Listen to Special Counsel Jack Smith's petition for a writ of certiorari before judgement to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in United States, Petitioner v. Donald J. Trump (December 11, 2023).

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In Memoriam: Retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

• Press Release Regarding Justice Sandra Day O’Connor — December 1, 2023

The Supreme Court has issued the first opinion in an argued case this term: Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer (Dec 5, 2023)

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https://www.oyez.org/cases/2023/22-429

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Justice Thomas, dissenting from the Court's denial of certiorari in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Abbott (November 20, 2023), a case in which DuPont asked the Court to review the District Court's application of collateral estoppel.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-13_d18e.pdf

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Justice Jackson, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, dissenting from the denial of certiorari in a case involving an Eighth Amendment challenge to a prisoner's conditions of confinement: Johnson v. Prentice (2023).

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-693_21p3.pdf

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Today I'll be reading the statement of Justice Kavanaugh regarding the denial of application for stay in Griffin v. HM Florida-Orl, LLC; Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would have granted it.

Issued November 16, 2023

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23a366_i42k.pdf

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In United States v. Alvarez (2012), the Supreme Court was asked whether the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 violated the First Amendment. Listen to audio of the majority opinion now.

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https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/567/11-210/case.pdf

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https://www.oyez.org/cases/2011/11-210

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In United States v. Alvarez (2012), the Supreme Court was asked whether the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 violated the free speech clause of the First Amendment. Listen to audio of the majority opinion now.

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https://www.oyez.org/cases/2011/11-210

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The Court's official commentary accompanying the recently issued Code of Conduct for Justices. Commentary begins on page ten of the linked document.

Audio of the newly-issued Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, dated November 13, 2023.

Access the original document here:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/pressreleases/pr_11-13-23