Friday, October 30, 2020

Some relevant Supreme Court cases in the October 2020 term

From Oyez:

- Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee. A case in which the Court will decide (1) whether Arizona’s policy of not counting provisional ballots cast in person on Election Day outside of the voter’s designated precinct violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and (2) whether Arizona’s law permitting only certain persons to handle another person’s completed early ballot violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act or the Fifteenth Amendment.

- Collins v Mnuchin. A case in which the Court will decide whether the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) structure violates the separation of powers; and (2) whether the courts must set aside a final agency action that FHFA took when it was unconstitutionally structured and strike down the statutory provisions that make FHFA independent.

- Department of Justice v. House Committee on the Judiciary A case in which the Court will decide whether an impeachment trial before a legislative body is a “judicial proceeding” under Rule 6(e)(3)(E)(i) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

- Lange v. California. A case in which the Court will decide whether the exigent circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement applies when police are pursuing a suspect whom they believe committed a misdemeanor.

- Trump v. Sierra Club. A case in which the Court will decide whether Section 8005 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act authorizes President Trump to divert $2.5 billion in military funds to pay for the border wall.

- Wolf v. Innovation Law Lab. A case in which the Court will rule on the legality of the Trump administration’s “remain in Mexico” policy.