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'Very Troubling,' Scholar Says as High Court Closes Door on Injury Claims

2017-07-14T13:00:58Z

Erwin Chemerinsky, the constitutional law scholar, may have more published opinions than any justice of the Supreme Court. That's because media outlets often quote him, and judges generally do not talk to the press. So when Chemerinsky speaks, people...

'Internet' or 'internet'? Supreme Court Widens the Capitalization Debate

2017-07-05T18:57:11Z

You say 'tomato,' I say 'tomato.' Wait, that doesn't work. You say 'Internet,' I say 'internet.' Hold on. This only works if you're writing, not talking. And it only seems to matter here if the U.S. Supreme Court has...

Is RBG 'Bound by Law' to Recuse Herself on Travel Ban Case?

2017-06-30T22:00:18Z

While the U.S. Supreme Court eases into the summer recess, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be working overtime on one issue: whether she should recuse herself from the Trump travel ban case. In a letter to "Madam Justice Ginsburg,"...

Justice Kennedy to Retire -- Again?

2017-06-29T12:57:25Z

Remember when you were a kid, waking up before sunrise to see if Santa Claus had done his job yet? You probably checked several times throughout the night before the moment finally came. And it did, of course, because...

Wells Fargo's Win on Nevada Lien Law Left Intact by Supreme Court

2017-06-28T17:58:13Z

In a tacit affirmation of another U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision this week, the U.S. Supreme Court left intact the appeals court's ruling that Nevada's lien law violated due process rights of mortgage lenders. The Ninth Circuit...

Supreme Court Won't Hear Handgun Case

2017-06-27T17:57:51Z

Continuing a guarded approach to the Second Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court turned away a case that said people need "good cause" for a permit to carry a concealed weapon in public. The Court left intact Peruta v. County...

Religious School Entitled to Public Playground Money

2017-06-27T12:58:25Z

Heralded as a major church-state decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said a church-owned school is entitled to state funds available for playgrounds open to the public. The decision in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer marked a turning...

Travel Ban Approved Against Some With No 'Bona Fide' Ties to U.S.

2017-06-26T17:24:29Z

Reversing two appellate courts, the U.S. Supreme Court approved part of the President's travel ban against nationals from six Muslim nations and refugees. The court said the President's executive order may be enforced against those people who have no...

Government Can't Take Citizenship From Refugee for Lying to Immigration

2017-06-23T13:00:07Z

A Serbian refugee who lied to immigration officials cannot be stripped of her American citizenship because her lie was immaterial, the U.S. Supreme Court said. "We have never read a statute to strip citizenship from someone who met the...

Supreme Court: Detainees Can't Sue Government for Jailing After 9/11

2017-06-21T12:56:06Z

The U.S. Supreme Court said illegal aliens who were jailed after the Sept. 11 attacks cannot sue top government officials, but they may proceed against the jailer. In Ziglar v. Abassi, the court acknowledged that the six named plaintiffs...

Supreme Court: Sex Offenders Have Free Speech Rights to Use Social Media

2017-06-20T12:59:50Z

Absolving a sex offender for posting on Facebook, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a North Carolina law that banned registered sex offenders from using social media. In the unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court said the statute violated the...

Disparaging Trademarks No Longer Banned by Lanham Act

2017-06-19T19:00:12Z

Trademark attorneys, brief your intake clerks, and tell them to get ready for the flood of unpopular clients. In a unanimous 8-0 decision, the Supreme Court held that the disparagement clause of the Lanham Act violates the First Amendment. The...

Law Can't Favor Women in Child's Citizenship Case, Supreme Court Rules

2017-06-15T18:54:31Z

In a victory for gender equity but a hollow one for a man facing deportation, the U.S. Supreme Court said immigration laws unlawfully discriminated against men by requiring them to be citizens longer than women when they seek citizenship...

Generics Win Brand-Name Drug Battle at Supreme Court

2017-06-14T19:58:07Z

In a set-back to brand-name drug companies, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for a generic drug-manufacturer to sell its products after gaining approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The court lifted an injunction against Sandoz, Inc.,...

High Court Says No Joint and Several Liability in Forfeiture

2017-06-12T13:00:22Z

The U.S. Supreme Court said two brothers were not jointly and severally liable under a forfeiture statute for conspiring to distribute products used to make methamphetamine. In Honeycutt v. United States, the High Court turned back prosecutors' claims that...