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Taco ‘Bout Contracts

August 7, 2023August 16, 2022

The Supreme Court resolves a circuit split in a case about a Taco Bell employee who signed an arbitration agreement.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags arbitration, contracts, mediation, Morgan v Sundance, SCOTUS, Solomonic decision, Supreme Court, Taco Bell

U.S. v. Arthrex

August 7, 2023October 21, 2021

The Supreme Court decides a case about the AIA’s P-TAB of APJs hearing IPRs within the USPTO (don’t worry, we explain all that!)

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Categories Legal Docket Tags American Invents Act, Arthrex, Article III, Bunch O Balloons, constitutional law, Josh Malone, patent law, PTAB, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, USPTO

Nestle v. Doe 

August 7, 2023September 21, 2021

The Supreme Court addresses the Alien Tort Statute in a case about child slaves on West African cocoa farms.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags Alien Tort Statute, child slavery, cocoa industry, Nestle v Doe, SCOTUS, Supreme Court

Behind the Scenes: Clerks and Marshal’s Aides

August 7, 2023September 7, 2021

Former law clerks and a Marshal’s aide talk about what it’s like to work for the highest court in the land.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags judicial clerk, law clerk, legal jobs, Marshal’s aide, SCOTUS, Supreme Court

U.S. v. Cooley

August 7, 2023August 31, 2021

The Supreme Court addresses tribal authority in a case that centers on a drug bust of a non-Indian driving through the Crow Reservation.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags Battle of the Little Bighorn, Crow Reservation, law enforcement, Montana, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, tribal authority, tribal jurisdiction, US v Cooley

Jones v. Mississippi

August 7, 2023August 17, 2021

The Supreme Court addresses the 8th Amendment in this case about a 15-year-old who got a life sentence after killing his grandfather.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags constitutional law, JLWOP, Jones v Mississippi, juvenile justice, life without parole, Mississippi prison, murder, SCOTUS, Supreme Court

Mandatory Vaccine Laws

August 7, 2023February 28, 2021

A review of a 1905 Supreme Court case that decided the constitutionality of vaccine mandates and cases that have expanded on it. 

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Categories Legal Docket Tags constitutional law, COVID-19, due process clause, Jacobson v Massachusetts, SCOTUS, smallpox, Supreme Court, vaccine injury, vaccine laws, vaccine mandate

Admitting Privileges 

August 7, 2023September 22, 2020

The Supreme Court issues a surprising plurality decision in a case that challenges a state law that requires abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a local hospital.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags abortion law, constitutional law, incrementalism, June Medical Services v Russo, maternal health laws, persuasion laws, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, undue burden

Bivens Remedy

August 7, 2023September 8, 2020

The Supreme Court addresses whether a Bivens remedy is available in a case where a border patrol agent killed a Mexican teenager in a cross-border shooting.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags 5th Amendment, Bivens remedy, constitutional law, due process, Hernandez v Mesa, Paso Del Norte Bridge, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, U.S. Border Patrol agents

The Insanity Defense

August 7, 2023August 25, 2020

The Supreme Court considers the limits of a complex and controversial defense to crimes: insanity.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags 14th Amendment, 8th Amendment, constitutional law, criminal law, insanity defense, Kahler v Kansas, mens rea, mental illness, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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