The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review the Trump administration's travel ban, partially lifting the temporary injunction that had blocked the ban's enforcement. The administration sought review of decisions issued by the...
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Supreme Court rules against Wisconsin family in land taking case
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Friday in Murr v. Wisconsin that the lower court was correct in determining that a Wisconsin family's property was a single unit and the government's action did not...
Supreme Court decides for immigrant who received poor advice from counsel
The US Supreme Court ruled Friday for an immigrant who had received poor legal advice from his counsel. The petitioner in Lee v. United States came to the US from South Korea in 1982...
Supreme Court rules excluding public from jury selection does not invalidate conviction
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that where there is a public-trial violation during jury selection the defendant must demonstrate prejudice to secure a new trial if the issue is raised as an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim. Members...
JURIST Guest Columnist Mark R. Killenbeck of the University of Arkansas School of Law discusses Alabama's HB 24 which allows adoption agencies to refuse to place foster children with same-sex couples according to religious beliefs ... In March 1967, a...
Supreme Court ruling in capital case mandates psychiatric assistance for indigent defendants
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday in favor of a man who has been sentenced to death in Alabama, holding that he had not received "the psychiatric examination and assistance necessary to prepare an...
Supreme Court strikes down law prohibiting disparaging trademarks
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Matal v. Tam that a law prohibiting disparaging trademarks is a violates the First Amendment . The Lanham Act provides that no trademark shall be refused...
Supreme Court strikes down gender inequality in citizenship law
The US Supreme Court ruled 8-0 Monday in Sessions v. Morales-Santana that a gender-based differential in the US citizenship law concerning children born abroad violates the constitution. When a child is born abroad and...
Supreme Court rules intervenors must show Article III standing
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc. that as-of-right intervenors must have independent Article III standing to intervene under Rule 24(a)(2) . Justice Samuel Alito delivered...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 8-0 to strike down the "provocation rule" created by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit which allows law enforcement officers to...