Supreme Court rules Pennsylvania judge should have recused himself in death penalty case
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Thursday in Williams v. Pennsylvania that Pennsylvania's Chief Justice should have recused himself from a death penalty case in which he formerly served as prosecutor. Terrance Williams was...
Supreme Court rules Army Corps of Engineers' decision can be appealed
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc. that the Corps' determination that a property contains waters protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA) ...
Supreme Court rules for death row inmate on racial discrimination in jury selection
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of a Georgia death row inmate who claimed racial bias in the jury selection process. In Foster v. Chatman the court held that the Georgia Supreme...
Supreme Court rules right to 'speedy trial' does not include sentencing
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in Betterman v. Montana that the Sixth Amendment right to a "speedy trial" ends at conviction. A criminal defendant is entitled to a speedy and public...
Supreme Court sends Spokeo people search class action case back to lower court
The US Supreme Court on Monday remanded the class action case Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins to the lower court for further review. In a 6-2 ruling, the court found that the US Court of...
Supreme Court upholds former police officer's conspiracy conviction
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Monday in Ocasio v. United States that a defendant may be convicted of conspiring to violate the Hobbs Act based on proof that he reached an agreement...
JURIST Guest Columnist Joyce Lee Malcolm of the George Mason School of Law discusses judicial precedent for Second Amendment rights...The decision of Connecticut judge Barbara Bellis to ignore federal law by permitting gun manufacturers to be sued for criminal use...
JURIST Guest Columnist Lisa C. Ikemoto of University of California-Davis School of Law discusses the latest ACA challenge to appear in front of the US Supreme Court...The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Zubik v. Burwell on March 23,...
Republicans Play Hypocritical Politics With the Supreme Court
JURIST Guest Columnist Bryan H. Wildenthal of Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego discusses the history of Supreme Court vacancies and presidential nominations during presidential election years...Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the most provocative judges in American...
JURIST Guest Columnist Kermit Roosevelt of the University of Pennsylvania Law School discusses abortion rights in America ...In 1973, over 40 years ago now, the US Supreme Court entered the abortion fray in Roe v. Wade. Roe offered the nation...
