Category: Current

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases this week. The issues before the Court involved immigration, RICO suits, and giving veterans the benefit of the doubt. The most closely watched case of the week was arguably City and Count...

The U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench on October 7, 2024. In the first week of the new term, the justices will hear oral arguments in five cases. The most closely watched case is Garland v. VanDerStok, which involves so-called “ghost guns...

In Department of State v. Muñoz, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a citizen does not have a fundamental liberty interest in her noncitizen spouse being admitted to the country. Critics of the immigration decision, including th...

In Murthy v. Missouri, 603 U. S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that two States and five individual social-media users who sued dozens of Executive Branch officials and agencies, alleging that the Government pressured the platforms to cens...

In Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 603 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a claim under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) does not accrue for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2401(a)’s default s...

In Department of Education v. Louisiana, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to lift preliminary injunctions preventing the Department of Education from implementing a new rule that broadens the definition of sex-based discrimination under Title IX of th...

In Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton, 603 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that social-media platforms have First Amendment interests in exercising editorial discretion over the third-party content. However, the Court rem...

In Vidal v. Elster, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the names clause of Lanham Act, which prohibits the registration of a mark that consists of a name identifying a particular living individual without their consent, does not...

In Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a former President is entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. It further fou...

In United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that prohibits individuals subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a gun. According to the Court, when an individual has been fou...