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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
Today in Supreme Court History: September 8
Tuscarora Nation of Indians v. Power Authority of the State of New York , 79 S.Ct. 4 (decided September 8, 1958): Harlan partially...

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Sep 8, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 7
Uhler v. AFL-CIO , 105 S.Ct. 5 (decided September 7, 1984): Rehnquist says federal courts have no jurisdiction to stay California Supreme...

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Sep 6, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 6
Shamburger v. Cockrell , 536 U.S. 986 (decided September 6, 2002): Denies stay of execution and also denies cert. Stevens and Ginsburg...

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Sep 6, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 5
Moore v. Brown , 448 U.S. 1335 (decided September 5, 1980): Rehnquist refuses to stay injunction requiring Mobile, Alabama school board...

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Sep 5, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 4
Certain Named and Unnamed Non-Citizen Children and their Parents v. Texas , 448 U.S. 1327 (decided September 4, 1980): Powell restores...

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Sep 4, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 3
Knickerbocker Printing Corp. v. United States , 75 S.Ct. 212 (decided September 3, 1954): in Eminent Domain case alleging inadequate...

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Sep 3, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 2
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff , 463 U.S. 1323 (decided September 2, 1983): Rehnquist denies stay of Circuit Court order recalling...

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Sep 2, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: September 1
Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson , 141 S.Ct. 2949 (decided September 1, 2021): Court denies motion to stay enforcement of Texas law S.B. 8...

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Sep 2, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 31
Harris v. United States , 404 U.S. 1232 (decided August 31, 1971): Douglas, reversing both the District Court and the Court of Appeals,...

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Sep 2, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 30
Wise v. Lipscomb , 434 U.S. 1329 (decided August 30, 1977): Powell stays Court of Appeals judgment rejecting reapportionment plan for...

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Sep 2, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 29
Keyes v. Denver School District No. 1 , 396 U.S. 1215 (decided August 29, 1969): Brennan vacates Circuit Court’s stay of desegregation...

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Sep 2, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 28
Willhauck v. Flanagan , 448 U.S. 1323 (decided August 28, 1980): Brennan denies stay of prosecutions by two D.A.’s arising from high...

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Aug 28, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 27
In re Disbarment of N. Deday LaRene , 518 U.S. 1046 (decided August 27, 1996): criminal defense attorney disbarred after he got in with...

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Aug 26, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 26
Beltran v. Smith , 458 U.S. 1303 (decided August 26, 1982): imprisoned gangster, cooperating with prosecutors and in the Witness...

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Aug 26, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 25
Guey Heung Lee v. Johnson , 404 U.S. 1215 (decided August 25, 1971): Douglas denies stay of San Francisco desegregation order as to...

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Aug 24, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 24
Kemp v. Smith , 463 U.S. 1321 (decided August 24, 1983): Powell denies stay of execution; notes that case has been reviewed 16 times by...

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Aug 23, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 23
Lopez v. United States , 404 U.S. 1213 (decided August 23, 1971): Douglas orders draft resister released on his own recognizance;...

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Aug 22, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 22
California v. American Stores Co. , 492 U.S. 1301 (decided August 22, 1989): O’Connor continues injunction preventing merger of...

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Aug 21, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 21
Matter of Disbarment of Gottfried , 518 U.S. 1043 (decided August 21, 1996): Court disbars Lawrence R. Gottfried, who had been convicted...

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Aug 20, 20251 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: August 20
Metropolitan Co. Board of Education v. Kelley , 453 U.S. 1306 (decided August 20, 1981): Stevens refuses to vacate stay of desegregation...

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Aug 19, 20251 min read
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