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SCOTUS Adds LGBTQ Book Case to Docket
The U.S. Supreme Court has added another closely watched First Amendment case to its docket. Mahmoud v. Taylor involves whether public schools burden parents’ religious rights when they require elementary school students to participate in instruct...
SCOTUS Rejects First Amendment Challenge to TikTok Ban
On January 17, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Controlled Applications, which will require TikTok to shut down in the United States unless its Chinese parent company divests its interest. The Court’s decis...
First Amendment Issues Dominant Busy Week at the Supreme Court
Upon returning from break, the U.S. Supreme Court tackled some of the most closely watched cases of the term. In TikTok Inc. v. Garland, the justices will determine whether the popular social media app may continue to operate in the United States. ...
Supreme Court’s January Docket Includes Key Free Speech Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will take on its first free speech case this month. The case, Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, involves the constitutionality of a Texas law that requires any website that publishes content one-third or more of which is “har...
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SCOTUS Rules Death Row Inmate Has Standing to Challenge Post Conviction DNA Testing Procedures
by DONALD SCARINCI on September 11, 2025
In Gutierrez v. Saenz, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S Supreme Court ruled that a death row inmate ha...
Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of First Step Act to Vacated Sentences
by DONALD SCARINCI on September 4, 2025
In Hewitt v. United States, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that the First ...
SCOTUS Rules E-Cigarette Retailers Can Challenge FDA Order in Fifth Circuit
by DONALD SCARINCI on
In FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that e-cigare...
