TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 14, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court last week agreed to hear two new cases: one dealing with a law against encouraging illegal immigration and another addressing the use of arbitration agreements. The Biden administration is seeking to revive a federal law that makes it a criminal offense to encourage illegal immigration after it was struck down as a violation of free speech rights. The 9th Circuit says the law criminalizes commonplace speech, but the administration says it is an "important tool for combating activities that exacerbate unlawful immigration." In the second case, Coinbase is seeking to halt customer class actions and send the cases to arbitration. It is asking the court to stay the suits until it appeals a lower court order rejecting the arbitration request. Reuters looks at both cases.