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Month: November 2012
Branzburg v. Hayes: The Evolution of the Reporters’ Privilege
The Supreme Court has only considered the existence of a reporters’ privilege once during its storied history, and it ultimately concluded that the First Amendment does not afford such protections. Yet, Branzburg v. Hayes is cited today as establis...
Will Supreme Court Be Able to Sidestep Deciding Fate of Voting Rights Act?
As the number of woman and minority elected officials increases and Barak Obama is elected president for a second term, the Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The law, first pas...
Gonzales v. Raich: The Supreme Court’s Stance on Legalizing Marijuana
Now that voters in several states have passed ballot initiatives legalizing marijuana, all eyes are on the federal government. The fact is that marijuana cannot truly become “legal” until the Department of Justice and other federal agencies stop ...
Is a Man’s Home Still His Castle? Dog Sniff Case Tests Expectation Of Privacy
The U.S. Supreme Court recently considered whether law enforcement’s use of a trained narcotics-detection dog to sniff a house suspected of drug activity is a “search” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. Although the Supreme Court has g...
Lawsuit Challenges Free Speech Rights Inside the Supreme Court
Free speech is one of the bedrock principles of the U.S. Constitution. However, what happens when someone wears potentially offensive clothing into the halls of our most hallowed court? A Florida man, and former Marine, is currently suing the fede...
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SCOTUS Rules Death Row Inmate Has Standing to Challenge Post Conviction DNA Testing Procedures
by DONALD SCARINCI on September 11, 2025
In Gutierrez v. Saenz, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S Supreme Court ruled that a death row inmate ha...
Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of First Step Act to Vacated Sentences
by DONALD SCARINCI on September 4, 2025
In Hewitt v. United States, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that the First ...
SCOTUS Rules E-Cigarette Retailers Can Challenge FDA Order in Fifth Circuit
by DONALD SCARINCI on
In FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that e-cigare...
