The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in Hunter v. United States about what exceptions exist to federal defendants’ waivers of their right to appeal. The justices seemed poised […] ...

The battle over birthright citizenship is a battle over its exceptions. The 14th Amendment’s first sentence proudly proclaims ...

The problem is the trial court decision in Malliotakis is not a “final judgment or decree rendered by the highest Court of a State in which a decision could be had.” The highest court would be the New ...

Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning – from practical considerations to deep ...

Justice Clarence Thomas’ virtual appearance last week at a legal conference in Washington, D.C. brought renewed attention to court security. Thomas had originally planned to attend in person,  but he ...

On this day in 1857, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford, holding that Scott, an enslaved man who spent time in free territory, was not […] ...

A group of Syrian nationals urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to leave in place a ruling by a federal judge in New York ...

Updated on March 6 at 10:50 a.m. The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard argument in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, a ...

Holding: The New Jersey Transit Corporation is not an arm of the state of New Jersey and thus is not entitled to share in New Jersey’s interstate sovereign immunity. Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 9 ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corporation that two men who were seriously injured in New York and Pennsylvania by buses operated by New […] ...

We may not know yet how the many tariff refund disputes will be untangled, but we learned Wednesday that the Trump ...

The Supreme Court unanimously sided with the federal government on Wednesday in Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, holding in an ...