SCOTUS Conference

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Today is conference day at the U.S. Supreme Court. There are three criminal cases that have been relisted for another look multiple times.  United States v. Tsarnaev, No. 20-443, is the Marathon Bomber case. See this post and this one. Johnson v. Precythe, 20-287, involves method-of-execution litigation. Harris v. Maryland, 20-101, involves a speedy trial claim.

On its first relist, Wooden v. United States, No. 20-5279, is a Fourth Amendment case involving use of a pretext to obtain consent to enter a house.

There is still time for cases taken up at this conference to be heard this term. I do hope the Court takes up the Marathon Bomber case, in particular, for argument in April.

John Elwood has his usual, very helpful relist list at SCOTUSblog, with a link to an explanation of “relists.”