“The U.S. Supreme Court—and those in its orbit—has been going through the usual machinations leading up to a new term in recent weeks: Panels of law professors and practitioners are previewing the big cases of the new term, and a few justices are making public appearances to send one message Read more…
“A federal appeals court on Friday allowed Texas to enforce a law that generally bans large social media companies from restricting posts based on the viewpoint of the speaker. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans rejected arguments that the Texas law interfered with the companies’ First Read more…
“A federal judge has ordered Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to write apology letters to the families of the victims of a double murder after concluding that supervisors in his office made misleading statements to the court. U.S. District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania scolded Read more…
“The Conference of Chief Justices has filed an amicus brief that urges the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a theory that would strip state courts of power to review state laws governing federal elections. The conference filed the Sept. 6 brief in Moore v. Harper, a pending Supreme Court case Read more…
Cleveland State University violated the Fourth Amendment when its proctor ordered a scan of a student’s bedroom during a remote chemistry exam, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge J. Philip Calabrese of the Northern District of Ohio granted summary judgment to student Aaron Ogletree in an Aug. 22 Read more…