A former assistant state attorney and an immigrant rights activist both had their phones seized, despite having attorney-client privilege. They're suing to protect their data.
Bloomberg reports on why Justice Alito decided to recuse from the first case of the Supreme Court's term.
Californians can now sue federal officers for civil rights violations, but cops can still claim qualified immunity as a bona fide defense for official misconduct.
Department of Homeland Security v. League of Women Voters won’t really impact the 2026 election. But 2028 is a different story.
"It is clearly established that an officer cannot pull someone over without reasonable suspicion and thereafter concoct a fabricated traffic violation," the appeals court says.
The petitioners appear to lose a vote they might need in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County.
A brief essay on why the Court should have decided the Birthright Citizenship case on statutory grounds.
Federal appeals courts differ on whether the Fourth Amendment protects your cellphone at the border. A Texas lawyer is asking the Supreme Court to settle it.
For decades, conservative and libertarian legal activists worked to ban race preferences in admissions. They won.
The conservative legal movement may be winning big at the Supreme Court. But Trump is not.
The president's latest tirade against recalcitrant justices reflects his open contempt for judicial review.
And yet governments deny reimbursement claims more often than approving them, according to the Institute for Justice.
A notable legal defeat for the Trump administration
The history of the Excessive Fines Clause shows why Alaska pilot Ken Jouppi should not lose his airplane simply because he helped a passenger defy a local alcohol ban.
This year's Sumner Canary Memorial Lecture at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
A challenge to the federal prohibition on home distilling could give the Supreme Court a chance to rein in Congress’ Commerce Clause power.
The decision ends a yearlong legal war spanning multiple lawsuits, contradictory state and federal court orders, and repeated appeals to the Supreme Court.
Challenging his conviction for illegal gun possession, Curtis Squire argues that the Commerce Clause cannot justify bans on intrastate, noncommercial conduct.
Given the Second Amendment's history, several briefs argue, a gun's suitability for militia service suggests Americans have a right to possess it.
Unwise policies are not always unlawful policies.
The case hinges on the distinction between "unusual" weapons and arms in common use for lawful purposes.
Meanwhile, the top court of Massachusetts considers whether the state can deny carry permits to applicants who are deemed "unsuitable."
Olympus Spa—an all-female, nude establishment in Washington state—sued after the government said it had broken the law by refusing to accept a preoperative transgender woman. But the case is more complicated than it looks.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pair of cases involving rifle restrictions imposed by Connecticut and Cook County, Illinois.
The chief justice finds himself in dissent in his latest showdown with the president.
By unilaterally razing and replacing the East Wing, the president again shows his disregard for the rule of law and the separation of powers.
Prediction markets can no longer offer sports event contracts in Nevada after the appellate court's decision, giving other states a roadmap for regulating the platforms.
Plus: SCOTUS allows Trump’s White House ballroom construction to proceed.
A SCOTUS petition argues that the practice, which allows a judicial finding of dangerousness based on a preponderance of the evidence, violates the Fifth Amendment.
The conservative justice is sticking around on the Supreme Court. Will conservatives come to regret it?
But the legal fighting will continue in the lower courts.
Plus: A 911 glitch, the disappearance of the menhaden, the deportation of a Navy sailor's dad, and more...
Despite the Supreme Court's best efforts to rein them in, federal regulators continue to abuse their authority under the Clean Water Act.
A major separation-of-church-and-state case lands at the Supreme Court.
The agency’s attempt to intimidate David Streever is at the center of a First Amendment case.
Less than two months after losing at SCOTUS, Trump tries again with more misguided executive orders.
Is it named after the father of geometry or a Cleveland suburb? Both.
In one case after another, the president has tried to cut the courts out of the picture painted by the Framers.
A federal appeals court ruled that Curtis Whateley's anti-police vanity plate was private speech protected by the First Amendment. Virginia says it will seek review from the Supreme Court.
Property rights are no less worthy of protection just because intangible property is at stake.
Appealing to national security is not a "get-out-of-law-free card," a federal court ruled last week.
During the last century, the Commerce Clause has replaced the Taxing Clause as an excuse for federal legislation.
A detailed Marquette Law School poll finds public views of the Court are modestly negative, but most major recent decisions enjoy majority public support.
The two measures combine unconstitutional provisions with performance art.
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