By Steve Lash | June 21, 2024
"Judges may not assume the jury's factfinding function for themselves, let alone purport to perform it using a mere preponderance-of-the-evidence standard," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority.
By Adolfo Pesquera | June 21, 2024
"We are disappointed and we are trying to figure out where this leaves us. It is not assured we can reach a settlement with the United States. I just don't know," said Stuart Somach, counsel for State of Texas.
By Jimmy Hoover | June 21, 2024
The U.S. citizen failed to show her spouse's right to a visa is "deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition," Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority. "In fact, Congress's longstanding regulation of spousal admissibility immigration ... cuts the other way."
By Jimmy Hoover | June 21, 2024
"When an expert conveys an absent analyst's statements in support of his opinion, and the statements provide that support only if true, then the statements come into evidence for their truth," Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court.
By Jimmy Hoover | June 21, 2024
"When an individual poses a clear threat of physical violence to another, the threatening individual may be disarmed," Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. wrote for the 8-1 majority. Justice Clarence Thomas was alone in dissent.
By Jimmy Hoover | June 20, 2024
Supreme Court precedent holds probable cause generally defeats a First Amendment claim for retaliatory arrest. But an exception exists when evidence shows "similarly situated" individuals would be treated differently by police.
By Jimmy Hoover | June 20, 2024
In its 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court rejected the argument that such testimony violated Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b), which prohibits experts from testifying about a defendant's mental state when such knowledge is an element of the crime.
By Jimmy Hoover | June 20, 2024
A lower court had held that a malicious prosecution could not be brought because police had obtained probable cause for two of the three criminal charges against the plaintiff.
By Jimmy Hoover | June 20, 2024
In their 7-2 decision, the justices rejected arguments that the Mandatory Repatriation Tax violates the Constitution's Apportionment Clause, which requires "direct" taxes be divvied up among the states based on population.
By Michael Riccardi | June 18, 2024
Dobbs, Brown v. Board and a gun-rights decision were among the cases President Joe Biden's federal trial court nominees in Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania were asked to comment on in written responses.
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