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Supreme Court schedules transgender rights case for December

By Amy Howe on Oct. 18 at 12:05 p.m.

The court’s December argument session will feature a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors. The eight cases scheduled between Dec. 2 and Dec. 11 will also include a case brought by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust seeking compensation for seized property and a challenge to the Food and Drug Administration’s attempt to bar flavored e-cigarettes.

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The court’s December session will run Dec. 2 to Dec. 11. (Katie Barlow)

EMERGENCY DOCKET

Supreme Court allows EPA emissions rule to stand while litigation continues

By Amy Howe on Oct. 16 at 4:32 p.m.

The court on Wednesday turned down a handful of emergency appeals from states, energy companies, and fossil fuel industry groups, leaving in place an Environmental Protection Agency rule aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants while litigation continues in lower courts. 

CAPITAL CASE

Supreme Court declines to intervene in Robert Roberson’s execution

By Amy Howe updated on Oct. 18 at 9:07 a.m.

The justices declined to halt the execution of Robert Roberson on Thursday evening. Roberson was prosecuted for the death of his two-year-old daughter based on shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis that has been questioned in the intervening years. Just before the court issued its order, a Texas judge temporarily blocked Roberson’s execution. When that order was overruled, the Texas Supreme Court stepped in on Thursday night and blocked the state from executing Roberson. 

RELIST WATCH

Congressional redistricting, campaign contributions, and California’s role in emissions regulation

By John Elwood on Oct. 17 at 3:51 p.m.

A regular round-up of “relisted” petitions. This week: six newly relisted cases addressing New York’s rent regulations (again), Alaska’s political contribution rules, Louisiana’s congressional redistricting scheme, and California’s historically distinct role in air emissions regulation.

Advocates in Conversation

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu on the city’s Clean Water Act case

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The morning read for Friday, Oct. 18

By Ellena Erskine on Oct 18, 2024 at 10:46 am

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Thursday, Oct. 17

By Ellena Erskine on Oct 17, 2024 at 10:34 am

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

ARGUMENT ANALYSIS

Supreme Court considers truck driver’s RICO case over CBD product that cost him his job  

By Ronald Mann on Oct 16, 2024 at 4:37 pm

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in the case of a truck driver who was fired from his job after a wellness product marketed as free of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana,  caused him to fail a routine drug test. Douglas Horn sued the maker of the CBD product he took for chronic pain under federal racketeering law for economic harm.

But the companies that manufacture the product told the justices on Tuesday that because Horn’s injuries were personal, rather than harm to his business or property, they did not fall under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Of relevance here, RICO, a federal law initially passed to target organized crime, creates a private cause of action, which allows a person “injured in his business or property” by racketeering activity to recover triple damages.  

Horn bought Medical Marijuana’s hemp-based Dixie X after reading that it contained CBD but no THC. CBD is completely legal but THC continues in some contexts to be illegal. When Horn failed a THC blood test, he was fired from his job and lost his insurance and pension benefits.

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The morning read for Wednesday, Oct. 16

By Ellena Erskine on Oct 16, 2024 at 10:39 am

The court will hear oral arguments in Bufkin v. McDonough and San Francisco v. EPA today. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

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