Clarence Thomas Wants Supreme Court to Overturn 75-Year-Old Ruling
Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court should overrule or limit a 75-year-old ruling in a dissent published on Monday ...
Divided Fourth Circuit Denies Partial Stay of Preliminary Injunction Against Executive Order Curtailing Birthright Citizenship
Today a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied the Trump Administration's application for a partial stay of a nationwide ...
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Fourth Circuit Upholds OIG Advisory Opinion Process
On January 23, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit rejected a challenge to Advisory Opinion 22-19 (the “Advisory ...
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Maine man arrested with drugs in his backpack asks court to untangle Fourth Amendment knot
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. The Fourth Amendment generally ...
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The Fourth Circuit Broadly Interprets “Inducement” and “Remuneration” Under the Anti-Kickback Statute and Creates a Circuit Split
On January 23, 2025, in Pharmaceutical Coalition for Patient Access v. United States, the Fourth Circuit held that a proposed patient ...
Appeals court maintains injunction against Trump birthright order
U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to curtail automatic birthright citizenship nationwide as part of his hardline ...
Debate over whether to ban handgun sales to teens could soon head to the Supreme Court
Competing rulings from federal court jurisdictions could tee up the Supreme Court to make its own ruling on whether young people under 21 can legally purchase handguns, something that has been illegal ...
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Court limits right to attorney’s fees for some civil rights suits
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a group of Virginia drivers challenging a state motor vehicle law was not entitled to reimbursement of their attorney’s fees even though a federal district cour ...
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Appeals court refuses to let Trump administration end birthright citizenship
19 (UPI) --A three-panel appeals ... Court Judge Deborah Boardman of Maryland blocked nationwide enforcement of the order. Her district is under the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court. On Feb. 1, 18 states ...
Appeals court upholds block on Trump’s birthright citizenship order, setting up Supreme Court showdown
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined an emergency Justice Department request to lift the hold a Seattle judge had ...
Second Circuit Affirms That Scanning and Distribution of Print Books by Nonprofit Is Not Transformative Fair Use
The authors write "The Second Circuit’s decision may have significant downstream implications for other digital lending services, making it more difficult to operate absent licensing agreements with ...