Category: Supreme Court Decisions

In Lucia v Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Securities and Exchange Commission administrative law judges (ALJs) are “officers of the United States,” subject to the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. The deci...

The U.S. Supreme Court dramatically altered the country’s E-commerce landscape with its decision in South Dakota v Wayfair, 585 U. S. ____ (2018). By a narrow majority, the Court held that internet retailers can be required to collect sales taxes e...

In Minnesota Voters Alliance v Mansky, 585 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Minnesota’s ban on political apparel at polling places. According to the Court, the state law violates the First Amendment’s free speech clause. Fac...

In Husted v A Philip Randolph Institute, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Ohio’s controversial voter removal law does not run afoul of the National Voter Registration Act. National Voter Registration Act   The Natio...

In its highly-anticipated decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court handed a narrow victory to the Colorado baker at the center of the case. By a vote of 7-2, the justices ruled...

In Collins v Virginia, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court declined to extend the Fourth Amendment’s so-called “automobile exception.” By a vote of 8-1, the justices held that the exception, which allows certain warrantless searches o...

A sharply-divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled for employers in a closely-watched arbitration case. By a vote of 5-4, the Court held in Epic Systems Corp v Lewis, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), that employment agreements that include class-action waivers are per...

In Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA). The decision clears the way for states like New Jersey to legalize sp...

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...