Author: DONALD SCARINCI

New Jersey Governor-Elect Phil Murphy has long highlighted the social justice aspects of cannabis legalization. “The criminalization of cannabis has only served to clog our courts and cloud people’s futures, so we will legalize cannabis,” Murph...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted the federal government’s request to fully implement President Donald Trump’s September 24 proclamation while the federal appeals courts continue to consider legal challenges. More commonly referred to as th...

Before taking a break for the holidays, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments in five cases, two of which may be blockbusters. In Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the justices considered the relationship between sa...

After taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, the U.S. Supreme Court had a busy week. The justices heard oral arguments in five cases, one of which involves whether law enforcement agencies must obtain a warrant to obtain cell-site-location info...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued its first full opinion of the October 2017 term in Hamer v Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, 583 U.S. ____ (2017). While the decision is not a blockbuster, it addresses a key jurisdictional issue in the federal c...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided Kernan v Cuero, 583 U.S. ____ (2017). In its per curium opinion, the Court held that the defendant was not entitled to specific performance of a plea agreement later withdrawn by prosecutors. Facts of Kernan v ...