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The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Here is a brief explanation about relists. Here.
The Supreme Court completed a lot of the tasks it had to complete in the last round of relisted cases. It was a positive week for the U.S. government. The court granted review in the two likeliest cases – the obviously consequential government petition seeking review of a decision invalidating the funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the case involving the construction of the federal drug-sentencing “safety valve” provision, which the government agreed was important and warranted review. It was surprising that the court had not granted review in these cases. granted the government’s request that briefing of the CFPB case be expedited for decision this term, and that the court rejected the lenders’ conditional cross-petition arguing that it should also consider “two antecedent questions that also are presented” by the decision under review. Additionally, the court chose to hear the safety-valve case that the government had recommended over the petition that claimed it was the better vehicle. These cases will likely be argued in…
