It often
seems that high-profile legal controversies are almost
a daily occurrence now, making them lead stories in
the news. Leora will review the important cases the
Supreme Court agreed to decide this Term and their
outcomes. These will include the two Donald Trump
cases raising the issues of ballot access and
presidential immunity, also gun rights, abortion,
restrictions on the power of federal administrative
agencies, and a series of First Amendment free speech
cases. An interesting feature of the Term is that
while some of the Court’s decisions reached the merits
of the case, in numbers of high profile cases the
Court either disposed of the case without reaching the
merits, or wrote a limited opinion that remanded the
case to the lower court to resolve many of the key
issues in the first instance. In addition, there were
an unusual number of separate opinions written by
individual Justices, even in cases where the Court
reached a unanimous result. She will also discuss
cases the Court has already agreed to review in the
2024-2025 Term.
Leora welcomes your suggestions for
topics you would like covered in upcoming classes. This
form will be available for the remaining classes on this
subject for you to make suggestions. You can submit it
as often as you like.