Tag: death penalty

Late February and early March cases

February 23, 2025 case suggestions No Comments
The next block of SCOTUS arguments includes some extremely important issues that have not received much public attention: among others, the right to demand DNA testing after being sentenced to death, “reverse discrimination” standards and showings, and gun-maker liability. Monday, February 24 A really interesting death penalty case involving DNA…

First Monday and October 2024 cases

August 9, 2024 case suggestions No Comments
The first block of SCOTUS arguments starts with some procedural issues but then hears cases concerning regulation of "ghost guns," prosecutorial misconduct in death penalty cases, RICO damages, immigration procedure, and veterans benefits before wrapping up with a major Clean Water Act case. Summaries are below.

April 15-17 cases

April 14, 2024 case suggestions No Comments
There are two more weeks of regularly scheduled arguments in the “October 2023” term. I want to get this post up concerning the upcoming week; another post to come concerning the final cases. That final week will have important and high-profile cases concerning anti-homelessness ordinances, immigration, union injunctions, abortion, ……

October 2021 Arguments

August 16, 2021 case suggestions
The Court has not yet said how arguments will be conducted when it returns from summer recess on “First Monday,” October 4, for its 2021 term. There had been considerable speculation that it would return to in-person arguments, but that was before we saw the full impact of the Delta…

October 2019

August 9, 2019 case suggestions
“First Monday” this year is October 7, when the Court returns from summer recess to hear the first set of arguments this term.  The Court typically hears arguments on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays for two weeks in a row each calendar month.  Further information amount attending arguments are on this…

Oct 29 – Nov 7

October 23, 2018 case suggestions
Some important cases in the next block of arguments, including arbitration, death penalty, and class action settlements. Monday, October 29 The court takes on arbitration agreements in both cases this morning.  Pre-dispute arbitration agreements are contracts in which the parties agree that any dispute they may have (usually involving a…

October 2018 term opening (& more)

September 3, 2018 case suggestions
First Monday brings environmental law and age discrimination cases, with other cases this month involving sex offender registration, execution of people with mental disabilities, arbitration agreements, detention of noncitizens, and liability for Navy sailors’ exposure to asbestos. I also want to highlight a few cases that will be heard sometime…

Monday, October 30

October 25, 2017 case suggestions
Most of the cases this week are focused on technical issues that would not be terribly interesting or easily accessible to most casual observers.  The exception if the first case on Monday, Ayestas v. Davis. In federal death penalty cases, the law requires that when counsel is appointed for indigent…

April Cases

April 18, 2017 case suggestions
There is a major religion case and an interesting criminal procedure case tomorrow, and a death penalty case on Monday.  Otherwise, this and next week are mostly taken up with cases that involve hard-to-follow matters of procedure and specialized areas of law, so with the exception of the cases below, this…

October cases

September 7, 2016 case suggestions
First Monday is October 3 and opens the 2016-17 session of the Court, but this year Monday is a “non-argument day.”  In the first two weeks, the Court will hear cases concerning racism and the death penalty, an allegation of extreme police and prosecutorial misconduct, and racist jurors who do…