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Home Daily News Supreme Court justices relist abortion case… U.S. Supreme Court By Debra Cassens Weiss Posted May 21, 2018, 7:05 am CDT Shutterstock.com. Supreme Court justices have been considering whether to hear a case involving an immigrants teen’s abortion—multiple times. The court was scheduled to consider the cert petition in Azar v. Garza for the 15th time last Thursday, the National Law Journal reports. When justices consider a petition at a conference but take no action, they relist it for the next meeting, the story explains. The government is asking the Supreme Court to accept the case and vacate a federal appeals court ruling that allowed the 17-year-old girl’s abortion to proceed. The girl was being held in a shelter because she entered the country illegally, and the government had contended it did not have to facilitate her abortion. The en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ordered the government to permit the abortion in … [Read more...] about Supreme Court justices relist abortion case multiple times

Home Daily News Supreme Court to consider cy pres awards… U.S. Supreme Court By Debra Cassens Weiss Posted April 30, 2018, 11:26 am CDT The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether a class action settlement in a suit against Google met requirements of federal law when $5.3 million of the $8.5 million settlement fund was given to outside groups and $2.125 million went to attorney fees. The cy pres award was directed to groups pledging to use the money to protect internet privacy, including the alma maters of class counsel, according to the cert petition filed by objectors to the settlement. Absent class members got “no relief at all in exchange for their claims—no money, no alteration of the defendant’s allegedly injurious conduct, not even coupons,” according to the cert petition. At issue was whether the settlement met the requirement of Rule 23(e)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requiring proposed class action settlements to be … [Read more...] about Supreme Court to consider cy pres awards that give no money to class action plaintiffs

Home Daily News Supreme Court denies quick review of DACA… U.S. Supreme Court By Debra Cassens Weiss Posted February 26, 2018, 9:15 am CST The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to quickly review a judge’s injunction that bars the Trump administration from phasing out a program protecting immigrants brought to the country illegally as minors. The Supreme Court denied the U.S. Justice Department’s request for direct review of the preliminary injunction, report the Washington Post, the New York Times and Politico. The Supreme Court can still decide to hear the case after a decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. At issue was the president’s power to rescind the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The 2012 program deferred deportation for the immigrants and allowed them to obtain work permits. The Justice Department had invoked a procedure called “certiorari before judgment” to seek … [Read more...] about Supreme Court denies quick review of DACA case in unusual request for cert before judgment

Home Daily News Supreme Court agrees to review case of death-row… U.S. Supreme Court By Debra Cassens Weiss Posted February 26, 2018, 12:46 pm CST The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment prevents the execution of an Alabama inmate who can’t remember his crime. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Vernon Madison, who suffers from vascular dementia and can’t remember killing a police officer in 1985, AL.com reports. The New York Times had prior coverage of the case in a column by its former Supreme Court reporter, Linda Greenhouse. Madison had suffered a stroke in January 2016. Afterwards, a cognitive assessment showed a significant decline from previous scores, according to the cert petition. He couldn’t recall any of 25 elements in a brief story vignette, couldn’t remember the alphabet past the letter “G,” and couldn’t remember the name of the previous … [Read more...] about Supreme Court agrees to review case of death-row inmate who can’t remember his crime

Home Daily News Supreme Court denies quick review of DACA… U.S. Supreme Court By Debra Cassens Weiss Posted February 26, 2018, 9:15 am CST Developing: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to quickly review a judge’s injunction that bars the Trump administration from phasing out a program protecting immigrants brought to the country illegally as minors. The Supreme Court denied the U.S. Justice Department’s request for direct review of the injunction, report the Washington Post, the New York Times and Politico. The Supreme Court can still decide to hear the case after a decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. At issue was the president’s power to rescind the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The Justice Department had sought immediate review of the injunction by U.S. District Judge William Alsup using a procedure called “certiorari before judgment.” In denying review, the Supreme Court wrote, … [Read more...] about Supreme Court denies quick review of DACA in unusual request for cert before judgment