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Restitution, medical malpractice, and a capital appeal

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here.

Once again this week, the Supreme Court has been busy sifting through the relists. The court granted review of one of last week’s new relists raising a double jeopardy question about a federal sentencing enhancement for using a firearm during a violent crime. (Grants are now filling in the 2025-26 term, which will … Read the rest

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The morning read for Friday, March 7

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

Texas tells Supreme Court it shouldn’t be ‘left holding the bag’ for US nuclear waste (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
Oklahoma’s ‘dirty political laundry’ on full display as U.S. Supreme Court takes interest in state (Emily Stacey & Christine Pappas, Oklahoma Voice)
MAGA world turns against Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
What Alito’s

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Supreme Court denies Trump request to block $2 billion foreign-aid payment

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down a request by the Trump administration to lift an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that had directed the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development to pay nearly $ 2 billion in foreign-aid reimbursements for work that has already been done.

In a brief unsigned opinion, the court noted that the Feb. 26 deadline for the government to make the payments had already passed. It instructed … Read the rest

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Court set to reverse heightened requirement for arbitration awards under FSIA

Monday’s argument in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. was an odd one: The justices asked no questions at all about the question on which they’d granted review, because the parties agree that the lower court’s answer to that question was incorrect. So almost all of the discussion at the argument focused on what, if anything, the court should decide before sending the case back to the court of appeals.

CC/Devas arises under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. When … Read the rest

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The morning read for Friday, Feb. 28

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

Trump foreign aid freeze to stay for now, US Supreme Court chief rules (Paulin Kola, BBC News)
Justice Dept. hires for court battles as Trump slashes other agencies (Perry Stein, The Washington Post)
Chief Justice Roberts’s Administrative Stay in the Foreign Aid Funding Cases (Steve Vladeck, One First)
Supreme Court Comes Running to Trump’s Rescue on Foreign

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Justices validate right to renew lawsuit after voluntary dismissal

Gary Waetzig filed an age discrimination suit against his former employer, Halliburton. He then dismissed the suit when the company pointed out that he had agreed to arbitrate. When he lost in arbitration and tried to return to federal court, the statute of limitations on the alleged age discrimination had passed, and he asked the court instead to grant relief from the previous order of dismissal, essentially reopening that first case.

At the Supreme Court, his case, Waetzig v. … Read the rest

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Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, Feb. 26

On Wednesday, Feb. 26, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term.

Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements.

The post Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, Feb. 26 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Justices rule out “commingled funds” theory in Hungarian Holocaust survivors’ compensation suit

A unanimous Supreme Court on Friday threw out a ruling by a federal appeals court that allowed a lawsuit brought by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust to go forward. The survivors contended that their claims fell within an exception to the general presumption that foreign governments cannot be sued in U.S. courts because Hungary and its national railway confiscated their property, sold it, and mixed it with their other funds to do business in and with the United States. … Read the rest