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SCOTUS Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Title IX Rule Granting Protections to LBGTQ Students
In Department of Education v. Louisiana, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to lift preliminary injunctions preventing the Department of Education from implementing a new rule that ...
SCOTUS Remands Content Moderation Cases But Still Delivers First Amendment Lessons
In Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton, 603 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that social-media platforms have First Amendment interests in exercising ed...
Unanimous Supreme Court Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Lanham Act’s Name Clause
In Vidal v. Elster, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the names clause of Lanham Act, which prohibits the registration of a mark that consists of a name id...
Presidential Immunity Under Trump v. United States
In Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a former President is entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions withi...
SCOTUS Clarifies Bruen in Upholding Federal Gun Law
In United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that prohibits individuals subject to a domestic violence restraining order from po...
Supreme Court Upholds Homeless Ordinance Imposing Criminal Penalties
In City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, 603 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a city ordinance that imposes criminal penalties on homeless sleeping outside. Acc...
Divided Supreme Court Strikes Down Chevron in Landmark Decision
Reversing four decades of precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Chevron doctrine in its recent decision in Relentless v. Department of Commerce and Loper Bright Ente...
Supreme Court Rules Bribery Statute Doesn’t Criminalize Gratuities for Past Acts
In Snyder v. United States, 603 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that 18 U.S.C. §666, a federal law that makes it a crime for state and local officials to “corru...
SCOTUS Clarifies Court Must Resolve Competing Arbitration Provisions
In Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that where parties have agreed to two contracts — one sending arbitrability disputes to arbitrati...
SCOTUS Sides With NRA in First Amendment Dispute
In National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the National Rifle Association (NRA) may continue its First Amendment ...
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SCOTUS Decision in Bowe v. United States Is First of the 2026 Term
by DONALD SCARINCI on February 5, 2026
In Bowe v. United States, 607 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Title 28 U.S.C. § ...
SCOTUS Rules State Can’t Immunize Parties from Federal Civil Liability
by DONALD SCARINCI on January 29, 2026
In John Doe v. Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC, 607 U.S. ____ (2025) the U.S. Supreme Court held that...
Supreme Court to Address Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection
by DONALD SCARINCI on
While the U.S. Supreme Court has concluded oral arguments for the year, it continues to add cases t...
