Ward Churchill Cert Petition

Here is the petition in Churchill v. University of Colorado:

Churchill v Regents Cert Petition

Questions presented:

I. Does a bad faith investigation of all of a tenured professor’s writings and public speeches, undertaken by state university officials in retaliation for the exercise of constitutionally protected speech and with the stated purpose of finding grounds for termination, violate a clearly established right and create a freestanding First Amendment cause of action?

II. Should absolute, quasi-judicial immunity completely shield a state university and its board of regents’ termination decisions, even when a jury has determined that these officials fired a tenured professor in retaliation for speech protected by the First Amendment and would not have fired him but for his exercise of free speech?

Lower court materials here.

NYTs (Liptak) on SCT Cert Petition involving Cherokee ICWA Case

Here.

The Onion: Clarence Thomas Gets to Decide Who Can Get Married

Here.

Federal Government Cert Opposition Brief in Marceau v. Blackfeet Housing Authority

Here:

Federal Cert Opposition Brief

Petition is here.

Michigan v. Bay Mills Cert Stage Briefing Complete

Here are the briefs:

Michigan v Bay Mills Cert Petition w Appendices

Bay Mills Cert Opp

Michigan Cert Stage Reply

A Conference date for this petition hasn’t been set yet.

Birth Father/Cherokee Nation Cert Opposition Brief in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl

Here:

Cherokee Cert Opp

The Onion on Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Cases

Here.

Bay Mills Indian Community Brief in Opposition to Michigan Cert Petition in Vanderbilt Casino Suit

Here:

Bay Mills Cert Opp

The petition is here.

Seminole Tribe Brief in Opposition to Contour Spa Cert Petition

Here:

Seminole Cert Opp

The petition is here.

Shinnecock Member Files Cert Petition Challenging Conviction for Improper Shellfish Tags

Here is the petition in Smith v. People of the State of New York:

Smith v New York Cert Petition

The question presented:

Whether the statutory bar restricting removal jurisdiction is a separate and distinct removal jurisdiction, and a waivable procedural defect, by the failure to file a motion to remand with the 30 day statutory time limitation provided in 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c)?