SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 19, 2024
This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether a backpack that is outside the reach of a person in handcuffs falls within the warrant exception. A Kentucky appeals court agreed with Bembury that the search was likely unconstitutional. Acknowledging that the U.S. In Bembury v.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. The court ruled that newspapers and television stations that post articles on social media sites like Facebook are liable for other third party comments on those posts. 47 U.S.C. §
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SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 11, 2024
Accordingly, both courts of appeals held that the two laws work in tandem, even if in tension, to guide the executive branch’s authority over the Oregon forest. Biden , the challengers ask the justices to grant review and reverse the lower courts’ rulings. In American Forest Resource Council v. United States and Murphy Co.
SquirePattonBoggs
MAY 13, 2022
Corpus linguistics is a tool used to identify the original public meaning of words – no small thing when the outcome of a case often hinges on the meaning of a single word in a statute or the Constitution. These examples underscore corpus linguistics’ utility in ascertaining the meaning of statutes. 20-56174, 2022 U.S. 6 (9th Cir.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. Kentucky v.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 8, 2021
Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 24, 2024
Kentucky ex rel. Last year, Tennessee and Kentucky were among a group of more than 20 states that enacted laws that prohibit giving transgender youths under the age of 18 medical treatment to align their appearance with their gender identity. Kentucky and Tennessee then asked the U.S. Skrmetti , L. Skrmetti , and Jane Doe 1 v.
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