Since 2016, many Americans have registered their discontent with the Trump Administration's often flagrant disregard for the norms and expectations of American politics. Many of the battles related to the administration's controversial actions have been fought in the country's federal courthouses, and lawyers are often on the front lines of these … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Rebuffs Anti-abortion Activists
According to Reuters, on Monday The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by anti-abortion activists to narrow a Planned Parenthood lawsuit accusing them of illegally recording video of abortion providers to try to falsely show the illicit sale of aborted fetal tissue for profit. The justices declined to hear an appeal by the activists of a lower … [Read more...]
Kentucky Court Strikes Down State’s Fetal Heartbeat Bill
Just hours after Governor Matt Bevin signed Kentucky’s House Bill 5 into law, Judge David Hale blocked the bill from officially becoming law, a ruling that is potentially unconstitutional. While his ruling blocks the bill from becoming law for now, he also ordered a hearing to occur within the next two weeks to hear arguments regarding the bill’s … [Read more...]
Federal Court Rules Lawsuit over Georgia Voting Machines can Move Forward
Since the 2016 election, Americans have grown uncomfortably familiar with the voting machines used by the state of Georgia. What we've learned is that Georgia has been using voting machines that are vulnerable to mischief-making from outside actors. And we've learned that elections officials in the state aren't terribly concerned about this … [Read more...]
U.S. Senate To Vote Against Trump’s Border Wall Emergency
Reuters reports the US Senate introduced a bipartisan resolution on Thursday to block President Donald Trump's US-Mexico border emergency declaration. The disagreement involving border security and Trump's long-promised wall led to the longest partial US government shutdown in December, and in the end, Trump could not work up enough support for … [Read more...]
Biometrics Covered by Fifth Amendment, Judge Rules
Over the last several years, biometric authentication – the use of unique identification features on the human body to provide secure access to buildings and electronic devices – has become ubiquitous. If you own a smart phone, there's a very good chance you can unlock it using your fingerprint or a facial scan. This development raises … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Ruling Curbs Excessive Fines and Property Seizures
The Supreme Court has ruled that the United States Constitution’s ban on excessive fines and property seizures in criminal prosecutions applies to state government as well as federal government. All nine Supreme Court justices ruled in favor of Tyson Timbs, an Indiana man who argued that police violated his Constitutional rights when they … [Read more...]
Mueller Report Expected Soon on Russian Election Interference
Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, with plans for Barr to submit to Congress soon after a summary of Mueller's confidential report, according to people familiar with the plans. The preparations are the clearest indication yet that Mueller is nearly … [Read more...]
“State of Emergency” Declaration from White House Draws More Legal Fire
The President's Friday announcement that he was declaring a state of emergency along the country's southern border – with an eye toward allocating funds for the construction of his cherished border wall – was met with predictable outcry from both Democrats and legal experts across the country. While Republicans mostly rallied around the … [Read more...]
New York State Eyes Legal Challenge to Trump’s Emergency Declaration
New York’s state attorney general on Friday threatened legal action against U.S. President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration aimed at freeing up billions in funds to build a wall along the country’s border with Mexico, according to Reuters. New York’s Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement, “We will not stand for this … [Read more...]
