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This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health care workers, and a Turkish bank’s immu...

https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/06/the-return-of-the-vaccine-mandate-for-health-workers-and-sovereign-immunity-for-a-turkish-bank/

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether Georgia corrections can prevent a Muslim prisoner from growing an untrimmed beard in acco...

https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/05/beards-and-brady-i-e-religious-freedom-and-criminal-procedure/

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the justices’ decision to prevent non-unanimous convictions in Louisiana also prohibits...

https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/05/non-unanimous-acquittals-and-attorney-client-privilege/

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether defendants have standing to assert violations of an extradition treaty and whether the wi...

https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/05/international-issues-in-criminal-law-extradition-of-el-chapo-and-extraterritoriality-in-nigeria/

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a capital defendant’s request for habeas relief on the ground that his lawyer conceded guilt ov...

https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/04/capital-defendant-whose-lawyer-conceded-guilt-despite-his-objection-seeks-relief-from-supreme-court/

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether federal law protects Internet platforms when their algorithms target users and recommend ...

https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/04/in-lawsuit-against-google-involving-isis-recruitment-videos-a-chance-for-the-court-to-take-up-section-230/

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, claims from two criminal defendants under the Speedy Trial Act, which dictates timeframes for dif...

https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/04/covid-related-postponements-and-prosecutorial-delays-under-the-speedy-trial-act/

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the Constitution permits state courts to play a role in congressional redistricting and w...

https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/04/the-independent-state-legislature-theory-for-congressional-maps-and-liability-for-cities-under-the-ada/

This week we highlight cert petitions (and one original action) that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether New Jersey can withdraw from its Waterfront Commission Compact ...

https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/04/new-york-sues-new-jersey-over-compact-governing-port-of-new-york-and-new-jersey/

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the federal government’s rule that rifles with “bump stocks” are illegal machinegun...

https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/03/the-federal-ban-on-bump-stocks-and-the-requirements-of-appellate-service/