Month: January 2022

The Supreme Court’s January sitting started off with the late addition of two cases challenging vaccine mandates imposed by the Biden Administration. The first, Biden v. Missouri, involves a federal rule requiring all health care workers at facili...

In Trump v. Thompson, 595 U. S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of records relating to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, while the Court considers Trump's petition for review. Justice Clare...

When the justices return to the bench in January, they are slated to hear a closely-watched First Amendment case involving religious freedom. The case, Shurtleff v. Boston, MA, involves whether the City of Boston violated the Constitution when it re...

The U.S. Supreme Court held in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson that abortion providers may bring a pre-enforcement challenge in federal court as one means to test whether Texas’ s strict abortion law violates the U.S. Constitution, albeit only a...

The U.S. Supreme Court ended its December sitting with oral arguments in Carson v. Makin. The closely-watched First Amendment case involves whether Maine’s exclusion of religious school options from its tuition-assistance program violates the U.S....