Supreme Court

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is "inclined to say yes" to calls by progressive organizations and at least one fellow Democrat in Congress for 82-year-old Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire at the end of the current term of the high court. Ocasio-Cortez, the two-term representative from New York who’s arguably...

Eva Marcille shared important news about the Supreme Court. Check out the post that she shared on her social media account here. 'In our very imperfect nation, 1 of the GREAT things is that ordinary people can be catalysts for changes in the law. Thank you Mildred and Richard Loving... #lovingday#rp @comiclonilove,' Eva captioned her post.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has been under indictment on state felony fraud charges for nearly six years, he's under investigation by the FBI for allegedly accepting bribes from a real estate developer, and his bid for a third term is under threat from Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, who is basing his primary challenge partly on Paxton's legal troubles. Now, The Associated Press reports, Paxton is facing a disciplinary investigation by the Texas bar association.

Speaker of the House Jason Wentworth today released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s order to certify petition signatures:. “The Supreme Court rightfully decided in 2020 that the governor’s use of this outdated law to shut down the state was always unconstitutional. Michigan workers never should have been laid off. Children never should have had their education stolen from them. And critical state services never should have been cut off. Today’s ruling finally gives us the opportunity to do the right thing and take this law off the books so no one can ever abuse it again. The House will act as soon we receive the petitions to get this done and uphold the will of the people we serve.

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to decide whether to hear a case challenging the use of race-conscious college admissions, Vanderbilt scholar Joni Hersch says a ban on affirmative action would substantially narrow the pipeline of minorities coming into professional occupations. In a forthcoming article in the Tulane Law Review,...

This morning, the Court continued its march toward the end of the OT2020 term, issuing its decision in Borden v. United States (No. 19-5410). There, a five-justice majority held that a criminal offense with a mens rea of recklessness does not satisfy the Armed Career Criminal Act’s elements clause. That leaves 20 outstanding cases (a few less if you count consolidations) before the Court’s term wraps up at the end of June. We’ll talk more about Borden in a future issue, but for now we have summaries of last Thursday’s decision in Van Buren v. United States (No. 19-783) and Monday’s Sanchez v. Mayorkas (No. 20-315).

The U.S. Supreme Court announced June 7 that it has denied the petition for certiorari in the case of National Coalition For Men v. Selective Service System. The Supreme Court’s action today leaves in effect the decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissing the complaint and the District Court judgment.

New Jersey law enforcement agencies must begin publishing annual reports identifying officers who faced major disciplinary action and describing the nature of their misconduct, according to a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling. The state Supreme Court’s ruling, issued on June 7, unanimously affirmed an appeals court decision holding that the...

In Van Buren v. United States, No. 19-783 (U.S. June 3, 2021), the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion drastically limiting the application of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) (18 U.S.C. § 1030 et seq.), holding that the “exceeds authorized access” clause of the Act applies only to those who obtain information from particular areas in the computer—such as files, folders, or databases—to which the individual is not authorized to access under any circumstances. However, the Supreme Court excluded application of the clause to individuals who misuse their access to obtain information otherwise available to them for an unauthorized purpose.

The FTC and MoviePass settled a dispute over the company's business practices and data security this week, with the company facing few consequences for a wide variety of offenses alleged by the commission in a 13-page complaint. MoviePass -- a controversial subscription app that allowed people to see one movie...

With just three weeks left until the Supreme Court's self-imposed deadline of June 30 for rulings in its current term, there remain dozens of cases that it must resolve, including a judgement on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.