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SCOTUS Holds LGBTQ+ Curriculum With No Opt-Out Violates Free Exercise Clause
In Mahmoud v. Taylor, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court sided with parents challenging the Montgomery County Board of Education’s introduction of certain “LGBTQ+- inclusive” storybooks, along with the board’s decision to deny pare...
SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Decision Limits Lower Courts’ Power to Issue Nationwide Injunctions
In Trump v. CASA, Inc., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Government’s applications to partially stay three injunctions entered by lower courts blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenshi...
Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Law Banning Transgender Care for Minors
In United States v. Skrmetti, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain medical treatments for transgender minors is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the equal protection clause of the 14th ...
Supreme Court Rejects Mexico’s Suit Against U.S. Gun Manufacturers
In Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Mexican government can’t hold gun manufacturers liable for aiding and abetting gun trafficking and drug cartels that have injured ...
SCOTUS Sides With Employee in Reverse Discrimination Case
In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Sixth Circuit’s “background circumstances” rule, which requires members of a majority group to satisfy a heightened evidentiary standard t...
Supreme Court Rejects Moment of Threat Doctrine in Deadly Force Case
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...
SCOTUS Holds Wire Fraud Statute Doesn’t Require Proof Victim Suffered Economic Loss
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...
SCOTUS Holds Wire Fraud Statute Doesn’t Require Proof Victim Suffered Economic Loss
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...
SCOTUS Considers Birthright Citizenship
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...
SCOTUS Sides with Military Reservist in Differential Pay Dispute
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...
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SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Decision Limits Lower Courts’ Power to Issue Nationwide Injunctions
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 16, 2025In Trump v. CASA, Inc., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Government’s app...
Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Law Banning Transgender Care for Minors
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 10, 2025In United States v. Skrmetti, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Tennessee’s ...
Supreme Court Rejects Mexico’s Suit Against U.S. Gun Manufacturers
by DONALD SCARINCI on July 8, 2025In Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Co...
