Supreme Court Gives Feds a Long Leash To Detain Immigrants With Criminal Records
Conservative majority declines to consider constitutional concerns of holding noncitizens without hearings.
Conservative majority declines to consider constitutional concerns of holding noncitizens without hearings.
An overlooked ruling could force small businesses to pay sales tax in dozens, even hundreds, of jurisdictions where they have no representation.
A state-level decision against the property owner shows the limits of the Supreme Court's wedding cake ruling.
The Court has released same-day audio of oral arguments before. Why can't it be a regular practice?
Both sides agree to stand down. First Amendment precedents were on the baker's side.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Gorsuch suggests it's a good thing when parties don't rely upon the Chevron doctrine.
The alternatives suggested by defenders of the monument do not seem much better.
The challenge to a World War I memorial in Maryland illustrates the confusion caused by the Supreme Court's Establishment Clause cases.
In a just-filed brief, the Trump Administration asks Supreme Court to reduce the degree of deference government agencies receive.
Unlike Thomas and Gorsuch, Kavanaugh stayed mum on originalism in a major constitutional case.
The Eighth Amendment prohibition against excessive fines and fees applies to states as well, SCOTUS rules, opening a new way to challenge outlandish forfeitures.
"Extraordinary conditions do not create or enlarge constitutional power."
First Amendment limitations on libel and other torts are complicated
Thomas thinks the Supreme Court may have erred in its 1964 NYT v. Sullivan ruling.
The EPA and Supreme Court set the stage for important legal decisions on the scope of the Clean Water Act.
In a 5-4 decision, the Court issued a temporary stay of a Louisiana law that could put abortion doctors out of business.
Some troubling uncertainties in a case of troubling allegations of religious discrimination
Clint Bolick, a co-founder of the Institute for Justice, was for years one of the libertarian movement's most successful trial lawyers.
New York City's arbitrary restrictions on transporting firearms give SCOTUS a chance to curtail rampant disrespect for the Second Amendment.
The conservative justices listed a key factor preventing them from hearing the case.
In first Supreme Court Second Amendment case since 2010, Court must decide whether the right applies in any meaningful sense outside the home.
The Court voted along ideological lines.
Tennessee alcohol merchants are asking the Supreme Court to uphold an absurd residency requirement that shields them from competition.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has some concerns.
A 5-4 decision, but not along the lines we usually expect.
Warrantless "implied consent" laws are under review over Fourth Amendment concerns.
SCOTUS' decision not to hear the case could lead to a vicious food fight between the states
Don Willett has championed economic freedom and accountability for cops.
Only if you like the cause they serve, according to supporters of laws that target the anti-Israel BDS movement
It's not the first time the two justices have teamed up on a criminal justice case.
A Republican gerrymander in North Carolina and a Democratic gerrymander in Maryland give the court another chance to set some rules for redistricting.
Online room-sharing services had no avenue to legally challenge demands for private info.
Asians sue Harvard for discrimination in a case that may end college racial preferences.
Thanks to its role overseeing maritime law, the Supreme Court will soon rule on liability limits for manufacturers adjacent to the asbestos industry.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services allows those who are physically present in the U.S. or have entered at a port of entry to apply for asylum.
Is he rejecting a customer or rejecting a message? The difference matters.
A case to watch for both criminal justice reformers and for critics of executive overreach.
In a case SCOTUS will hear next month, victims of Tennessee's protectionism argue that it flouts the 14th Amendment as well as the Commerce Clause.
"If Kavanaugh was going to deal a major blow to health care rights during his first session on the court, this would have been the case to do it."
The Supreme Court seems disinclined to overturn precedents allowing serial prosecutions of the same crime.
The Supreme Court should reconsider the misbegotten "dual sovereignty" doctrine.
Where does Justice Gorsuch stand on the Privileges or Immunities Clause?
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer elicited a shocking response during Wednesday's oral argument in a big civil asset forfeiture case.
The Supreme Court should make it clear that state forfeitures are constrained by the Excessive Fines Clause.