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United States v Stitt Clarifies Burglary Under Armed Career Criminal Act
In United States v Stitt, decided on December 10, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the term “burglary,” as used in the federal Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), includ...
SCOTUS to Take Up Rare 21st Amendment Case
When they return to the bench in January, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will consider their first case involving the 21st Amendment in more than a decade. Tennessee Win...
Will Supreme Court Abolish Deference to “reasonable interpretation” in Kisor v Wilkie?
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear Kisor v Wilkie, which has the potential to be a blockbuster in the area of administrative law. The question before the Court is wh...
How a Frog Habitat in Louisiana May Begin to Curb Administrative Agency Power in Weyerhaeuser Company v United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The U.S. Supreme Court has sent Weyerhaeuser Company v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 586 U. S. ____ (2018), back to the lower court. It remains to be seen whether t...
November 19, 2018 Week in Review: Eighth Amendment Ban on Excessive Fines
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in five cases this week, one of which has the potential to be a blockbuster. The issue before the Court in Timbs v. Indiana is whether...
SCOTUS to Hear First Amendment Crosses on Public Property in American Legion v American Humanist Association
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to consider a potential blockbuster case involving the First Amendment. The issue in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association i...
Mount Lemmon Fire District v Guido: Age Discriminations Law Covers All Public Employers
In its first published decision of the term, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) applies to state and local governments, rega...
Oral Arguments in Six Cases Include Hovercrafts and Lethal Injection
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in six cases this week. The issues before the justices were extremely varied, ranging from whether hovercrafts should be allowed on A...
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Six New Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in six cases this week. The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) took center stage, with two cases involving the statute. Other highlights i...
New Justice Brett Kavanaugh Hears Oral Arguments in Four Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court is back to full strength. On October 8, 2018, Brett M. Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th Justice of the Supreme Court. The nine justices heard...
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Massachusetts v. EPA Sets the Standard for Climate Lawsuits
by DONALD SCARINCI on February 11, 2020
With climate change lawsuits on the rise, environmentalists are concerned that the conservative-lea...
Faithless Electors Up for Grabs
by DONALD SCARINCI on February 5, 2020
The United States Supreme Court will hear Chiafalo v. Washington, to decide whether members of the ...
Ray v. Blair First Addressed Faithless Electors
by DONALD SCARINCI on February 4, 2020
In Ray v. Blair, 343 U.S. 214 (1952), the U.S. Supreme Court first considered the notion of “fait...
