Supreme Court Extends Fourth Amendment Protection to Cell Phone Location Data
The Supreme Court ruled (by 5-4 majority decision) that the revealing nature of CSLI data invokes a “reasonable expectation of privacy”...
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Antonio Julio Nunes
- Dec 7, 2018
- 3 min
Supreme Court hears case with potential impact on civil forfeiture laws across the country
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in the case of Timbs v. Indiana, which poses the question of whether the Excessive Fines...
Abigail Forth
- Nov 18, 2018
- 6 min
SCOTUS Update: Garza v. Idaho
On October 30, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Garza v. Idaho. In this case, the petitioner, Gilberto...
Stephanie Lauria
- Oct 15, 2018
- 4 min
Death by Blood Asphyxiation, Felon-enhanced Sentences for “Slight Resistance”, and more SCOTUS Cases
As the fall semester begins for students, October brings the beginning of another Supreme Court session. The Supreme Court has...
Lisa Sendrow
- Sep 10, 2018
- 4 min
Evolving Standards of Decency: Will Kavanaugh Transform the Death Penalty the way Kennedy did?
Justice Anthony Kennedy retired from the Supreme Court on July 31, 2018. He was often the swing vote of many of the most ideological...
Apoorva Deshmukh
- Apr 2, 2018
- 4 min
SCOTUS Update: United States v. Microsoft Corporation
On February 27, 2018, the Supreme Court heard oral argument for United States v. Microsoft Corporation. The case considered whether a...
Laurel Anderson
- Mar 29, 2018
- 5 min
The Truth will not Set You Free: A Call for the Supreme Court to Hear Brendan Dassey’s Case
“Some people back there say no, we'll just charge him. We said no, let us talk to him, give him the opportunity to come forward with the...
Robert C. Flowers
- Mar 22, 2018
- 5 min
Textualism Over Due Process, and the Avoidance of Duty
I’ll be frank: I am mad, and I think you should be too. No, this isn’t about politicians or gun rights, taxes or religion. I am mad at...
Jessica Lara
- Nov 13, 2017
- 3 min
SCOTUS Update: Ayestas V. Davis
On October 30, 2017 The Supreme Court heard the oral argument for Ayestas V. Davis, a case raising the issue of whether the U.S. Court of...
Dolores Sinistaj
- Oct 16, 2017
- 4 min
SCOTUS Update: Class v. United States
On October 4, 2017 The Supreme Court heard the oral argument for Class v. United States, a case regarding whether a Petitioner has waived...
Maria Thompson
- Jun 3, 2017
- 3 min
Criminal Justice Under Justice Gorsuch
Amidst a climate of deep political divide, the United States Senate confirmed Neil M. Gorsuch to be the 113th Supreme Court Justice on...
Kaitlin Bigger
- Mar 15, 2017
- 5 min
Update: Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence in Buck v. Davis, Finding Ineffective Assistance of C
On February 22, 2017, Chief Justice John Roberts of the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion vacating and remanding Buck v....
Nicole Navarro
- Nov 14, 2016
- 3 min
Blocking Sex Offenders from Social Media: Packingham v. North Carolina
In 2008, North Carolina passed N.C.G.S.A. § 14-202.5, a statute placing a ban on registered sex offenders from accessing social media...
Kaitlin Bigger
- Nov 11, 2016
- 2 min
Indefensible: Recent Supreme Court Case Highlights Continued Racial Bias in Death Penalty
Duane Buck was sentenced to death by a jury in 1997 after his own counsel called an expert witness who testified that Mr. Buck would be a...
Kaitlin Bigger
- Nov 8, 2016
- 2 min
"Indefensible": Recent Supreme Court Case Highlights Continued Racial Bias in Death Penalt
Duane Buck was sentenced to death by a jury in 1997 after his own counsel called an expert witness who testified that Mr. Buck would be a...