Constitutional Law Court Decisions Laws Litigating 
Constitutional Law Reporter
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The justices recently granted certiorari in two cases challenging state laws that restrict social media companies’ ability to moderate content on their platforms. The key issue before the Court is whether the Texas and Florida laws violate the First Amendment. Facts of the Cases The two cases before the Court, Moody v.
Constitutional Law Reporter
AUGUST 6, 2024
Supreme Court upheld a city ordinance that imposes criminal penalties on homeless sleeping outside. According to the Court, the enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property does not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
JUNE 1, 2023
According to the Court majority, when a prisoner pursues state post-conviction DNA testing through the state-provided litigation process, the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. 1983 procedural due process claim begins to run at the end of the state-court litigation. Reed then sued in federal court under 42 U.S.C.
Constitutional Law Reporter
MAY 14, 2024
Pursuant to the FAA, arbitration agreements are “valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.” After petitioners sued Flowers and two of its subsidiaries for violating state and federal wage laws, Flowers moved to compel arbitration.
Constitutional Law Reporter
JUNE 5, 2024
A claim-processing rule is a mandatory deadline that regulates the timing of motions or claims before the court; however, unlike jurisdictional deadlines, is subject to waiver and forfeiture by the litigant. b)(2)(B) governs the conduct of the district court, not the litigants. Additionally, Rule 32.2(b)(2)(B)
Constitutional Law Reporter
MAY 1, 2023
In reaching its decision, the Court noted the important distinction between “the classes of cases a court may entertain (subject-matter jurisdiction)” and “nonjurisdictional claim-processing rules, which seek to promote the orderly progress of litigation by requiring that the parties take certain procedural steps at certain specified times.”
Constitutional Law Reporter
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote on behalf of the Court. In reaching its decision, the Court explained that equitable tolling “effectively extends an otherwise discrete limitations period set by Congress” when a litigant diligently pursues his rights but extraordinary circumstances prevent him from bringing a timely action.
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