2019年3月1日星期五

Fwd: Listen to the Cases Argued This Week: Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, Gray v. Wilkie, United States v. Haymond, Mont v. United States ...


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Justia Argument Summaries

US Supreme Court

The Court heard oral arguments in the following cases this week:

Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck United States v. Haymond Mont v. United States The American Legion v. American Humanist Association

speaker-icon Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck (Argued 02/25/2019)

Are private operators of public access channels state actors subject to constitutional liability?

Advocates:
Michael B. de Leeuw, for the petitioners
Paul W. Hughes, for the respondents

speaker-icon United States v. Haymond (Argued 02/26/2019)

Does 18 U.S.C. § 3583(k) violate the Fifth and Sixth Amendments by imposing a mandatory minimum punishment on a criminal defendant upon a finding by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant engaged in certain criminal conduct during supervised release?

Advocates:
Eric J. Feigin, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, for the petitioner
William D. Lunn, for the respondent

speaker-icon Mont v. United States (Argued 02/26/2019)

Is the term of supervised release for one offense paused by imprisonment for another offense?

Advocates:
Vanessa F. Malone, for the petitioner
Jenny Ellickson, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, for the respondent

speaker-icon The American Legion v. American Humanist Association (Argued 02/27/2019)

  1. Is the display and maintenance of the cross unconstitutional?
  2. Under what test should the constitutionality of a passive display incorporating religious symbolism be assessed?
  3. Does the expenditure of funds to maintain the cross amount to the government's excessive entanglement with religion?

Advocates:
Neal Kumar Katyal, for the petitioner in No. 18-18
Michael A. Carvin, for the petitioners in No. 17-1717
Jeffrey B. Wall, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the petitioners
Monica L. Miller, for the respondents

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