Category: Current

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 ...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in at least two blockbuster cases last week. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, the Court considered the constitutionality of a New York gun law. Based on oral arguments, it appeare...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s November argument sitting continued last week, with five cases on the docket. The justices considered several important constitutional issues, including the religious rights of death row inmates and municipal ordinances re...

In Does v. Mills, 595 U.S. ____ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court refused to issue an injunction to prevent Maine from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers that lacks religious exemptions. The Court denied the application fo...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently sided with police in two excessive force lawsuits asserting qualified immunity. The Court decided the cases summarily, without briefing or oral arguments. Qualified Immunity Under Supreme Court precedent, “Qua...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases last week. In the closely-watched case involving Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the justices appeared poised to reinstate his capital sentence. The other potential blockbuster of t...

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in person for the first time in more than 18 months. As a reminder that the country is still in the midst of the pandemic, Justice Brett Kavanaugh was forced to hear oral arguments remotely afte...