The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that states can require out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes, reversing a previous high court decision that limited collections to stores with a physical presence and paving the way to more online sales taxes nationwide. In a 5-4 decision written by Anthony Kennedy, the court ruled that that physical […]
KABOOM!: Supreme Court Rules That States Can Require Collection of Online Sales Taxes…
Opinion Analysis: Court Expands States’ Ability to Require Internet Retailers to Collect Sales Tax…
Huge Win for Everyone with a Cellphone (and for the Fourth Amendment) at the Supreme Court…
In a blockbuster 5-4 decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that warrantless government tracking of cellphone users via their cellphone location records violates the Fourth Amendment. “A person does not surrender all Fourth Amendment protection by venturing into the public sphere,” declared the majority opinion of Chief Justice John Roberts. “We decline to […]
Opinion Analysis: Court Holds That Police Will Generally Need a Warrant for Sustained Cellphone Location Information by Amy Howe…
Analysis: Court Strikes Down Minnesota Ban on ‘Political’ Apparel at the Polls by Amy Howe…
When Minnesota voters go to the polls in November, they’ll likely have more wardrobe options than the last time the state held an election. That’s because this morning the Supreme Court ruled that a state law prohibiting voters from wearing clothing or other apparel containing political messages to the polls violates the First Amendment. Minnesota […]
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Ohio ‘Voter Purge’…
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld Ohio’s “use it or lose it” practice of cleaning up its voter rolls. In a 5-4 decision, the court’s majority said the practice, known as the “supplemental process,” does not violate the National Voter Registration Act, which bars states from removing the names of people from the voter rolls […]
Opinion Analysis: Justices Rule for Ohio in Voter-Registration Dispute by Amy Howe…
SCOTUS: Court Rules 7 – 2 for Baker in Same-Sex-Wedding-Cake Case…
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 […]
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