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September 23, 2024 | SCOTUS Clarifies Statute of Limitations for APA Claims
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...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate. The closely-watched campaign finance case brought by Sen. Ted Cruz challenges a provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 providing that when a candidate...
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench on October 4, 2021, and conduct oral arguments in person for the first time since March 2020. In a recent update to its proceedings, the justices have elected to continue to take turns asking questions...
When the U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench on October 4 for the first arguments of the 2021-22 term, they will meet in person for the first time since March of 2020. However, in light of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, access to the courtroom will ...
In Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc., a divided U.S. Supreme Court declined to abolish the doctrine of patent assignor estoppel, which prohibits inventors who sell their patent rights from challenging the patent’s validity in district court. H...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to block enforcement of a Texas law that prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The Court denied the application for injunctive relief in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, 594 U. S. ____ (2021), b...
In Alabama Association of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Services, 594 U.S. ____ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal government’s ban on evictions, which was scheduled to last until October 3, 2021. In an unsigned op...
In Department of Education v. Louisiana, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to lift preliminary injunct...
In Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton, 603 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court confirm...
In Vidal v. Elster, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the names clause of Lanh...
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.