COVID-19 Comes To The Supreme Court

The justices are fine, but oral arguments are in trouble.

By Staci Zaretsky

onMarch 16, 2020 at 4:42 PMMarch 16, 2020 at 2:02 PM

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Today, the Supreme Court announced that it would be postponing oral arguments due to the widespread coronavirus outbreak. No timeline for when oral arguments would resume was given. Arguments in Trump’s tax case were supposed to be heard on March 31. When was the last time the Supreme Court delayed oral arguments?

Hint: It takes an epidemic for the high court to disrupt its schedule.

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Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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