The Supreme Court ruled today in favor of Jack Phillips, a Colorado baker who refused to make a custom cake for a same-sex couple because he believed that doing so would violate his religious beliefs. This was one of the most anticipated decisions of the term, and it was relatively narrow: Although Phillips prevailed today, […]
This Supreme Court Case Could Change Online Shopping Overnight…
Online commerce as we know it could soon radically change. In a case it recently heard, the Supreme Court could eliminate the current requirement that a business have some physical connection with a state before the state can tax the business. If that were to happen, consumers would pay more for goods ordered online, small […]
Gorsuch Joins Liberals To Make Deportations Harder…
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision of federal law Tuesday that allows the deportation of foreign nationals convicted of certain felonies. Justice Neil Gorsuch joined with the court’s four liberals to strike down the law, in keeping with longstanding conservative anxieties about sweeping and imprecise grants of power to bureaucrats and regulators. Justice […]
Makes it Harder to Deport Legal Immigrants Who Commit Crimes…
Brazil’s Supreme Court Votes to Jail Former President Lula…
Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted 6-5 to deny former President Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva habeas corpus while he appeals his corruption conviction, potentially bringing an end to his re-election campaign. The popular leftist leader must now begin serving his 12-year prison sentence for taking bribes, denying his plea to remain free until he has […]
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Flint Water Contamination Lawsuits…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave the green light to two class-action lawsuits filed by residents of Flint, Michigan who are pursing civil rights claims against local and state officials over lead contamination in the city’s water supply. The justices left in place a July 2017 ruling by the Cincinnati, Ohio-based 6th U.S. Circuit […]
4 Big Supreme Court Cases to Watch Over the Next Six Weeks…
Supreme Court justices departed for a brief, two-week recess on March 5 and will return to the bench on March 19 for oral arguments. From March through April, the Supreme Court will consider a number of high-profile cases in addition to Benisek v. Lamone, a case challenging the redrawing of Maryland’s 6th Congressional District. The […]
Twitter’s Censorship May Be Unconstitutional…
Does Milo Yiannopoulos have a constitutional right to tweet? Most Americans know they can speak their mind in the public square, thanks to the First Amendment. Speech on social media, however, can be censored because private companies own those cyber spaces. But a recent Supreme Court oral argument suggests Twitter’s practice of banning controversial right-wing […]
Supreme Court Rejects Argument that Foreigners Must Be Released into U.S.A. if Detained for Extended Time…
Federal law does not force immigration officials to either give aliens held in federal custody periodic court hearings or release those aliens into the general U.S. population, the U.S. Supreme Court held on Tuesday. “Every day, immigration officials must determine whether to admit or remove the many aliens who have arrived at an official port […]
SCOTUS Denies Review in DACA-Termination Case Opting to Wait for 9th Circuit Ruling…
Last month the federal government asked the Supreme Court to step into a dispute over whether the Trump administration can terminate the program known as “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,” which allows undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to apply for protection for deportation. Today the justices denied that request, apparently […]
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