It is challenging to predict how Judge Brown Jackson might rule on issues of importance to states and local governments as a Supreme Court Justice.
Continue readingU.S. Supreme Court Allows Pennsylvania and North Carolina Court-Created Congressional Maps to Remain in Effect
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed court-drawn congressional redistricting maps favored by Democrats to remain in effect in North Carolina and Pennsylvania while litigation continues in the lower courts.
Continue readingSLLC Files Supreme Court Brief in Money Damages Miranda Case
Legal Center (SLLC) amicus brief in Vega v. Tekoh argues police officers should not be able to be sued for money damages if they fail to provide a Miranda warning.
Continue readingSupreme Court to Decide Constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act
Haaland v. Brackeen consolidates four cases challenging multiple provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) as unconstitutional.
Continue readingSupreme Court to Decide Case Involving Free Speech and a Non-Discrimination Statute
In 303 Creative v. Elenis the U.S. Supreme will decide whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
Continue readingSCOTUS to Decide whether Biden Administration Must Continue Migrant Protection Protocols
as the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a federal statute requires the Biden administration to implement the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). The Supreme Court will also decide whether the lower court erred in concluding that the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new decision to terminate MPP had no legal effect.
Continue readingSupreme Court Allows Alabama Districting Plan to Remain in Effect
a 5-4 vote in Merrill v. Milligan the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama’s districting plan, which a three-judge panel concluded violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), to go into effect during the upcoming primary, while litigation continues in this case.
Continue readingMay States Prosecute Non-Indians who Commit Crimes against Indians in Indian Country
In Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a state has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country.
Continue readingWhat Will Justice Breyer’s Retirement Mean for States and Local Governments
Justice Breyer will be remembered as a reliable liberal in the Court’s big, controversial cases, for his pragmatic worldview, and for his inquisitive, tireless, and at times dramatic persona at oral argument.
Continue readingSupreme Court to Decide Whether to End Affirmative Action in College Admissions
In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to overturn Grutter v. Bollinger (2003).
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