Hernandez v. Mesa
No. 17-1678 - Argued November 12, 2019
Whether federal courts should recognize a damages claim under Bivens if plaintiffs plausibly allege that a rogue federal law enforcement officer violated clearly established Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights for which there is no alternative legal remedy.
Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California
No. 18-587 - Argued November 12, 2019
Whether the the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy judicially reviewable; and whether DHS’s decision to wind down the DACA policy lawful.
County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund
No. 18-260 - Argued November 6, 2019
Whether the Clean Water Act requires a permit when pollutants originate from a point source but are conveyed to navigable waters by a nonpoint source, such as groundwater.
Allen v. Cooper
No. 18-877 - Argued November 5, 2019
Whether Congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity via the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act, which allows authors of original expression to sue states who infringe their federal copyrights?
Kansas v. Glover
No. 18-556 - Argued November 4, 2019
Whether, for purposes of an investigative stop under the Fourth Amendment, is it reasonable for an officer to suspect that the registered owner of a vehicle is the one driving the vehicle absent any information to the contrary.
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC
No. 18-1334 - Argued October 15, 2019
Whether the Appointments Clause governs the appointment of members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (“the Board”), which Congress created through the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act of 2016 (“PROMESA”). Whether the de facto officer doctrine allows courts to deny meaningful relief to successful separation-of-powers challengers who are suffering ongoing injury at the hands of unconstitutionally appointed principal officers.
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
No. 18-107 - Argued October 8, 2019
Whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination against transgender employees based on their status as transgender or sex stereotyping under Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U.S. 228 (1989).
Bostock v. Clayton County
No. 17-1618 - Argued October 8, 2019
Whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits against employment discrimination “because of . . . sex” encompasses discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation.
Altitude Express v. Zarda
No. 17-1623 - Argued October 8, 2019
Whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits against employment discrimination “because of . . . sex” encompasses discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation.
Kahler v. Kansas
No. 18-6135 - Argued October 7, 2019
Whether a state may abolish the insanity defense without violating the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.