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Month: July 2012
Arizona v. U.S.: What’s Next for the State’s Controversial Immigration Law?
On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its second most anticipated decision of the session in Arizona v. U.S. If not for the Affordable Care Act, Arizona’s controversial immigration law would have definitely garnered top billing. The Court...
United State v. Alvarez : Stolen Valor Act Can’t Stand Up to Constitutional Scrutiny
In an important case that largely overshadowed by the healthcare decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that the Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional. The controversial law had made it a federal crime to lie about having received a military ...
Supreme Court Stands By Citizen’s United Decision
While the Supreme Court’s decision on healthcare reform dominated the headlines, another ruling may have a greater impact on the 2012 election season. The Court confirmed that its decision in Citizen’s United was not a fluke and its approval of ...
History Will Remember Chief Justice John “Marshall” Roberts
History may record that the decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act was the legacy case for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John G. Roberts Jr. His position and his actions in this case are exactly what Chief Justice John Marshall Roberts would have do...
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Presidential immunity Under Clinton v. Jones
by DONALD SCARINCI on November 20, 2019
In Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997), the U.S. Supreme Court held that private civil lawsuits c...
DACA Debate Dominates Supreme Court’s Week
by DONALD SCARINCI on November 14, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the most significant cases of the term this w...
Damages Actions Against Federal Agents for Constitutional Violations
by DONALD SCARINCI on November 12, 2019
In Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), the U.S. Supreme Court first ...
