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January 27, 2021 | Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Three Cases
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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Supreme Court Rules Census Suit Not Ripe for Judicial Review
by DONALD SCARINCI on January 25, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court recently dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s policy...
SCOTUS Sides With New Mexico in Interstate Dispute Over Pecos River
by DONALD SCARINCI on January 19, 2021
In Texas v. New Mexico, 592 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court denied a motion by the State ...
US Supreme Court Rejects Statute of Limitations for Military Rape
by DONALD SCARINCI on January 5, 2021
In United States v. Briggs, 592 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the...
