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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Five Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court’s November argument sitting continued last week, with five cases on the docket. The justices considered several important constitutional issues, includi...
SCOTUS Rejects Religious exemption Challenge to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
In Does v. Mills, 595 U.S. ____ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court refused to issue an injunction to prevent Maine from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care work...
Supreme Court Sides With Police in Two Qualified Immunity Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court recently sided with police in two excessive force lawsuits asserting qualified immunity. The Court decided the cases summarily, without briefing or oral a...
SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Four Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases last week. In the closely-watched case involving Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the justices appeared poised...
Supreme Court Kicks Off Term With Oral Arguments in Five Cases
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in person for the first time in more than 18 months. As a reminder that the country is still in the midst of the pandemic,...
SCOTUS Agrees to Consider Ted Cruz Campaign Finance Case
The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate. The closely-watched campaign finance case brought by Sen. Ted Cruz challenges a provision of th...
Previewing the US Supreme Court’s October Sitting
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench on October 4, 2021, and conduct oral arguments in person for the first time since March 2020. In a recent update to its proceedin...
SCOTUS to Hold In-Person Oral Arguments Next Term
When the U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench on October 4 for the first arguments of the 2021-22 term, they will meet in person for the first time since March of 2020. Howev...
Supreme Court Upholds Doctrine of Patent Assignor Estoppel
In Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc., a divided U.S. Supreme Court declined to abolish the doctrine of patent assignor estoppel, which prohibits inventors who sell their pat...
Supreme Court Allows Controversial Texas Abortion Law to Take Effect
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to block enforcement of a Texas law that prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The Court denied the application for injuncti...
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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...
