Month: June 2025

In Barnes v. Felix, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's "moment of threat" doctrine, which focused solely on the immediate actions leading up to a police officer’s use of force. In so ruling, C...

In Kousisis v. United States, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant who induces a victim to enter into a transaction under materially false pretenses may be convicted of federal fraud even if the defendant did not seek t...

In Kousisis v. United States, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant who induces a victim to enter into a transaction under materially false pretenses may be convicted of federal fraud even if the defendant did not seek t...

On May 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. CASA, Inc., Trump v. Washington, Trump v. New Jersey, all of which challenge President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocume...

In Feliciano v. Department of Transportation, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that a federal civilian employee called to active duty pursuant to “any other provision of law ... during a national emergency” as described in...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a key First Amendment case involving the separation of church and state. The issue before the justices in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond and St. Isidore of Seville Catholic...