Tag: Supreme Court Decisions

The U.S. Supreme Court gave online retailers a significant victory in the Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl case,when it held that the Tax Injunction Act (TIA) does not prohibit them from challenging a Colorado sales tax scheme that requires out...

Later this term, U.S. Supreme Court will consider its first death penalty case since 2007. The issue in Glossip v. Gross is whether a new sedative used in lethal injections violates the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The drug at use, in ...

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that, Holt v Hobbs, the Arkansas Department of Correction’s “no beard” policy violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA). The decision extens...

Nebraska and Oklahoma are asking the Supreme Court to declare that Colorado violated the U.S. Constitution when it legalized marijuana. The suit, which evokes the Court’s original jurisdiction over disputes between states, specifically alleges t...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued its first major Fourth Amendment decision of this term. In Heien v. North Carolina, the justices held that a police officer’s reasonable mistake of law can provide reasonable suspicion under the Fourth Amendme...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to consider another significant First Amendment case. Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. involves whether state governments can limit the messages conveyed on specialty license plates. ...

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether you should have paid taxes on your Cyber Monday purchases. The issue before the Court in Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl is whether the federal courts can enjoin a tax scheme in Colorado that...

Later this term, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider another case related to campaign finance. This time, in Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar the issue is whether a rule of judicial conduct that prohibits candidates for judicial office from persona...

Presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama have issued executive orders to help facilitate the management of the country. Because such actions are often not expressly authorized by statute, but rather derived from the President’s executive p...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in Yates v. United States. The case involves a Florida fisherman who was convicted of violating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act when he destroyed several dozen undersized fish. The specific issue before the...