Trump financial documents
The judges focused on Trump’s effort to protect his documents, but they also encouraged attorneys to look to the future and assess how an eventual decision will affect the separation of powers and the White House’s broad immunity demands.
The release of any financial document from Trump before the election could be another bomb for the President in an already dramatic year.
University electoral disputes
In 2016, 10 of the 538 presidential electors became corrupt, trying to vote for someone other than their promised candidate. Several of the corrupt voters in Washington were fined $ 1,000, while one in Colorado was removed and replaced by a substitute who voted for Hillary Clinton. That former voter sued, and ultimately won, when an appeals court held that while the state has the power to appoint voters, that does not extend to the power to remove them.
In all, 32 states and the District of Columbia have laws designed to discourage so-called infidel voters. But until 2016, no state had punished or eliminated a voter for their vote.
Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate
The law allows some exemptions for churches and other religious entities, but after Trump took office, the government moved in 2017 to allow exemptions for more employers. Under the religious exception rule, any private employer, including listed corporations, could receive exemptions based on “sincere religious belief.”
A second rule extended the same provision to organizations and small businesses that have objections “based on a moral conviction that is not based on any particular religious belief.”
The Trump administration and the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Roman Catholic religious order for women, asked judges to reverse a lower court order that blocked the rules nationwide.
Religious labor disputes
Seven years ago, the court recognized a “ministerial exception” for the first time, and held that under the First Amendment the government could not interfere with a church’s hiring decisions. The judges held that the teacher in that case could be considered a “minister” under the law, triggering the exception.
The case highlights the tension between advocates of religious freedom and church autonomy, and those who argue that employees must be protected by federal anti-discrimination laws and employers who could retaliate against employees for reporting bad conduct.
Automatic calls and the limits of tribal sovereignty
Disputers of a waiver provision in the ban argue that the provision could be considered a “content-based restriction,” which refers to a law that is applied differently depending on the content of a particular type of speech. The First Amendment prohibits the government from “restricting[ing] expression because of your message, your ideas, your topic or your content. ”
The court heard a similar challenge to the eastern Oklahoma territorial limits last term, but was unable to reach a final decision after Judge Neil Gorsuch recused himself.
Retirement surveillance
While neither has given public indications that it is willing to sideline, the prospect of a vacancy has excited conservatives about installing a younger judge as a replacement.
Although Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked the fact that President Barack Obama’s candidate receives an audience or vote in 2016, he has said a Trump candidate will continue.
Vogue’s Ariane, Jamie Ehrlich, and CNN’s Kevin Liptak contributed to this report.
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