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SCOTUS Sides with Military Reservist in Differential Pay Dispute
In Feliciano v. Department of Transportation, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that a federal civilian employee called to active duty pursuant to “any other provision of law ... during a national emergency” as described in...
Will US Supreme Court Allow Religious Charter Schools?
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a key First Amendment case involving the separation of church and state. The issue before the justices in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond and St. Isidore of Seville Catholic...
Supreme Court Sides With FDA on Flavored Vape Denials
In Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the 5th Circuit erred in setting aside as arbitrary and capricious the FDA’s orders denying the authorization of new e...
SCOTUS Agrees to Consider Birthright Citizen Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. At this stage, the justices have agreed to consider whether three nationwide injunctions should ...
SCOTUS Rules Non-Citizens Must Challenge Removal Under Alien Enemies Act
In Trump v. J.G.G., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that non-citizens challenging their removal under the Alien Enemies Act must bring habeas petitions in the district where they are detained. The justices did not address whether the Alien Enemies Act ...
Causing Physical Harm Always Involves “Use of Force”
In Delligatti v. United States, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the knowing or intentional causation of injury or death, whether by act or omission, necessarily involves the “use” of “physical force” against another pe...
SCOTUS Confirms Right to Renew Lawsuit Ater Voluntary Dismissal
In Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a case voluntarily dismissed without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) counts as a “final proceeding” under Federal Rule ...
Supreme Court Rules Trademark Infringement Damages Include Only Named Defendant’s Profits
In Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers, Inc., 604 U.S. __ (2025), the U.S. SupremeCourt held that in awarding the “defendant’s profits” to the prevailing plaintiff in atrademark infringement suit under the Lanham Act, a court can award ...
Supreme Court Upholds Ghost Gun Regulation
In Bondi v. VanDerStok, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule interpreting the Gun Control Act of 1968 to cover certain products that can readily be converted into an ...
SCOTUS Rules Against EPA in Clean Water Case
In City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court again limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) power under the Clean Water Act (CWA). According to the Court’s five-member majority, the EPA can...
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Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of First Step Act to Vacated Sentences
by DONALD SCARINCI on September 4, 2025
In Hewitt v. United States, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that the First ...
SCOTUS Rules E-Cigarette Retailers Can Challenge FDA Order in Fifth Circuit
by DONALD SCARINCI on
In FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that e-cigare...
Supreme Court Expands Judicial Review of Agency Actions
by DONALD SCARINCI on
In McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supre...
