Author: DONALD SCARINCI

MENACHEM BINYAMIN ZIVOTOFSKY, by his parents and guardians, ARI Z. and NAOMI SIEGMAN ZIVOTOFSKY, PETITIONER v. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, SECRETARY OF STATE On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circui...

MARBURY V. MADISON MARSHALL, C.J., Opinion of the Court SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Cite as: 5 U.S. 137 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. At the last term, on the affidavits then read and filed with ...

Americans who support and oppose “Obamacare” now find themselves without elected Congressmen to lobby and without the media to influence public opinion.  The fate of the Affordable Care Act is now in the hands of nine people elected by no one an...

GRISWOLD V. CONNECTICUT APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS OF CONNECTICUT No. 496 Argued: March 29-30, 1965 --- Decided: June 7, 1965 Cite as: 381 U.S. 479 MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court. Appellant Griswold is E...

Supreme Court decisions remain relevant long after they are decided, often setting legal precedent for years and even decades. The landmark decision of Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), is a perfect example. Vice President Joe Biden refe...

UNITED STATES  v. JONES CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 10–1259. Argued November 8, 2011—Decided January 23, 2012 Cite as: 565 U. S. ____ (2012) The Government obtained a sea...

In U.S. v. Jones, the Supreme Court was called upon to interpret the Fourth Amendment of the constitution when police used global positioning technology to fight crime. The issue before the Court was whether attaching a GPS device to a vehicle and t...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently considered whether corporations could be sued in the United States for alleged involvement in human rights abuses overseas. The case has important legal implications for U.S. businesses with operations around the globe...

MARTEL, WARDEN V. CLAIR Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit No. 10–1265. Argued December 6, 2011—Decided March 5, 2012 Cite as: 565 U. S. ____ (2012) Respondent Clair was charged with capital murde...

When drafting legislation, Congress frequently forgets some very important details, leaving the courts to decipher what they really meant to do (referred to as “legislative intent”). The Supreme Court recently tackled this problem in Martel v. C...