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October 18, 2023 | Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of State Social Media Laws
In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that two Catholic school teachers could not pursue claims under federal anti-discrimination laws. According to the se...
In Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exemption for employers with religious and conscientious objections the healthcare law’s ...
In Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held the restriction in the Dodd-Frank Act that allowed president’s ability to replace the CFPB Director only “for cause” violated the Cons...
In Chiafalo v. Washington, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld state “faithless elector” laws. The justices unanimously ruled that states may enforce an elector’s pledge to support his party’s nominee—and the state voters...
In Trump v. Vance, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump is not immune to state subpoenas for his financial records. By a vote of 7-2, the Court held that Article II and the supremacy clause of the Constitut...
In Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, 591 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) prog...
In Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez, 590 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that indigent prisoners generally get no more than three attempts at filing lawsuits in forma pauperis — without first paying filing fees — regardless of whether those...
In South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom , 590 U. S. ____ (2020), a divided U.S. Supreme Court refused to stay, pending appeal, an executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom that limits attendance at places of worship to 25 percent of b...
In Opati v. Republic of Sudan, 590 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that plaintiffs in a suit against a foreign state for personal injury or death caused by acts of terrorism under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA...
The U.S. Supreme Court struck a middle ground in the most closely-watched environmental case of the October 2019 Term. By a vote of 6-3, the Court held in County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, 590 U. S. ____ (2020), that the Clean Water Ac...
The U.S. Supreme Court resumed oral arguments on October 30, as it begins its November session. The...
The U.S. Supreme Court has now granted certiorari in two cases challenging the continued viability ...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases last week. The issues before the Court i...
Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.