Please Read Justice Sotomayor’s Dissent in Schuette v. BAMN

Here.

An excerpt:

The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and to apply the Constitution with eyes open to the unfortunate effects of centuries of racial discrimination.

 

Student Commentary on Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community

Here, in the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar. Titled A Tradition of Sovereignty: Examining Tribal Sovereign Immunity in Bay Mills Indian Community v. Michigan, written by Meredith L. Jewitt.

SCOTUSBlog Petition of the Day: Native Wholesale Supply v. Idaho

Here.

From SCOTUSblog:

13-838

Issue: (1) Whether under circumstances in which a state is admittedly precluded from regulating an Indian it is also precluded from regulating a corporation wholly owned by an Indian and organized under the laws of a federally recognized tribe; (2) whether, under a state law that purports to give the attorney general power to “approve” all cigarettes before they may be imported into Idaho, the State of Idaho can prohibit an Indian-owned business on the Coeur d’Alene reservation from importing into that reservation cigarettes that are sold “FOB Seneca Nation” by a company wholly owned by a member of the Seneca Nation and licensed by the Seneca Nation to carry on such trade; (3) whether the State of Idaho’s cigarette-sale statutes are preempted to the extent that they are enforced in a manner that prohibits Native Wholesale Supply Company (“NWS”) from trading with Warpath Inc. (“Warpath”); and (4) whether the State of Idaho can constitutionally exercise personal jurisdiction over NWS, an Indian-chartered entity located on Seneca Nation of Indians Land, situated within the geographic boundaries of the State of New York, where NWS sells the tobacco products “FOB Seneca Nation” to Warpath, and the products are then transported to Warpath’s place of business on the Coeur d’Alene reservation.

Supreme Court Declines to Review Old Section 81 Appeal

The Court declined to review Quantum Entertainment Ltd. v. Dept. of Interior. Order list here.

Lower court materials here.

Cert stage briefs:

Quantum Entertainment Cert Petition

USA Cert Opp

Quantum Reply

 

Supreme Court Declines to Review Appeal Involving Eagle Mine

Here is today’s order list. The case is captioned Huron Mountain Club v. Army Corps of Engineers.

News coverage here. H/t How Appealing.

Lower court materials here.

 

Supreme Court Denies Cert in Alaska v. Jewell — Alaska Subsistence Rights

Very big deal!

Here is the order list.

Cert stage briefs here:

State of Alaska Petition and Appendix

Federal Cert Opp Brief

AFN Cert Opp

Lower court materials here.

Alaska v. Jewell a SCOTUSBlog Petition to Watch

Here. And a link to the cert stage materials.

Lower court materials here.

Supreme Court Denies Wolfchild/Zephier Cert Petitions

Here is today’s order list.

The petitions are here.

Supreme Court Grants RLUIPA Petition

The Supreme Court granted Holt v. Hobbs, a (handwritten) prisoner petition with the following issues:

(1) Whether the Arkansas Department of Corrections’ no beard growing policy violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) or the First Amendment; and (2) whether a ½ inch beard would satisfy the security goals sought by the policy.

SCOTUSblog page here.

Order here.

Sault Ste. Marie Tribes Moves Sixth Circuit to Reconsider Stay Order

Here is the motion:

Sault Tribe Motion to Reconsider Stay Order

The stay order materials are here.