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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, docket number 14-981. The case concerns the consideration of race as a factor in the undergraduate…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Evenwel v. Abbott, docket number 14-940, on the concept of “one person, one vote” and whether states could consider total population or the…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, docket number 14-232. The case concerns whether Arizona’s legislative districts violate the…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Luis v. United States, docket number 14-419. The case concerns the government’s ability to freeze a defendant’s assets, even those unrelated to…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Foster v. Chatman, docket number 14-8349.. The case concerns death row inmate Timothy Foster, who was convicted of killing a 79-year old woman by an…

Professor Randy Barnett talked about the Supreme Court Slaughterhouse Cases. In the series of cases, the Supreme Court upheld a monopoly of slaughterhouses in New Orleans to protect public…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Montgomery v. Louisiana, docket number 14-280, on whether their 2012 Miller v. Alabama decision where life sentences given to juveniles were deemed…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hurst v. Florida, docket number 14-7505, on the constitutionality of Florida’s death penalty system. A Florida jury’s recommendation for the death penalty was an “advisory opinion” and did not…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Glossip v. Gross, docket number 14-7955. The case concerns whether the use of the drug midazolam in lethal injection executions violates the Eighth…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, docket number 14-556 Question 1, consolidated with three other same-sex marriage cases. The second question heard was…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, docket number 14-556 Question 2, which was consolidated with three other same-sex marriage cases. The first question heard was…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Horne v. Department of Agriculture, docket number 14-275. The case concerns a federal government program that requires growers to turn over large…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in McFadden v. United States, docket number 14-378. At issue in the case was whether, in order to convict someone under the Controlled Substances Analogue…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Johnson v. United States, docket number 13-7120. The case concerns whether possession of a short-barreled shotgun could be considered a violent…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, docket number 14-144. The case concerns the First Amendment and the state of Texas’s…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the consolidated cases of Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency, Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, and National Mining Association. v. EPA. The cases concern the…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in King v. Burwell, docket number 14-114. The case concerns the legality of the Internal Revenue Service extending tax-credit subsidies to health…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case City of Los Angeles v. Patel, docket number 13-1175, which questions whether a Los Angeles city ordinance requiring hoteliers to…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, docket number 13-1314. The case involves Proposition 106, passed by…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie and Fitch Stores, docket number 14-86. The case addressed whether the retailer violated the…