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3 days ago · SCOTUS NEWS Court sends capital case back for reconsideration over focus on sex. By Amy Howe on Jan. 23 at 3:04 p.m.. An Oklahoma woman charged in the murder of her estranged husband got another chance to challenge her death sentence on Tuesday when the Supreme Court sent her case back to the lower court to take a second look at how prosecutors emphasized her sexuality at trial.
United States v. Skrmetti - SCOTUSblog
Dec 4, 2024 · Issue: Whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1, which prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow “a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex” or to treat “purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor’s sex and asserted identity,” violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research
Issues: (1) Whether Congress violated the nondelegation doctrine by authorizing the Federal Communications Commission to determine, within the limits set forth in 47 U.S.C. § 254, the amount that providers must contribute to the Universal Service Fund; (2) whether the FCC violated the nondelegation doctrine by using the financial projections of the private company appointed as the fund's ...
Consumers’ Research v. Federal Communications Commission
Issues: (1) Whether 47 U.S.C. § 254 violates the nondelegation doctrine by imposing no limit on the Federal Communications Commission’s power to raise revenue for the Universal Service Fund; and (2) whether the FCC violated the private nondelegation doctrine by transferring its revenue-raising power to a private company run by industry interest groups.
Biographies of the Justices - SCOTUSblog
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Chief Justice John Glover Roberts Jr. was born on January 27, 1955. He graduated from Harvard College in 1976, and Harvard Law School, where he was managing editor of the Harvard Law Review, in 1979.
Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado
Dec 10, 2024 · Date Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding); Mar 04 2024: Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 5, 2024) Mar 25 2024: Motion of the Solicitor General to extend the time to file a response from April 5, 2024 to May 6, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Snope v. Brown - SCOTUSblog
Issue: Whether the Constitution permits the state of Maryland to ban semiautomatic rifles that are in common use for lawful purposes, including the most popular rifle in America. Sep 11 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 23, 2024 to October 23, 2024, submitted to The ...
Kousisis v. United States - SCOTUSblog
Dec 9, 2024 · Issues: (1) Whether deception to induce a commercial exchange can constitute mail or wire fraud, even if inflicting economic harm on the alleged victim was not the object of the scheme; (2) whether a sovereign’s statutory, regulatory, or policy interest is a property interest when compliance is a material term of payment for goods or …
What's Happening Now - SCOTUSblog
Jul 1, 2024 · Breaking news from the court, including orders, stays and calendar releases; nomination and confirmation news; “A ‘view’ from the courtroom” and related features; and coverage of the justices’ public appearances. (Argument and opinion analyses, along with links to …
Rimlawi v. United States - SCOTUSblog
Jan 14, 2025 · Date Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding); May 24 2024: Application (23A1069) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 6, 2024 to August 5, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.