Author: DONALD SCARINCI

Abortion has become a hot topic during the 2012 presidential election, invoking strong words from both sides of the aisle. Therefore, it seems pertinent to go back and take a look at how the Supreme Court viewed the issued when it issued its landmark...

Following the conclusion of the 2011-2012 term, much has been said about the Supreme Court’s ability to stay above the political fray. A number of controversial issues, including the Affordable Care Act and Arizona’s immigration law, were hotly d...

Adults and children should be treated differently, even when it comes to the most serious crimes, according to the U.S. Supreme Court. In Jackson v. Hobbs, the justices held that requiring children convicted of murder to be sentenced to prison wit...

The Supreme Court recently made it more difficult for judges to impose hefty criminal fines on corporate defendants, and Wall Street has the Sixth Amendment to thank. In Southern Union Company v. United States, the Court held that the imposition ...

For those who predicted the Supreme Court would further liberalize campaign finance reform restrictions on private money in politics, the case of Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 represents a bit of a curveball. The decisio...

On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its second most anticipated decision of the session in Arizona v. U.S. If not for the Affordable Care Act, Arizona’s controversial immigration law would have definitely garnered top billing. The Court�...

In an important case that largely overshadowed by the healthcare decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that the Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional. The controversial law had made it a federal crime to lie about having received a military ...

While the Supreme Court’s decision on healthcare reform dominated the headlines, another ruling may have a greater impact on the 2012 election season. The Court confirmed that its decision in Citizen’s United was not a fluke and its approval of ...

History may record that the decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act was the legacy case for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John G. Roberts Jr. His position and his actions in this case are exactly what Chief Justice John Marshall Roberts would have do...

It is seldom that the Justices use foul language in an opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, except when the case at issue is about foul language. FCC v. Pacifica Foundation v. Fox Television Stations centered on fines levied against Fox...