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Month: September 2020
SCOTUS to Clarify What Constitutes a Fourth Amendment Seizure
When the U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench next month, one of the first cases it will consider involves what constitutes a seizure for purposes of the Fourth Amendment’s ban on unreasonable seizures. The case, Torres v. Madrid, was originall...
SCOTUS Invalidates Government Debt Collection Exception to Robo Call Ban
In Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants Inc., 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the exception to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 that allows calls to collect government debt law violates the First...
SCOTUS Holds Condition for AIDS Funding Is Constitutional As Applied to Foreign Affiliates of Domestic NGOs
In Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that because the foreign affiliates of American nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) possess no First Amend...
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SCOTUS to Consider High-Profile Transgender Rights Case in December
by DONALD SCARINCI on November 12, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti on December 4, 2024. T...
SCOTUS Clarifies Standard for Retaliatory Arrest Claims
by DONALD SCARINCI on November 5, 2024
In Gonzalez v. Trevino, 602 U.S. ___ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that plaintiffs are not re...
Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Confrontation Clause to Forensic Analysis
by DONALD SCARINCI on October 28, 2024
In Smith v. Arizona, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that when an expert conveys ...
