Good morning, everyone! Welcome to our live blog.
We are expecting orders from last week's conference in a few minutes, followed by opinions in argued cases at 10 am.
It's a really exciting time around here, because there are only two episodes left in The Americans ever. Fortunately, I'll have some work today to distract me from my obsession.
There are a couple of cases in which the Solicitor General recommended that cert. be granted, so we should get a couple of grants. But the real interest in the press room, as it has been for so many weeks, is whether we will finally get an order in Azar v. Garza, the government's petition in the case of the undocumented pregnant teenager. The government wants the Supreme Court to vacate the D.C. Circuit decision that cleared the way for her to get an abortion.
Okay, headed in to wait for orders.
First is Virginia Uranium v. Warren, about the Atomic Energy Act and preemption of a state ban on the mining of uranium.
Second is Culbertson v. Berryhill, involving fees for attorneys who representing claimants under the Social Security Act. The question is whether a 25% cap applies to representation before courts or also to representation before the agency.
Third is Jam v. International Finance Corp, involving the scope of immunity for international organizations like the IFC. Grant is limited to the first question presented by the petition.
Fourth is Royal v. Murphy, involving whether Congress "disestablished" (i.e., terminated) the reservation of the Creek Nation in Oklahoma. The question arises in the case of a member of the Creek Nation who was convicted of murdering another member of the nation. He argues that he should have been tried in federal court because the crime was committed in "Indian Country."
Justice Gorsuch is recused from Royal v. Murphy, which hales from the Tenth Circuit.
Sorry, "hails" from the Tenth Circuit.
Apparently no action, once again, on Azar v. Garza. It's a thin orders list.
Okay, I'm not sure whether there's a whole lot left to say about today's orders. I'll have a post on them after opinions are released.
The TLDR from my post last week is that there are two cases left from October: Epic Systems v. Lewis (arbitration) and Gill v. Whitford (redistricting). Roberts and Gorsuch have not yet written. There are two left from December: Carpenter v. United States (cellphone records) and Masterpiece Cakeshop (same-sex cakes). Roberts and Kennedy have not yet written.
No box count yet. For those of you who are new here, the number of boxes is a rough proxy for how many opinions we might get.
Five-minute buzzer just sounded.
Okay, headed in to wait for opinions.
We have Epic, by Gorsuch. It is 5-4.
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