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Month: February 2019
SCOTUS Rules Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause Applies to States
In Timbs v. Indiana, 586 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Eight Amendments’ ban on excessive fines is applicable to states. The Court’s decision was unanimous. Facts of Timbs v. Indiana Tyson Timbs pleaded guilty in ...
Gray v. Sanders Established “One Person, One Vote” Redistricting Principle
In Gray v. Sanders, 372 U.S. 368 (1963), the U.S. Supreme Court established the famous "one person, one vote" principle for legislative districting. “The concept of political equality...can mean only one thing—one person, one vote,” Justice Wi...
Two Partisan Gerrymandering Cases Heard in March Will Impact Redistricting 2020
Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider two cases involving partisan gerrymandering. One case, Benisek v Lamone, challenges a Maryland congressional district, while the other, Rucho v Common Cause, challenges North Carolina’s congressio...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Second Amendment Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear its first major Second Amendment case in a decade. The case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v City of New York, involves a New York City gun-control law that prohibits transporting a...
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US Supreme Court Makes Unprecedented Decision to Hear Oral Arguments Remotely
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 18, 2020
Starting next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will conduct oral arguments remotely and make live audi...
SCOTUS Blocks Wisconsin Absentee Ballot Extension Amid COVID-19 Epidemic
by DONALD SCARINCI on April 28, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court blocked a lower-court order that had extended the deadline for...
SCOTUS Rules But-For caution Standard in
by DONALD SCARINCI on April 21, 2020
In Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, 589 U. S. ____ (2020), th...
