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Flowers v Mississippi: Jury Selection in Death Row Inmate’s Case Was Unconstitutional
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. Constituti...
State-Actors Subject to the First Amendment in Manhattan Community Access Corp v Halleck
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 ...
SCOTUS Sidestepped Challenge to Pledge of Allegiance in Elk Grove Unified School District v Newdow
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 t...
Court Upholds Warrantless Blood Test in Mitchell v Wisconsin
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 alway...
SCOTUS Affirms Auer Deference in Kisor v Wilkie
In Kisor v. Wilke, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly affirmed the doctrine of Auer deference. However, the Court made it clear that the doctrine’s applica...
Rucho v Common Cause: Supreme Court Rules Courts Can’t Solve Partisan Gerrymandering
In Rucho v Common Cause, 588 U.S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that courts have no role in resolving partisan gerrymandering claims. By a vote of 5-4, the divided Co...
SCOTUS Upholds Dual-Sovereignty Doctrine in Gamble v United States
In Gamble v. United States, 587 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the “separate sovereigns” doctrine. Accordingly, states and the federal government may conti...
The American Legion v American Humanist Association: Bladensburg Cross Does Not Violate First Amendment
In The American Legion v American Humanist Association, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Bladensburg Cross does not violate the Establishment Clause o...
Government Agencies Are Not People Under AIA in Return Mail Inc v United States Postal Service
In Return Mail Inc v United States Postal Service, 587 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the federal government is not a “person” capable of petitioning th...
Mont v United States: Supreme Court Rules Pretrial Detention Can Toll Term of Federal Supervised Release
In Mont v United States, 587 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that pretrial detention tolls a term of federal supervised release if a court credits that period of ...
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SCOTUS Rules Quiet Title Act’s Time Bar Is Claim-Processing Rule
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 1, 2023
In Wilkins v. United States, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Quiet Title...
SCOTUS Takes on Jack Daniels’ First Amendment Parody Case
by DONALD SCARINCI on April 24, 2023
The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a closely watched case involving intellectual pr...
SCOTUS Sides With Deaf Student in ADA Suit
by DONALD SCARINCI on April 18, 2023
In Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a deaf s...
