Court Adds Seven New Cases To Merits Docket

The Supreme Court issued a preliminary set of orders that served to add seven fresh cases to its merits docket. Among them is Sveen v. Melin, a case that involves spouse-beneficiaries and state laws that automatically revoke their beneficiary status upon divorce. The question before the court is whether this is a violation of the Constitution’s contracts clause.

See Amy Howe, Court Adds Seven New Cases To Merits Docket, SCOTUSblog, December 8, 2017.

Special thanks to Paul Cathcart for bringing this article to my attention.