On November 1st the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in two cases challenging Texas’s abortion law. S.B. 8, enacted earlier this year, prohibits abortions in Texas after approximately six weeks.
Continue readingJustice Breyer Allows Maine Vaccine Requirement to Stand
Justice Breuer rejected a challenge to Maine’s requirement that all healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Continue readingSupreme Court Grants Police Officers Qualified Immunity in Two Cases
In two unauthored opinions, decided without oral argument the Supreme Court granted police officers qualified immunity
Continue readingSupreme Court to Decide Tribal Bingo Case
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether federal law allows Texas to impose its bingo regulations on the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian tribe.
Continue readingU.S. Supreme Court to Decide ”Choice-of-Law” Stolen Painting Case
aring 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, or whether it may apply federal common law.
Continue readingSLLC Files SCOTUS Amicus Brief in Emotional Distress Damages Case
In Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller the State and Local Legal Center (SLLC) filed a Supreme Court amicus brief arguing that emotional distress damages aren’t available under the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act.
Continue readingJustice Sotomayor Allows NYC to Mandate Vaccines for School Employees
overturn a federal district court decision upholding New York City Department of Education’s (DOE) policy requiring all employees and contractors who work in-person in DOE buildings to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Continue readingSupreme Court to Decide Government Speech Flag Case
The issue the Supreme Court will decide in Shurtleff v. City of Boston is whether flying a flag on a flagpole owed by a government entity is government speech. If it is, the city may refuse to fly a Christian flag.
Continue readingSupreme Court Adds Spiritual Advisor Lethal Injection Case to its Docket
In Ramirez v. Collier the U.S. Supreme Court may decide whether Texas prison officials violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) by disallowing John Henry Ramirez’s spiritual advisor to vocalize prayers and lay his hands on Ramirez as Ramirez is executed by lethal injection.
Continue readingSLLC Asks SCOTUS to Rule Disparate Impact Claims are Unavailable under the Rehabilitation Act
In CVS Pharmacy v. Doe, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether disability disparate impact claims may be brought under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and therefore under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
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