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SCOTUS Digest

Jan 14, 2021

Prisoner – 8th Amendment Violation

Petitioner Trent Taylor is an inmate in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Jan 14, 2021

Statutory Interpretation – 1st Amendment Violation

Petitioner DeRay Mckesson organized a demonstration in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to protest a shooting by a local police officer.

Sep 9, 2020

Preliminary Injunction – Application for Stay

The application for stay or vacatur presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted.

Sep 2, 2020

Order Correcting Opinion

The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is affirmed for the reasons stated in McGirt v. Oklahoma, ante, p. ___.

Sep 2, 2020

Statutory Interpretation – Major Crimes Act

On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise. Forced to leave their ancestral lands in Georgia and Alabama, the Creek Nation received assurances that their new lands in the West would be secure forever.

Sep 2, 2020

Congressional Subpoena – Information About President

Over the course of five days in April 2019, three committees of the U. S. House of Representatives issued four subpoenas seeking information about the finances of President Donald J. Trump, his children, and affiliated businesses.

Sep 2, 2020

State Criminal Subpoena – Enforcement

In our judicial system, “the public has a right to every man’s evidence.”

Sep 2, 2020

1st Amendment Violation

These cases require us to decide whether the First Amendment permits courts to intervene in employment disputes involving teachers at religious schools who are entrusted with the responsibility of instructing their students in the faith.

Sep 2, 2020

Affordable Care Act Violation – Contraceptive Mandate

In these consolidated cases, we decide whether the Government created lawful exemptions from a regulatory requirement implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), 124 Stat. 119.

Sep 2, 2020

Order Correcting Opinion

The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is reversed for the reasons stated in Chiafalo v. Washington, ante, p. ___.

Sep 1, 2020

TCPA Violation – Robocall Restriction

In response to consumer complaints, Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) to prohibit, inter alia, almost all robocalls to cell phones.

Sep 1, 2020

Elector Pledge Requirement – Noncompliance

Every four years, millions of Americans cast a ballot for a presidential candidate.

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