Last arguments of the term: huge cases for the Fourth Amendment and immigration

Last arguments of the term: huge cases for the Fourth Amendment and immigration

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. It’s always a wonder to me how some of the most important cases of the Supreme Court’s term receive the shortest amount of time to decide. But that is undoubtedly the impact of the court’s schedule – a schedule imposed by tradition not by law – of hearing arguments in huge cases in late April and then pushing out final opinions b…