Jimmy Hoover

January 23, 2025 | Supreme Court Brief

The justices considered the Fifth Circuit's "moment of the threat" doctrine during a hearing about a 2016 fatal police shooting of an unarmed Black man.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

January 22, 2025 | National Law Journal

The justices suggested a lower court used the wrong test in deciding a Texas officer did not use unconstitutionally excessive force in fatally shooting an unarmed Black man during a 2016 traffic stop.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

January 22, 2025 | Supreme Court Brief

A debate about "forum-shopping" dominated Tuesday's Supreme Court hearing.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

January 21, 2025 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Tuesday of the government's attempt to limit the number of Food and Drug Administration denials appealed by vape retailers in the Fifth Circuit.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

January 21, 2025 | Supreme Court Brief

In FDA v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor, the Supreme Court will consider the lengths vape companies can go to get their regulatory challenges before a sympathetic Fifth Circuit.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

January 17, 2025 | National Law Journal

The justices have agreed to consider whether parents have a constitutional right to prevent their children from being assigned LGBTQ-themed books in public school.

By Jimmy Hoover

3 minute read

January 17, 2025 | National Law Journal

The justices rejected TikTok’s challenge to a law requiring that the app be sold or shut down by Sunday, holding that it does "not violate petitioners’ First Amendment rights."

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

January 16, 2025 | National Law Journal

The Williams & Connolly partner will temporarily steer the U.S. Solicitor General's Office until the expected Senate confirmation of Trump's pick, John Sauer.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

January 16, 2025 | Supreme Court Brief

The justices wrestled with the First Amendment in a case involving a Texas law requiring sexually explicit websites to verify the ages of their users, leading to some colorful questions from the bench.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

January 15, 2025 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court unanimously held that employers need only show by a "preponderance of the evidence" that a worker is exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.

By Jimmy Hoover

2 minute read