Category: Supreme Court Decisions

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 is poised to consider its first abortion rights case in several years. The case, June Medical Services LLC v. Gee, is also the Court’s first abortion case since the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, who often joined the...

The U.S. Supreme Court is back in action, kicking off its October 2019 term with oral arguments in five cases this week. The Court wasted no time in tackling the tough issues. Two of the cases before the Court involve whether federal anti-discrimina...

When the justices return to the bench for the October 2019, a significant criminal law docket awaits them. One of the most closely-watched cases is Kansas v. Glover, which could dramatically alter drivers’ constitutional rights. The question befor...

Some of the most closely-watched cases the US Supreme Court will consider in October involve whether workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender status is covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII). The...

In Flowers v Mississippi, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the jury selection process in Curtis Flowers’ sixth murder trial violated the U.S. Constitution. By a vote of 7-2, the Court found that the trial court committed cle...

In Manhattan Community Access Corp v Halleck, 587 U.S. ___ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Manhattan Community Access Corp., a private nonprofit corporation designated by New York City to operate public access channels on the Time Warner-ow...

In Elk Grove Unified School District v Newdow, 542 U.S. ____ (2004), the U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a constitutional challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance. By holding that the plaintiff lacked standing, the Court avoided deciding whether the wor...

In Mitchell v Wisconsin, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the exigent-circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement nearly always allows a blood test without first obtaining a warrant when a breath te...