Author: DONALD SCARINCI

The U.S. Supreme Court has been very busy this month. The justices recently added 12 news cases to their docket, including another redistricting dispute and a closely-watched case involving the collection of sales taxes by out-of-state retailers. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a Georgia death row inmate should be able to continue his effort to reopen his case. In its per curium opinion in Tharpe v Sellers, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), the Court noted that the defendant faced long odds i...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Benisek v Lamone. The case, which challenges a Maryland redistricting map, is the second partisan-gerrymandering case before the justices this term. The Court now has cases by both Republicans and...

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court returned to the bench on January 8, 2018. The first week of oral arguments in 2018 included two original jurisdiction cases involving state disputes over water rights, two important Fourth Amendment cases, and o...

As New Jersey looks to legalize recreational cannabis, municipalities will have some tough decisions to make. Many are in the process of forming task forces and committees to determine how legalization may impact their city or town and whether the po...