Category: Current

In Hemphill v. New York, 595 U. S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the trial court’s admission—over a criminal defendant’s objection—of the plea allocution transcript of an unavailable witness violated his Sixth Amendment right...

On January 13, the U.S. Supreme Court issued decisions in two closely-watched cases involving vaccine mandates imposed by the Biden Administration. In National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health...

The Supreme Court’s January sitting started off with the late addition of two cases challenging vaccine mandates imposed by the Biden Administration. The first, Biden v. Missouri, involves a federal rule requiring all health care workers at facili...

In Trump v. Thompson, 595 U. S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of records relating to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, while the Court considers Trump's petition for review. Justice Clare...

When the justices return to the bench in January, they are slated to hear a closely-watched First Amendment case involving religious freedom. The case, Shurtleff v. Boston, MA, involves whether the City of Boston violated the Constitution when it re...

The U.S. Supreme Court held in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson that abortion providers may bring a pre-enforcement challenge in federal court as one means to test whether Texas’ s strict abortion law violates the U.S. Constitution, albeit only a...

The U.S. Supreme Court ended its December sitting with oral arguments in Carson v. Makin. The closely-watched First Amendment case involves whether Maine’s exclusion of religious school options from its tuition-assistance program violates the U.S....

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the term’s most closely-watched cases. The issue in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional. However,...

In Mississippi v. Tennessee, 595 U. S. ____ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court held that that the waters of the Middle Claiborne Aquifer are subject to the judicial remedy of equitable apportionment. The Court’s decision, which is the latest ruling in...

Early next month, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which involves a Mississippi law that makes most abortions illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Given that the state has ...