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Justices Will Weigh Constitutionality of Law Allowing Terror Victims to Sue PLO

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed the victims' lawsuit, saying U.S. courts lack personal jurisdiction to hear the claims against the Palestine Liberation Organization or Palestinian Authority because the foreign actors' alleged conduct giving rise to liability occurred outside the United States.
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National Law Journal

Justices Weigh Constitutional Standard Applicable to Law Banning Trans Care

In saying the statute discriminates based on sex, the high court's liberal justices said the law allows nontransgender children from being prescribed hormones that correspond to their gender assigned at birth.
5 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

A Major Bellwether for Trans Rights?

The case is the first time the justices will consider the constitutional right of trans youth to obtain access to gender-affirming care.
3 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Hungary Tries to Beat Lawsuit from Holocaust Survivors

Hungary, backed by amicus supporters Germany and the United States, has challenged the D.C. Circuit’s more permissive approach to satisfying the expropriation exception under the FSIA.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

FDA Defends Rejection of Vape-Flavor Applications Before Sympathetic Supreme Court

"Common sense tells you that a flavor like 'Mother's Milk and Cookies' is going to be disproportionately attractive to children," Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Curtis Gannon told the justices.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Getting Cameras in Federal Courts Will Take More than Logic

On Nov. 6, a day most Americans were preoccupied by election news, a committee of the Judicial Conference of the U.S. rejected a proposal to permit cameras in our country’s federal courtrooms. They rejected the proposal even though 49 states and the District of Columbia have, for years, permitted at least some audio-visual coverage of state court proceedings. In this article, we discuss how it happened.
10 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

At FDA, Flavored Vape Products Go Up In Smoke

The Supreme Court will consider the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's tough stance on allowing new flavored vape products on the market.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

When Police Destroy Property, Is It a 'Taking'? Maybe So, Say Sotomayor, Gorsuch

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, questioned the idea that police destruction of property should be treated differently than eminent domain cases.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Seek Solicitor General's Views on Music Industry's Copyright Case Against ISP

The issue concerns the liability of internet service providers for their users' music piracy.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump's Solicitor General Expected to 'Flip' Prelogar's Positions at Supreme Court

In a number of hot-button cases, the Trump administration is expected to disavow the current U.S. solicitor general’s arguments to the Supreme Court.
7 minute read

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