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Argument sitting

January 2022 oral arguments

4 cases across 4 argument daysArguments begin at 10 a.m. Eastern
Four argument days, January 10 to January 19, 2022. Each has one case.

1 case
Medicaid repayment for future careGallardo v. MarstillerWhether the federal Medicaid Act provides for a state Medicaid program to recover reimbursement for Medicaid's payment of a beneficiary's past medical expenses by taking funds from the portion of the beneficiary's tort recovery that compensates for future medical expenses.Decided 20-1263

1 case
Bond hearings for detained immigrantsGarland v. Gonzalez1. Whether, under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (f) (1), the courts below had jurisdiction to grant classwide injunctive relief. 2. Whether an alien who is detained under 8 U.S.C. 1231 is entitled by statute, after six months of detention, to a bond hearing at which the government must prove to an immigration judge that the alien is a flight risk or a danger to the community.Decided 20-322

1 case
Religious flags on city flagpolesShurtleff v. Boston1. Whether the First Circuit ’ s failure to apply this Court ’ s forum doctrine to the First Amendment challenge of a private religious organization that was denied access to briefly display its flag on a city flagpole, pursuant to a city policy expressly designating the flagpole a public forum open to all applicants, with hundreds of approvals and no denials, conflicts with this Court ’ s precedents holding that speech restrictions based on religious viewpoint or content violate the First Amendment or are otherwise subject to strict scrutiny and that the Establishment Clause is not a defense to censorship of private speech in a public forum open to all comers. 2. Whether the First Circuit ’ s classifying as government speech the brief display of a private religious organization ’ s flag on a city flagpole, pursuant to a city policy expressly designating the flagpole a public forum open to all applicants, with hundreds of approvals and no denials, unconstitutionally?Decided 20-1800

1 case
Campaign loan repayment limitsFederal Election Comm'n v. Ted Cruz1. Whether appellees have standing to challenge the statutory loan-repayment limit. 2. Whether the loan-repayment limit violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.Decided 21-12