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March 6, 2023 | U.S. Supreme Court Takes on Big Tech
In Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that debts incurred by fraud can’t be discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, even if a debtor wasn’t culpable for the fraud. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote on behalf o...
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its first opinion of the 2022-2023 Term. In Arellano v. McDonough, 598 U. S. ____ (2023), a unanimous Court held that the effective date of an award of service-related disability compensation to a veteran of the United ...
In Arizona et al. v. Alejandro Mayorkas et al., the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to keep the federal government’s Title 42 policy in place while legal challenges continue. By a vote of 5-4, the justices stayed a lower court decision that would have l...
In Egbert v. Boule, 596 U.S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the authority of a court to imply a cause of action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), does not extend to either a ...
In Patel v. Garland, 596 U.S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal courts lack jurisdiction to review facts found as part of any judgment relating to the granting of discretionary relief in immigration proceedings enumerated under ...
Ketanji Brown Jackson made history on April 7, 2022, when the U.S. Senate confirmed her as the first black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. Jackson will replace Justice Stephen Breyer who is set to retire when the Court’s term ends this sum...
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...
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...
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which involves the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s structure. The specific question before the justices is whether...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two big cases involving Big Tech this week. The case...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Counterman v. Colorado, which involves the st...
The U.S. Supreme Court has added another high-profile case to its docket, agreeing to address the r...
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.