SCOTUS Update – Year in Review

Professor Vincent Bonventre will survey the major decisions of the Supreme Court’s immediate past term and highlight the patterns in the Justices’ voting records and in the decisional record of the Court as a whole. In doing so, he will explore the extent to which the ideological and jurisprudential direction of the Court, underscored by the continuing 6-3 partisan divide, was reflected in the Court’s decisions.

Program Outline:

The 6 to 3 Drives On—with some speed bumps

12:00 p.m. – 12:10 p.m. | Introduction

12:10 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | The Court, the Critiques, The Nitty-Gritty

1. The Justices
2. Varied Assessments
3. Actual Voting and Decisional Patterns

12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | The 6-3 Court's Successes

1. The Trump Cases
   1. Immunity
   2. Insurrection Disqualification
   3. Obstruction
2. Administrative Agencies
3. Firearms
4. Gerrymandering
5. Environmental Protection 
6. Etc…

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | The 6-3 Splits

1. Firearms
2. Abortion
3. Agency Funding
4. Social Media
5. Etc…

1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Concluding Perspectives and Q&A

This program is sponsored by the Trial Lawyers Section and Co-Sponsored by the Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section.

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Presenter: 

Vincent M. Bonventre, J.D., Ph.D.

Albany Law School