Tag: U.S. Supreme Court

In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Sixth Circuit’s “background circumstances” rule, which requires members of a majority group to satisfy a heightened evidentiary standard t...

In Barnes v. Felix, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's "moment of threat" doctrine, which focused solely on the immediate actions leading up to a police officer’s use of force. In so ruling, C...

In Kousisis v. United States, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant who induces a victim to enter into a transaction under materially false pretenses may be convicted of federal fraud even if the defendant did not seek t...

In Kousisis v. United States, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant who induces a victim to enter into a transaction under materially false pretenses may be convicted of federal fraud even if the defendant did not seek t...

On May 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. CASA, Inc., Trump v. Washington, Trump v. New Jersey, all of which challenge President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocume...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a key First Amendment case involving the separation of church and state. The issue before the justices in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond and St. Isidore of Seville Catholic...

In Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the 5th Circuit erred in setting aside as arbitrary and capricious the FDA’s orders denying the authorization of new e...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. At this stage, the justices have agreed to consider whether three nationwide injunctions should ...

In Trump v. J.G.G., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that non-citizens challenging their removal under the Alien Enemies Act must bring habeas petitions in the district where they are detained. The justices did not address whether the Alien Enemies Act ...

In Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a case voluntarily dismissed without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) counts as a “final proceeding” under Federal Rule ...