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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
Today in Supreme Court History: August 7
Ex parte Clarke, 128 U.S. 395 (decided August 7, 1888): Harlan denies habeas to a steamship operator who had been convicted of selling...

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Aug 7, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 6
In re Equitable Office Bldg. Corp., 72 S.Ct. 1086 (decided August 6, 1946): Bankruptcy trustee’s plan of reorganization had been accepted...

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Aug 6, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 5
Davis v. Adams, 400 U.S. 1203 (decided August 5, 1969): Black upholds stay of Florida statute requiring incumbents of state office to...

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Aug 5, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 4
Truong Dinh Hung v. United States, 439 U.S. 1326 (decided August 4, 1978): Brennan, reversing Circuit Court, allows bail pending appeal...

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Aug 4, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 3
Breswick & Co. v. United States, 75 S.Ct. 912 (decided August 3, 1969): the Interstate Commerce Commission, which had approved a merged...

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Aug 3, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 2
Levy v. Parker, 396 U.S. 1204 (decided August 2, 1969): Douglas grants bail to Levy, an army doctor, convicted of Military Code provision...

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Aug 2, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 1
American Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co. v. American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc., 87 S.Ct. 1 (decided August 1, 1966): Harlan stays state...

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Aug 1, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 31
Ex Parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (decided July 31, 1942): allows Nazi saboteurs to argue their habeas petition before the Court, but upholds...

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Jul 31, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 30
Perez v. United States, 1970 WL 105758 (decided July 30, 1970): Harlan affirms the Second Circuit’s denial of bail; defendant had been...

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Jul 30, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 29
Times-Picayune Publishing Corp. v. Schulingkamp, 419 U.S. 1301 (decided July 29, 1974): Powell stays trial judge’s prior restraint order...

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Jul 29, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 28
Fare v. Michael C., 439 U.S. 1310 (decided July 28, 1978): Rehnquist grants stay of California Supreme Court’s order as to minor being...

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Jul 28, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 27
Mahan v. Howell, 404 U.S. 1201 (decided July 27, 1971): in one of his last acts, Hugo Black refuses to stay District Court order changing...

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Jul 26, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 26
DeBoer by Darrow v. DeBoer, 509 U.S. 1301 (decided July 26, 1993): Stevens denies (on grounds of lack of a federal issue) couple’s...

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Jul 26, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court history: July 25
Miller v. Calilfornia, 418 U.S. 915 (decided July 25, 1974): Appeal from California state court obscenity conviction (actually the state...

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Jul 24, 20232 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 24
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (decided July 24, 1974): Court denies President Nixon’s motion to quash the Special Prosecutor’s...

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Jul 24, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 23
In re Roche, 448 U.S. 1312 (decided July 23, 1980): Brennan on First Amendment grounds continues stay of subpoena in disciplinary...

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Jul 23, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 22
King v. Greene, 524 U.S. 965 (decided July 22, 1998): denying stay of execution and also certiorari; Stevens and Ginsburg would have...

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Jul 22, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 21
NCAA v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, 463 U.S. 1311 (decided July 21, 1983): White (a former NCAA star himself) stays...

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Jul 21, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 20
Califano v. McRae, 434 U.S. 1301 (decided July 20, 1977): Marshall turns down request to stay the Court’s previous order allowing the...

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Jul 20, 20231 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: July 19
Rostker v. Goldberg, 448 U.S. 1306 (decided July 19, 1980): Does the draft (applicable to males only) discriminate? The District Court...

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Jul 19, 20232 min read
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