Menu
April 1, 2025 | SCOTUS Rules Against EPA in Clean Water Case
On March 16, the U.S. Supreme Court suspended oral arguments for the March session in light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Court plans to “examine the options for rescheduling those cases in due course in light of the developing circu...
In Monasky v. Taglieri, 589 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a child’s “habitual residence” under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction depends on the totality of the circumstances specif...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in two of the most anticipated cases of the term. June Medical Services LLC v. Gee involves a legal challenges to a Louisiana abortion law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privi...
The U.S. Supreme Court has returned from its winter break. The justices heard oral arguments in four cases, all of which called on the Court to interpret federal laws, including the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, the Mineral Leasing Act, the Fede...
In Hernandez v. Mesa, 589 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the parents of a 15-year-old Mexican boy killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent shooting across the Mexican border could not pursue a damages claim. In so ruling, the majori...
In Alden v. Maine, 527 U.S. 706 (1999), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Congress can’t use its Article I powers under Constitution to subject unconsenting states to suit in state court. The decision extended the Court’s prior holding in Seminol...
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to again take on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) controversial contraception mandate. This time around, the justices will consider rules adopted by the Trump Administration that expanded the mandate’s exceptions...
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555 (1992), is one of the Supreme Court’s most important decisions on the issue of standing, which determines whether a party can bring a lawsuit. In a landmark decision, the Court narrowed the concept...
In Department of Homeland Security v. New York, 589 U. S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may implement a rule that changes the agency’s approach to the determination whether a noncitizen i...
In City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court again limi...
In Hungary v. Simon, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that alleging commingling of...
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases this week, all of which asked the justices to ...
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.