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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
Today in Supreme Court History: September 18
Matter of Disbarment of Donald D. Nash , 473 U.S. 931 (decided September 18, 1985). He had been convicted of Class A sodomy. He later...

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Sep 18, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 17
Mikutaitis v. United States , 478 U.S. 1306 (decided September 17, 1986): Stevens grants stay of contempt order of witness who refused to...

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Sep 17, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 16
Socialist Labor Party v. Rhodes , 89 S.Ct. 3 (decided September 16, 1968): Stewart declines to order Ohio Secretary of State to place...

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Sep 16, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 15
Matter of Disbarment of Peter T. Roman , 487 U.S. 1261 (decided September 15, 1988): Stole client funds, forged signatures, lied to the...

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Sep 15, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 14
McCarthy v. Briscoe , 429 U.S. 1316 (decided September 14, 1976): under 28 U.S.C. §1253, one can appeal directly to the Supreme Court...

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Sep 14, 20242 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 13
M.I.C. Ltd. v. Bedford Township , 463 U.S. 1341 (decided September 13, 1983): Brennan stays injunction against showing two allegedly...

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 12
Aaron v. Cooper , 358 U.S. 1 (decided September 12, 1958): in a per curiam decision issued quickly due to the school year beginning, the...

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Sep 12, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 11
Smith v. United States , 423 U.S. 1303 (decided September 11, 1975): Douglas, in a wheelchair, stays order requiring federal grand jury...

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Sep 11, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 10
Williams v. Rhodes , 89 S.Ct. 1 (decided September 10, 1968): Stewart, after conferring with other Justices, directs that George Wallace...

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 9
McGee v. Alaska , 104 S.Ct. 16 (decided September 9, 1983): Rehnquist denies prisoner’s request to be released on bail even though the...

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Sep 8, 20241 min read
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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 7, 20241 min read
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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 7, 20241 min read
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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, 20241 min read
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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, 20241 min read
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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 5, 20241 min read
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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 5, 20241 min read
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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, 20241 min read
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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 1, 20242 min read
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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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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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Aug 30, 20241 min read
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