Last Term, sixteen Supreme Court cases cited pieces published in the Harvard Law Review. The works cited were published over the course of the Law Review’s 134-year history, touching on a variety of different topics including statutory interpretation, constitutional law, and tort law. Please see a complete list of the Articles the Court cited below.
- Multiple Chancellors: Reforming the National Injunction by Samuel L. Bray – Department of Homeland Security v. New York, 140 S.Ct. 599, 600 (2020) (Gorsuch, J., concurring).
- Fact and Law in Judicial Review by Ray A. Brown – Baldwin v. United States, 140 S.Ct. 690, 692 (2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting).
- Fixing Statutory Interpretation by Brett M. Kavanaugh – Shular v. United States, 140 S.Ct. 779, 788 (2020) (Kavanaugh, J., concurring).
- Legal Cause in Actions of Tort by Jeremiah Smith – Comcast Corporation v. National Association of African American-Owned Media 140 S.Ct. 1021, 1042 (2020).
- Mens Rea by Frances Bowes Sayre – Kahler v. Kansas, 140 S.Ct. 1021, 1042 (2020) (Breyer, J., dissenting).
- The Suffrage Clause in the New Constitution of Louisiana by Amasa M. Eaton – Ramos v. Louisiana, 140 S.Ct. 1390, 1394 n.1 (2020).
- The First Amendment Overbreadth Doctrine by Lewis Sargentich – United States v. Sineneng-Smith, 140 S.Ct. 1575, 1585 (2020) (Thomas, J., concurring).
- The Insular Cases by Charles E. Littlefield – Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, 140 S.Ct. 1649, 1665 (2020).
- Adjudication Outside Article III by William Baude – Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, 140 S.Ct. 1649, 1665 (2020) (Thomas, J., concurring).
- Inventing the “Traditional Concept” of Sex Discrimination by Cary Franklin – Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, 140 S.Ct. 1731, 1752
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- The Absurdity Doctrine by John F. Manning – Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, 140 S.Ct. 1731, 1752, 1767 (2020) (Alito, J., dissenting).
- The Origins and Historical Understanding of Free Exercise of Religion by Michael W. McConnell – Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, 140 S.Ct. 2049, 2079 (2020) (Sotomayor, J., dissenting).
- The Right to Privacy by Samuel D. Warren & Louis D. Brandeis – June Medical Services L. L. C. v. Russo, 140 S.Ct. 2103, 2150 (2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting).
- Presidential Administration by Elena Kagan – Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 140 S.Ct. 2183, 2225 n.1 (2020) (Kagan, J., concurring).
- Separation of Powers as Ordinary Interpretation by John F. Manning – Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 140 S.Ct. 2183, 2228 (2020) (Kagan, J., concurring).
- Faithful Execution and Article II by Andrew Kent, Ethan J. Leib, & Jed Handelsman Shugerman – Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 140 S.Ct. 2183, 2228 (2020) (Kagan, J., concurring).
- The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: Myths and Realities by Cass R. Sunstein – Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 140 S.Ct. 2183, 2242 n.13 (2020) (Kagan, J., concurring).
- Foreword: The Means of Constitutional Power by John F. Manning – Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 140 S.Ct. 2183, 2244 (Kagan, J., concurring).
- The Origins and Historical Understanding of Free Exercise of Religion by Michael W. McConnell – Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, 140 S.Ct. 2246, 2276 (2020) (Gorsuch, J., concurring).
- Freedom of Speech in War Time by Zechariah Chafee Jr. – Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, 140 S.Ct. 2367, 2407 (2020) (Ginsburg, J., dissenting).
- Executive Privileges and Immunities: The Nixon and Clinton Cases by Akhil Reed Amar & Neal Kumar Katyal – Trump v. Vance, 140 S.Ct. 2412, 2441 (2020) (Alito, J., dissenting).
- The Solicitor General and the Shadow Docket by Stephen I. Vladeck – Barr v. East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, 140 S.Ct. 3 (2019) (Sotomayor, J., dissenting).