24/6/14

[identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com
A ton of cases are set to be handed down in the next few days. Among the big ones:

* National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, which involves the President's recess appointment powers and Congress's "pro-forma" sessions.

* American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo, a fairly complicated case involving streaming of broadcast television over the internet (I am simplifying this significantly)

* Riley v. California, concerning police and cell phone searches.

* Harris v. Quinn, which concerns whether Medicaid recipients can have their home-care providers classed as public employees, thus pushing them into a union and collecting dues whether they join or not.

* Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores/Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius, regarding the contraception mandate.

* McCullen v. Coakley, regarding free speech and abortion clinic "buffer zones."

I'm personally most interested in Hobby Lobby, Mccullen, and Harris, although the Aereo case, from the oral arguments, seems like a giant mess all around considering the lack of technological knowledge on the bench (although that could have changed since the case was argued).

Are you looking at any specific cases we're waiting on? Any new thoughts (or old) on what's coming up?

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