 1 hour - 30.1 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the Court of Indian Offenses of Ute Mountain Ute Agency is a federal agency such that Merle Denezpi’s conviction in that court barred his subsequent prosecution in a United States district court for a crime arising out of the same incident. Date                    Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) Mar 26 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 30, 2021) Apr 05 2021 ...

Concepcion v. United States, No. 20-1650 [Arg: 1.19.2022]

January 21, 2022 02:50 - 1 hour - 34.6 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether, when deciding if it should “impose a reduced sentence” on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments. Date                     Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) May 24 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 25, 2021) Jun 21 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 25, 2021 to July 26, 2021, ...

Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate, No. 20-12 [Arg: 1.19.2022]

January 21, 2022 02:50 - 1 hour - 40.5 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether appellees have standing to challenge the statutory loan-repayment limit of 52 U.S.C. 30116(j); and whether the loan-repayment limit violates the Free Speech clause of the First Amendment. Date                 Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) Jul 02 2021 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due August 6, 2021) Aug 05 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed. Aug 06 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Campaign Legal ...

Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, No. 20-1566 [Arg: 1.18.2022]

January 21, 2022 02:49 - 1 hour - 29.5 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether a federal court hearing state law claims brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act must apply the forum state’s choice-of-law rules to determine what substantive law governs the claims at issue, or whether it may apply federal common law. Date                    Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) May 06 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 10, 2021) May 14 2021 | Waiver of right of respondent Thyssen-Born...

Shurtleff v. Boston, No. 20-1800 [Arg: 1.18.2022]

January 21, 2022 02:49 - 1 hour - 38 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit’s failure to apply the Supreme Court’s forum doctrine to the First Amendment challenge of a private religious organization that was denied access to briefly display its flag on a city flagpole, pursuant to a city policy expressly designating the flagpole a public forum open to all applicants, with hundreds of approvals and no denials, conflicts with the Supreme Court’s precedents holding that speech restricti...

Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, No. 20-1472 [Arg: 1.12.2022]

January 21, 2022 02:48 - 1 hour - 30.8 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the 30-day time limit to file a petition for review in the Tax Court of a notice of determination from the commissioner of internal revenue in 26 U.S.C. § 6330(d)(1) is a jurisdictional requirement or a claim-processing rule subject to equitable tolling. Date                 Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) Apr 16 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 21, 2021) May 12 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a res...

Garland v. Gonzalez, No. 20-322 [Arg: 1.11.2022]

January 12, 2022 18:26 - 1 hour - 29.2 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether an alien who is detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1231 is entitled by statute, after six months of detention, to a bond hearing at which the government must prove to an immigration judge that the alien is a flight risk or a danger to the community; and (2) whether, under 8 U. S. C. § 1252(f)(1), the courts below had jurisdiction to grant classwide injunctive relief. Date                    Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) Sep 04 2020 | Petition for ...

Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez, No. 19-896 [Arg: 1.11.2022]

January 12, 2022 18:26 - 1 hour - 29.6 MB

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether an alien who is detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1231 is entitled by statute, after six months of detention, to a bond hearing at which the government must prove to an immigration judge by clear and convincing evidence that the alien is a flight risk or a danger to the community. Date                      Proceedings and Orders Nov 08 2019 | Application (19A515) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 18, 2019 to December 1...