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Month: September 2018
What’s on Tap for the U.S. Supreme Court? Previewing the October 2018 Term
While it is still unclear whether the U.S. Supreme Court will be comprised of eight members or nine, the justices will begin holding oral arguments for the October 2018 Term in a few short weeks. Starting on October 1st, the Court will hear a number ...
SCOTUS Considers Sentencing Guidelines in Rosales-Mireles v United States
In Rosales-Mireles v United States, 585 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court considered how to remedy a clear error by the district court in calculating a defendant’s United States Sentencing Guidelines range. By a vote of 7-2, the Court held ...
Impact of Jennings v Rodriquez on Immigrant Detention
In Jennings v Rodriquez, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that detained immigrants do not have the right to periodic bond hearings during the course of their detention. It further ruled that Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals misa...
Sveen v Melin Is First Contracts Clause Case in Decades
The Supreme Court addressed the Constitution’s Contracts Clause for the first time in 25 years in Sveen v Melin, 584 U. S. ____ (2018). By a vote of 8-1, the Court held that the retroactive application of Minnesota’s revocation-on-divorce statute...
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SCOTUS Unanimously Upholds Faithless Elector Laws
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 28, 2020
In Chiafalo v. Washington, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld state “faithless ...
SCOTUS Issues Landmark Decision on President Trump’s Financial Records
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 21, 2020
In Trump v. Vance, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump ...
SCOTUS Rules Montana Funding Program Can’t Exclude Religious Schools
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 15, 2020
In Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), a divided Supreme Court held t...
