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SCOTUS Getting Schooled on Netflix
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
A recent amicus brief filed at the U.S. Supreme Court in the controversial ReDigi case spends a good chunk of the brief explaining why Netflix is no good for...
SCOTUS Tosses Racial Gerrymandering Appeal in Virginia
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
Saying that one half of the state's bicameral legislature could not proceed without the other, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a Republican-backed appeal to...
What's Next on the SCOTUS Docket?
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
The High Court has accepted five new cases for argument in the upcoming term. Notably, the Court also rejected a big case involving a Guantanamo Bay detainee...
Ginsburg Predicts Controversy and Praises Kavanaugh
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
In a recent statement by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the SCOTUS watching world was warned to be on the lookout for some big 5 to 4 decisions coming down from...
Court Denies Police Immunity in Strip-Search Case
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
Strip-searches usually get more attention when they are particularly vile. Strip-search a four-year-old, and it makes all the papers. The courts, too, will do...
Can Trump Flip the Ninth Circuit in His Favor?
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
President Trump is gaining on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where he has already appointed six judges. Before he took office, there were three times...