Court sidesteps death-row IQ dispute
The Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a ruling by a federal appeals court in favor of an Alabama man who has been on that state’s death row for…
Justices agree that actuaries can use up-to-date assumptions in assessing costs of leaving a multi-employer pension plan
Yesterday’s in M&K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund was pretty much exactly what you would have expected given the argument: a brisk rejection of the…
Court puts off deciding whether to consider $5 million verdict against Trump – yet again
When the justices meet for their private conference on Thursday, there is one high-profile petition for review they will not consider, even though it has been fully briefed since late…
“Shadow docket” reform?
Plus, the court addressed a Cuban confiscation case, a death-row IQ dispute, and ERISA provisions.
A history of Supreme Court leaks
Last month, The New York Times published a major scoop: the inside story of the Supreme Court’s 2016 order blocking then-President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, an environmental initiative intended…
A history of Supreme Court leaks
Last month, The New York Times published a major scoop: the inside story of the Supreme Court’s 2016 order blocking then-President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, an environmental initiative intended…