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Alex Raby
Feb 11, 20197 min read
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”...
Antonio Julio Nunes
Dec 7, 20183 min read
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, 20186 min read
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, 20184 min read
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, 20184 min read
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, 20184 min read
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, 20185 min read
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, 20185 min read
Textualism over due process, and the avoidance of duty
*Formatting updated Oct. 25, 2023 I’ll be frank: I am mad, and I think you should be too. No, this isn’t about politicians or gun rights,...
Jessica Lara
Nov 13, 20173 min read
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, 20174 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20175 min read
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, 20163 min read
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, 20162 min read
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, 20162 min read
"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...
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