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Today in Supreme Court History
with Dan Schiavetta, Jr.
a.k.a. “captcrisis”
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today in Supreme Court History: July 18
Hamblen v. Dugger, 492 U.S. 929 (decided July 18, 1989): staying execution pending decision on certiorari, with the stay to dissolve if...

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Jul 18, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 17
Rubin v. United States, 524 U.S. 1301 (decided July 17, 1998): Rehnquist denies motion to stay subpoenas for testimony of Secret Service...

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Jul 17, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 16
Travia v. Lomenzo, 86 S.Ct. 7 (decided July 16, 1965): In this order by Harlan refusing a stay of a District Court decision, we see 1)...

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Jul 16, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 15
Campbell v. Florida, 400 U.S. 801 (decided July 15, 1970): denies cert in murder case where defendant argued that it was error to exclude...

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Jul 15, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 14
Barr v. Lee, 140 S.Ct. 2590 (decided July 14, 2020): stay of execution (actually denial of preliminary injunction) denied to death row...

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Jul 14, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 13
Julian v. United States, 463 U.S. 1308 (decided July 13, 1983): request for bail denied by Rehnquist because grant of certiorari appeared...

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Jul 13, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 12
New York Times Co. v. Jascalevich, 439 U.S. 1304 (decided July 12, 1978): Marshall denies stay pending certiorari application as to...

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Jul 12, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 11
Organized Village of Kake v. Egan, 80 S.Ct. 33 (decided July 11, 1959): Brennan grants restraining order preventing Alaska from enforcing...

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Jul 11, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 10
Turner v. Quarterman, 554 U.S. 933 (decided July 10, 2008): stay of execution denied, as it had been by the Fifth Circuit, but we learn...

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Jul 10, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 9
McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U.S. --- (decided July 9, 2020): Oklahoma had no jurisdiction to try Native American because alleged crime...

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Jul 9, 20231 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 8
Secretary of the Navy v. Avrech, 418 U.S. 676 (decided July 8, 1974): soldier busted down to private for publishing a “disloyal”...

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Jul 8, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 7
Commodity Futures Trading Comm’n (CFTC) v. Schor, 478 U.S. 833 (decided July 7, 1986): no separation of powers problem with statute...

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Jul 7, 20232 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 6
South Dakota v. Opperman, 428 U.S. 364 (decided July 6, 1976): no warrant needed to search car impounded because illegally parked; cars...

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Jul 6, 20233 min read
Today in Supreme Court History: July 5
United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (decided July 5, 1984): evidence (here, drugs) can be admitted into evidence despite bad warrant if...

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Jul 5, 20232 min read
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