by Hutchinsons Law | Sep 30, 2026 | Law
Justice Benjamin R. Curtis resigned from the Supreme Court on this day in 1857. He is perhaps best known for leaking his dissenting opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford before the ruling was handed down, enabling at least one newspaper to predict – and then report on –...
by Hutchinsons Law | Sep 30, 2026 | Law
Source: YouTubeSummaryMany SCOTUSblog readers have strong opinions on not only how the Supreme Court should decide particular cases, but how it will decide such cases. Indeed, we’ve received plenty of emails over the years stating, with absolute confidence, how the...
by Hutchinsons Law | Sep 30, 2026 | Law
On Dec. 1, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in Jouppi v. Alaska, a case stemming from the seizure of an airplane valued at $95,000 as punishment for the misdemeanor offense of transporting a small quantity of beer to a “dry village.” Expected to be...
by Hutchinsons Law | Sep 30, 2026 | Law
On Monday, in Johnson v. United States Congress, the Supreme Court will revisit a 52-year-old ruling on judicial review of veterans’ benefits decisions as it considers whether a federal district court may hear a constitutional challenge to a law limiting disability...
by Hutchinsons Law | Sep 30, 2026 | Law
Okinawa’s new governor moved to dismantle the government office his predecessors used in their fight against construction of a new Marine Corps airfield.
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