November 22, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
US Supreme Court Tries to Define a 'Crime of Violence'Is a failed murder-for-hire plot a “crime of violence” under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)? That is the question under review by the U.S. Supreme Court in Delligatti v. United States.
By Stephen A. Miller and Leigh Ann McGeever
4 minute read
October 31, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
US Supreme Court to Decide Whether Alabamans Must Wait for the StateIn Williams, the Supreme Court will decide whether the state of Alabama properly imposed an "exhaustion requirement" on Section 1983 claims within the state—in other words, whether a state can deprive courts of jurisdiction over Section 1983 claims unless and until the plaintiff exhausts administrative remedies offered by the state.
By Stephen A. Miller and James Mahady
4 minute read
October 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Exciting Docket: A Preview of the US Supreme Court's October Term 2024The U.S. Supreme Court justices return from their annual summer vacation to an exciting docket. They will examine interesting questions in several areas of law.
By Stephen A. Miller
8 minute read
April 26, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Supreme Court Confronts Difficulty of Moderating Social Media PlatformsA pair of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court will shape the future of social media content. Both cases—Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton—present novel questions about the free speech protections available to social media platforms under the First Amendment.
By Stephen A. Miller and Pamela Dorian
4 minute read
March 01, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
US Supreme Court Considers Overhaul to Administrative LawThe U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering its most consequential challenge to "the administrative state" in decades. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce, the petitioners are fishermen who challenged a specific regulation concerning a requirement to host observers on herring fishing boats.
By Stephen A. Miller and Andrew D. Linz
6 minute read
January 04, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
US Supreme Court Examines Double-Jeopardy Impact of 'Repugnant' VerdictsIn McElrath v. Georgia, the Supreme Court will decide whether the double jeopardy clause bars retrial of a defendant who was both convicted and acquitted in an inconsistent or "repugnant" verdict.
By Stephen A. Miller and Lauren Freeman
4 minute read
November 30, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
US Supreme Court Debates Restrictions on Firearm PossessionThe U.S. Supreme Court will resolve this Second Amendment dispute—and attempt to clarify the scope of the Bruen test—in United States v. Rahimi.
By Stephen A. Miller and Taylor Malatesta
5 minute read
November 01, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
US Supreme Court Questions Standing for ADA ClaimsThe U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review Acheson Hotels v. Laufer to clarify the requirements of Article III standing for claims brought under the Americans with Disability Act. At oral argument on Oct. 4, however, the issue of mootness took center stage and may deprive litigants of an answer on the ADA-standing question.
By Stephen A. Miller and Leigh Ann Benson
6 minute read
October 03, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Preview of the US Supreme Court's October Term 2023The U.S. Supreme Court has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Against that backdrop, the justices will surely be happy to turn their focus to the interesting legal questions that fill the court's docket.
By Stephen A. Miller
6 minute read
April 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
US Supreme Court Confronts the Limits of Honest-Services FraudThe U.S. Supreme Court is considering a challenge to the honest-services-fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. Section 1346. In Percoco v. United States, the court must determine whether the statute applies only to public officials, or if it can apply to private citizens acting with influence over public officials.
By Stephen A. Miller and Catherine C. Yun
5 minute read