The Supreme Court heard oral argument in New York State Rifle and Pistol and Association v. City of New York, the first major gun rights case heard by the high court in over a decade. The ca…
3,067 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kansas v. Glover, a case concerning police traffic stops and the Fourth Amendment protection against unlawful stops and searches. A Kansas sheriff’s …
3,169 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument for Ramos v. Louisiana, a case on whether a unanimous jury verdict is constitutionally required in criminal cases for federal and state courts. Evangeli…
2,587 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Mathena v. Malvo, a case concerning juvenile life sentences without parole. Lee Malvo was convicted at age 17 for the 2002 deadly sniper shootings in…
2,506 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument for Kahler v. Kansas, a case challenging the constitutionality of a state statute that eliminated the insanity defense. James Kahler was convicted of ki…
2,474 viewsMark Esper was sworn in as defense secretary in the White House’s Oval Office. Mr. Esper had previously served as the secretary of the Army from 2017-19. Following his swearing-in, Mr. Esper…
1,415 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Mitchell v. Wisconsin, a case concerning Wisconsin’s implied consent law allowing police to obtain a blood draw from an unconscious driver without co…
3,877 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Department of Commerce v. New York, a case concerning the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The two b…
3,531 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Rucho v. Common Cause, a case concerning North Carolina’s congressional district map. The map in 2016 was ruled unconstitutional because of partisan …
3,385 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Lamone v. Benisek, a case on partisan gerrymandering. Republican voters in Maryland challenged the 2011 6th Congressional District map, saying it unf…
985 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Iancu v. Brunetti. The case concerns trademark law and the Lanham Act, which allows the U.S. Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) to refuse applications i…
1,463 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Gundy v. United States, a case concerning the 2006 Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) and the attorney general’s authority to app…
2,040 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Davis. The case concerns whether using a weapon while committing a crime is a “crime of violence” requiring a harsher penalty. The p…
1,413 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Flowers v. Mississippi, a case on racial bias in jury selection. Curtis Flowers, an African American Mississippi death row inmate, was sentenced to d…
84,467 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in two consolidated cases, American Legion v. American Humanist Association and Maryland-National Capital Park v. American Humanist Association, which c…
3,615 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Gamble v. United States, concerning an Alabama man, Terance Gamble, who was convicted of both federal and state gun charges arising from the same tra…
3,839 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Fort Bend County v. Davis, a case involving employment discrimination claims. The main issue centers around whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…
1,500 viewsThe Bolch Judicial Institute awarded its first annual Rule of Law Prize to retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Justice Samuel Alito was among the speakers at a ceremony at Duke Un…
636 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht, concerning whether drug manufacturer companies are exempt from state-mandated warnings when the federal Food…
1,857 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Apple Inc. v. Pepper, which concerns whether a group of iPhone app purchasers can sue the tech giant for antitrust damages over its app store and pri…
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