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In Barenblatt v. United States, 360 U.S. 109 (1959), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the House Committee on Un-American Activities did not violate the First Amendment in investing Lloyd Barenblatt's affiliations with the Communist Party. Accordingl...

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted President Donald Trump’s request for a stay in Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP. The Court’s order halts the enforcement of a Congressional subpoena seeking the President’s financial records pending resolution of his...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to consider Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc., which has been characterized as the “copyright lawsuit of the decade.” The issues before the Court are whether copyright protection extends to a software inter...

The U. S. Supreme Court will consider President Donald Trump’s appeal to determine whether the District Attorney for the County of New York can enforce a grand jury subpoena seeking ten years’ worth of the President’s financial papers and his ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the most significant cases of the term this week. In Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, the Court must decide the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhoo...

In Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), the U.S. Supreme Court first recognized an implied right of action for dam­ages against federal officers alleged to have violated a citizen’s constitutional rights. Facts of...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in six cases this week. One of the most closely-watched cases, County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, involves the reach of the Clean Water Act (CWA).  The specific issue is whether the CWA r...

In United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez, 494 U.S. 259 (1990), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment does not apply to the search and seizure by United States agents of property that is owned by a nonresident alien and located in a forei...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments Mathena v. Malvo, which involves whether one of the so-called D.C. snipers, Lee Malvo, should be sentenced to life-without -parole. Malvo argues that the sentence is unconstitutional because he wa...