Administrative Agency Decisions

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Term Talk: Alexander v. S.C. State Conference of NAACP; Robinson v. Callais

Evan Lee, Hamid M. Khan, Erwin Chemerinsky

October 3, 2024

Voting. Redistricting. Experts discuss how courts should determine if race or party affiliation predominates in a legislature’s redistricting in Alexander v. South Carolina Conference of the NAACP, and the uncertainty surrounding application of the Purcell principle in Robinson v. Callais.

Term Talk: Fischer v. United States; Snyder v. United States

Francesca Williams, Laurie Levenson, Evan Lee

October 3, 2024

Criminal Law. Statutory Interpretation. Experts discuss the Court’s interpretation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as applied to January 6 defendants in Fischer v. United States, and whether the amended federal bribery statute continues to criminalize gratuities in Snyder v. United States.

Term Talk: United States v. Rahimi; Garland v. Cargill

Erwin Chemerinsky, Tara L. Grove, Hamid M. Khan

September 26, 2024

Second Amendment. National Firearms Act. Experts discuss the Court’s continued development of the history and tradition standard of analysis in the context of the Second Amendment, and how the abandonment of the Chevron Doctrine impacted the interpretation of the National Firearms Act.

Term Talk: Groff v. DeJoy; Health and Hosp. Corp. of Marion Ctny. v. Talevski

Erwin Chemerinsky, Michael McConnell, Shelly A. Easter

September 28, 2023

Civil Rights. Title VII. §1983. Experts discuss the greater religious accommodation requirements for employers the Supreme Court outlines in Groff v. DeJoy, and the continuing availability of §1983 to enforce some private rights created by statutes adopted under the Spending Clause in Health and Hosp. Corp. of Marion Ctny. v. Talevski.

Term Talk: Moore v. Harper; Allen v. Milligan

Erwin Chemerinsky, Michael McConnell, Shelly A. Easter

September 21, 2023

Elections. Independent State Legislature Theory. Voting Rights Act. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Independent State Legislature Theory in Moore v. Harper, and the Court’s reaffirmation and application of the Thornburg v. Gingles test to districting questions in Allen v. Milligan.

Term Talk: Biden v. Nebraska; United States v. Texas

Laurie Levenson, Evan Lee, James A. Chance

September 14, 2023

Executive Power. Major Questions Doctrine. Standing. Experts discuss the Court’s elevated clear statement rule in Biden v. Nebraska, and a potentially diminishing special solicitude toward state standing in United States v. Texas.

Term Talk: Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College

Erwin Chemerinsky, Tara L. Grove, James A. Chance

September 7, 2023

Equal Protection. Title VI. Affirmative Action. Experts discuss the Courts move from allowing the consideration of race to remedy past harms and promote diversity, to the emerging constitutional requirement to create a color-blind society.

Term Talk: United States v. Tsarnaev

Laurie Levenson, Evan Lee, Elizabeth C. Wiggins

November 2, 2022

Criminal Law. Voir Dire. Death Penalty Act. Experts discuss the broad authority lower courts have to decide evidentiary questions in the context of high profile and death penalty cases.

Term Talk: Hemphill v. New York

Laurie Levenson, Evan Lee, Elizabeth C. Wiggins

November 2, 2022

Criminal Law. Confrontation Clause. Experts discuss the tension between evidentiary rules and the Confrontation Clause.

Term Talk: Houston Community College System v. Wilson, FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate

Erwin Chemerinsky, Michael McConnell, Elizabeth C. Wiggins

October 26, 2022

The Free Speech Clause. Experts discuss the authority of elected bodies to censure their members for speech and actions. They also discuss how the Court’s view of core political speech runs counter to congressional attempts to prevent financial misconduct during campaigns and undue influence after candidates are elected.

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