Just in time for the looming presidential election, the Supreme Court has ruled “faithless elector” laws constitutional. The case was unanimously agreed upon by all nine justices, a rarity in the current...
The Supreme Court has confirmed that it will pick up the House of Representative’s case against the Department of Justice in the Fall session. In the case, two lower courts have held that the House is right to...
In a split decision on Wednesday, the Supreme Court sided 5-4 with conservative religious groups over private school funding. A Montana law preventing taxpayer funds from funding private schools was deemed...
In a huge win for abortion rights, the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana bill on Monday. The ruling, a split 5-4 decision, was decided by the tiebreaking vote of Chief Justice John Roberts. Proponents of abortion...
In a surprising ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision to allow asylum seekers to appeal their removals. The case involves a Sri Lankan farmer named Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam who was...
In a surprising twist on Wednesday, a DC appeals court has ruled that the case against Michael Flynn be dropped. Flynn, the former national security advisor to President Trump, pled guilty to lying to the FBI. However...
In a surprising development, former actor and convicted sex offender Bill Cosby will be able to appeal the results of his 2018 trial. Mr. Cosby’s lawyers have long railed against the 2018 ruling. Part of their reasoning...
In a surprising move on Thursday, the Supreme court handed down a 5-4 decision that protected the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Also known as DACA, this program protects the children of immigrants to...
Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s first appointee to the Supreme Court, took over a seat vacated by the death of Antonin Scalia. Scalia was a noted “textualist,” a Justice who was focused, primarily, on the exact...
On Monday, the Supreme Court made a series of huge decisions. The court upheld an interpretation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that protects LGBT workers. Also on Monday, the court declined to hear a slew of high-profile...
The current session of the Supreme Court is set to be historic in a number of ways. The highest court in the land has already made history this session by holding their oral arguments over teleconference. Since the...
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