SCOTUS Spotlight

Unbiased Case Analysis:             During his presidential run Joe Biden promised to cancel up to $10,000 of federal student loan debt per borrower. He kept his word and used executive action to enact his promise. Nebraska and five other states challenged Biden and his forgiveness program. They argued on the grounds that it violated the separation of powers and the Administrative Procedure Act. The district court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit dismissed the case. The Supreme Court stepped in to decide on it.             The Court decided 6-3 in favor of Nebraska. The Court found that the Secretary of education does not authority under the HEROES Act “…to establish a student loan forgiveness program that will cancel roughly $430 billion in dept principal and affect nearly all borrowers.” Most of the justices cited the major questions doctrine as their reaso...

Unbiased Case Analysis: Today, we will be looking at 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. This case was decided on during the 2022 term year. Lorie Smith owns the graphic design firm 303 Creative LLC. 303 Creative LLC is a business that offers many services including wedding websites. She does not support same-sex marriage based on religious ground. Therefore, she does not want to offer custom services to same-sex couples. She also wants her website to have a message which makes clear her views on not offering services to same-sex couples. She lives in the state of Colorado which has the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (“CADA”). The act “…prohibits businesses that are open to the public from discriminating based on numerous characteristics, including sexual orientation. (303 Creative LLC v. Elenis). The act also specifically prohibits “…publishing any communication that says or implies that an individual’s patronage is unwelcome because of a protected characteristic.” (303 Creative LLC v. El...

For my first blog post I am going to examine one of the latest cases SCOTUS ruled on: Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer. Unbiased Case Analysis: Deborah Laufer is a disabled woman who checks hotel websites to see if they provide accessibility information required under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). She sued Acheson Hotels after discovering one of their hotel websites failed to provide accessibility information. The district court dismissed her case since she did not plan to visit the hotel. Therefore, she would suffer no injury from the hotel’s lack of accessibility information. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed the district court’s decision determining that a lack of intent to visit the hotel did not excuse Laufer from injury. The Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear the case and rule on it. The Court unanimously voted to vacate the case. The Court found the case to be moot which means it has lost its relevance which no longer neces...