Menu
April 10, 2024 | Supreme Court Clarifies When Public Officials Can Be held Liable for Social Media Activity
In Jesner v Arab Bank, PLC, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that foreign corporations may not be defendants in suits brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). However, a sharply divided Court did not agree on the reasoning, which...
In Sessions v Dimaya, a divided U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 18 U.S.C. § 16(b), that authorizes the deportation of any alien convicted of an “aggravated felony,” which includes a “cri...
In Oil States Energy Services, LLC v Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that inter partes review does not violate Article III or the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In one of the most highly-a...
The U.S. Supreme Court is winding up the current term, with oral arguments held in the final six cases this week. The issues before the justices, many of which resulted in lively oral arguments, included the appointment of administrative law judges, ...
The U.S. Supreme Court has just one week of oral arguments left in the term after considering five cases this week. The issues before the justices ranged from patent damages to Internet sales tax to tribal fishing rights. Below is a brief summer o...
In Hall v Hall, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that consolidated cases remain independent for the purposes of filing an appeal. The Court’s decision was unanimous. Facts of Hall v Hall Respondent Samuel Hall served as careta...
In Marinello v United States, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that prosecutors must establish a “nexus” between a particular administrative proceeding and a taxpayer’s conduct in order to obtain a conviction under the “Omni...
The U.S. Supreme Court ended the month with oral arguments in six cases. The majority of the issues before the justices involved criminal law, including the use of physical restraints and sentencing guidelines. The Court also considered yet...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases this week, including National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra. The high-profile case involves two controversial issues — free speech and abortion. While we will have to aw...
In Lingle v Chevron USA Inc, 544 U.S. 528 (2005), the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the precedent established in Agins v. City of Tiburon, 447 U. S. 255 (1980), which held that a regulation does not amount to an unconstitutional taking "if it does...
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held in Trump v. Anderson, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), that states can...
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up abortion again with oral arguments in Moyle v. United States sc...
The U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments in six cases to end its February sitting. A pair of case...
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.