By Marcia Coyle | July 26, 2017
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on Wednesday in New Zealand voiced concerns about the privacy implications of new technology that allows police to "see through walls," echoing the alarm his newest colleague, Justice Neil Gorsuch, first raised nearly three years ago.
By Tony Mauro | July 24, 2017
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Jay Sekulow said on Sunday that the U.S. Supreme Court may ultimately be called on to decide the scope of presidential pardon power. If that happens, the justices will likely dust off one of the few cases in which the high court has ruled on the pardon power: the 1866 decision in Ex Parte Garland, involving one of the most prolific—and acerbic—advocates before the court: Augustus Garland.
By Marcia Coyle | July 19, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, rejecting a Trump administration challenge, said grandparents, aunts, uncles and other family members with close U.S. relatives can travel here from six predominantly Muslim nations. But the court continued to bar refugees with sponsorship agreements with U.S. resettlement agencies.
By Marcia Coyle | July 18, 2017
In the latest clash in the U.S. Supreme Court over the Trump administration's travel ban, Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal, a former acting U.S. solicitor general, took a dig at Jeffrey Wall, the current holder of that post, over the office's "traditional position" when it comes to taking cases to the justices.
By Tony Mauro | July 18, 2017
Five protesters who disrupted a U.S. Supreme Court session with shouts and songs in 2015 should be sentenced to prison time and barred from the grounds of the court for a year, government lawyers said in court filings Monday.
By Tony Mauro | July 18, 2017
After the term's last day, the justices play—and teach and make public appearances. Here are some highlights of their remarks so far.
By Marcia Coyle | July 17, 2017
As the business community awaits a federal appellate court decision on the National Labor Relations Board's definition of "joint employer," another key labor case—one that also looks at the relationships between companies—is moving forward in the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Marcia Coyle | July 6, 2017
The recent switch by the Trump administration's U.S. Justice Department from opposing to defending bans on class actions in workplace arbitration agreements will have consequences beyond a trio of challenges the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear this fall. The government this week, citing the high court switch, said it will no longer defend a class action provision in the U.S. Labor Department's fiduciary rule.
By Robin L. McGrath, The Intellectual Property Strategist | July 6, 2017
The Supreme Court's decision in Impression Products v. Lexmark is the latest Supreme Court ruling to eviscerate years-long, patentee-friendly Federal Circuit precedent.
By Marcia Coyle | July 5, 2017
The Trump administration may not view grandparents, aunts, uncles and others as having close enough family relationships in the United States to be excluded from the government's travel ban, but the U.S. Supreme Court on at least two occasions, in different contexts, has recognized the importance of those family bonds.
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