SCOTUS Update: Flowers v. Mississippi
When it comes to criminal cases, jury selection is quite vital. Jurors can make or break a case, and attorneys around the country have...
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Kate Van Allen
- Mar 4, 2019
- 2 min
SCOTUS Update: Bucklew v. Precythe
The death penalty has reserved a frequent spot in the Supreme Court docket; the most recent case in 2014 addressed botched injections. On...
Alex Raby
- Feb 11, 2019
- 7 min
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”...
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...
Spencer Griffin
- Nov 14, 2018
- 3 min
Forgiveness for Those Who Forget
The Eighth Amendment reads, “excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments...
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...
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