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SCOTUS Overturns New York Gun Law
By Richard Dahl | Last updated on
As expected, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a New York law restricting the carrying of guns outside the home is unconstitutional. New York is one of several...
SCOTUS Again Extends Religious Protection. How Big of a Change Are We Seeing?
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The U.S. Supreme Court has again sided with a religious institution in a case involving the First Amendment. In Carson v. Makin, the Supreme Court held that a...
Supreme Court Rulings Make Immigration Removal Challenges More Difficult
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
A pair of decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court this week could have a sweeping effect on immigration in the United States. The two cases, one a...
SCOTUS: State Prisoners Have No Constitutional Right to Present New Evidence in Federal Court
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned a blistering dissent, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer, arguing that the majority "gives short shrift to the...
Supreme Court Steps In on Pennsylvania Fight Over Mail-In Ballots
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency stay in an ongoing fight over undated mail-in ballots. On May 27, the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals...
LA Can Track E-Scooter Movements, 9th Circuit Says
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
If I was trying to go incognito, my first thought probably wouldn't be to rent an electric scooter and zoom around downtown Los Angeles with it. They are not...
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