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In Thacker v Tennessee Valley Authority, 587 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that 16 U.S.C. §831c(b), which serves to waive the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) sovereign immunity from suit, is not subject to a discretionary func...

The U.S. Supreme Court had a busy week, with oral arguments in seven cases. These will be last cases the justices will hear this term, with the remainder of their time largely devoted to deciding cases and issuing opinions. The most closely-watch...

In Harris v Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that although the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause requires States to attempt to construct legislative districts as nearl...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in six cases this week. One of the most closely-watched cases was Iancu v. Brunetti, which will determine whether the Lanham Act’s prohibition on the federal registration of “immoral” or “scandalou...

In Bucklew v Precythe, 587 U.S. ____ (2019), a divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected a death row inmate’s Eighth Amendment challenge. By a vote of 5-4, the Court held that executing Russell Bucklew by lethal injection would not violate the ban on cr...

In Wittman v Personhuballah, 578 U. S. ____ (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that none of the three Members of Congress from Virginia who brought the racial gerrymandering suit had legal standing to challenge the state’s redistrict...