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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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First Amendment Case on Tap for SCOTUS’s January Sitting
by DONALD SCARINCI on January 10, 2022
When the justices return to the bench in January, they are slated to hear a closely-watched First A...
Supreme Court Allows Pre-enforcement Challenge Against Texas Abortion Law to Proceed
by DONALD SCARINCI on
The U.S. Supreme Court held in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson that abortion providers may bring ...
SCOTUS Ends December Sitting With Potential First Amendment Blockbuster
by DONALD SCARINCI on January 3, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court ended its December sitting with oral arguments in Carson v. Makin. The close...
