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August 21, 2025 | SCOTUS Allows Termination of Dept of Education Employees
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
On January 17, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Controlled Applications, which will require TikTok to shut down in the United States unless its Chinese parent company divests its interest. The Court’s decis...
In Gonzalez v. Trevino, 602 U.S. ___ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that plaintiffs are not required to produce specific comparator evidence to demonstrate that they fall within the Nieves exception in retaliatory arrest cases. In Nieves v...
In Smith v. Arizona, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that when an expert conveys an absent lab analyst’s statements in support of the expert’s opinion, and the statements provide that support only if true, then the statements c...
The U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench on October 7, 2024. In the first week of the new term, the justices will hear oral arguments in five cases. The most closely watched case is Garland v. VanDerStok, which involves so-called “ghost guns...
In Trump v. Wilcox, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration...
In Glossip v. Oklahoma, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court granted death row inmate Richa...
In McMahon v. New York, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to stay a district cour...
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.