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SCOTUS Stays Orders in Texas Gerrymandering Case

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 13, 2017
News Type: U.S. Supreme Court
In a 5-4 split, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed federal court decisions requiring the redrawing of certain districts in Texas because of racial gerrymandering, the ABA Journal reports. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan voted to deny the stay. Texas argued that the maps weren’t discriminatory because the court had made them.

Justice Alito Stays Decision on Texas Redistricting Plan

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 29, 2017
News Type: U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Samuel Alito has stayed a lower court’s decision that required Texas to redraw two of its congressional districts for racial gerrymandering, the ABA Journal reports. Alito’s order granted the stay until the court receives a response by civil rights groups that is due tomorrow.

Sen. Grassley Doesn’t Expect Imminent Supreme Court Vacancy

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 15, 2017
News Type: U.S. Supreme Court
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the U.S. Senate committee that handles Supreme Court nominations, said he does not expect an imminent court vacancy, Reuters reports. The statement signals that Justice Anthony Kennedy will not retire this year, despite earlier speculation. "Evidently that's not going to happen," Grassley said. "I don't have any expectation we will have a vacancy as I thought there would be" earlier this year.

SCOTUS Allows Extended Family Exemptions to Travel Ban

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 19, 2017
News Type: U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court today allowed a lower court’s decision to stand that would exempt grandparents, grandchildren and other extended family members from the Trump administration’s travel ban, the ABA Journal reports. The Court did block a portion of U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson’s ruling that exempted from the travel ban refugees who have formal help from a resettlement agency.

Supreme Court to Review Sports Betting

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2017
News Type: U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will take on New Jersey’s fight against the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, a federal law that redistricts legal sports betting to Nevada, ESPN reports. The state passed a referendum in 2011 in support of legalized sports betting but was sued by the NCAA, NBA, NFL, NHA and Major League Baseball to halt it. The Court’s decision could have wide-reaching repercussions if it were to side with New Jersey.

Supreme Court to Consider Travel Ban, Allows Limited Version into Effect

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 26, 2017
News Type: U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider President Donald Trump’s travel ban this fall and will allow a limited version to take effect in the meantime, The Washington Post reports. The court made one exception: the ban “may not be enforced against foreign nationals who have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.” The ruling means that the administration may impose a 90-day ban on travelers from six countries and a 120-day ban on all refugees entering the U.S. It will go into effect 72 hours after court approval.

Court Gives Memphis Man 2nd Chance in Drug, Deportation Case

Posted by: Barry Kolar on Jun 23, 2017
News Type: U.S. Supreme Court

A Memphis restaurant owner in jail and facing deportation after pleading guilty to a drug charge 7½ years ago will get another chance in court after the U.S. Supreme Court today vacated his conviction on grounds that he had been given bad legal advice, the Commercial Appeal reports. “He was really thankful that someone finally understood the harm that his lawyer’s advice caused him,” said Nashville attorney Patrick McNally, who is part of the legal team that handled the appeal.

SCOTUS Decision May Aid UAW in Chattanooga

Posted by: Barry Kolar on Jun 23, 2017
News Type: U.S. Supreme Court

A U.S. Supreme Court action this week in a labor case involving Macy's department store workers may strengthen a United Auto Workers’ case with Volkswagen in Tennessee, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. The automaker is currently appealing a National Labor Relations Board decision that paved the way for a vote among about 160 skilled-trades workers at the plant. The company has refused to bargain with the UAW while it argues that union representation decisions should only be made by the entire hourly workforce. Macy's made much the same arguments in its unsuccessful 5th Circuit appeal and the Supreme Court declined to take the case.

Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Gerrymandering Case

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 19, 2017
News Type: U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether gerrymandered election maps favoring one political party over another violate the Constitution, The Washington Post reports. Should the Court find partisan gerrymandering in violation of the Constitution, it could have a revolutionary impact on the next reapportionment, which comes after the 2020 election cycle. The case comes from Wisconsin, where a federal court ruled that the state’s Republican leadership created a map so partisan that it violated the Constitution’s First Amendment and equal rights protections.

SCOTUS Allows Band to Call Itself by Disparaging Name

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 19, 2017
News Type: U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Asian-American rock band The Slants, which had previously been denied a trademark by the U.S. Patent Office due to the disparaging nature of its moniker, NPR reports. The ruling could have major implications for other trademark cases and disputes, like the Washington Redskins football team. "The disparagement clause violates the First Amendment's Free Speech Clause," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his opinion.
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