With Major Rulings Pending, Supreme Court Enters Homestretch
From the National Law Journal
California Chrome's homestretch run ended Saturday, but the U.S. Supreme Court is just entering its own homestretch with a number of potentially major rulings ahead.
If past is prologue, the justices have three weeks remaining, including this week, to wrap up the October 2013-14 term. They already have added a second day of decisions for this week—Thursday—a popular decision day because all of the justices are in town for their weekly conference. The court is likely to continue to have two or more decision days in the final weeks.
The court issued three decisions on Monday and added no new cases to the docket for next term. The justices have 19 cases still pending decision (counting consolidated cases as one)—and, as is typical for this time of year, they have left to the end some of the highest profile challenges.
Also typical of the final weeks, law firms and law schools are offering up daily their best experts to offer commentary on what the justices have done.
The oldest case of the term is one of the biggest: National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning. The justices heard arguments January 13 in what is their first exploration of the meaning and scope of the Constitution's recess appointments clause. The most recently argued case still pending is United States v. Wurie, heard on April 29 and one of two cases involving warrantless searches of cell phones.
Some court watchers predict that decisions in Noel Canning and another potential blockbuster—the religion challenge to the Affordable Care Act: Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby joined with Conestoga Wood v. Sebelius—will arrive on the term's last day.
Read more in our daily News Update...
From the National Law Journal
California Chrome's homestretch run ended Saturday, but the U.S. Supreme Court is just entering its own homestretch with a number of potentially major rulings ahead.
If past is prologue, the justices have three weeks remaining, including this week, to wrap up the October 2013-14 term. They already have added a second day of decisions for this week—Thursday—a popular decision day because all of the justices are in town for their weekly conference. The court is likely to continue to have two or more decision days in the final weeks.
The court issued three decisions on Monday and added no new cases to the docket for next term. The justices have 19 cases still pending decision (counting consolidated cases as one)—and, as is typical for this time of year, they have left to the end some of the highest profile challenges.
Also typical of the final weeks, law firms and law schools are offering up daily their best experts to offer commentary on what the justices have done.
The oldest case of the term is one of the biggest: National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning. The justices heard arguments January 13 in what is their first exploration of the meaning and scope of the Constitution's recess appointments clause. The most recently argued case still pending is United States v. Wurie, heard on April 29 and one of two cases involving warrantless searches of cell phones.
Some court watchers predict that decisions in Noel Canning and another potential blockbuster—the religion challenge to the Affordable Care Act: Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby joined with Conestoga Wood v. Sebelius—will arrive on the term's last day.
Read more in our daily News Update...