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The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday on an Indiana abortion law requiring the burial or cremation of fetal remains, deciding, without hearing arguments, to uphold the law. The decision overturned the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s decision that Indiana’s claim that they were interested in “the ‘humane and dignified disposal of human [...]

The US Supreme Court issued orders Monday in a collection of cases including Daniel v. US, Santos v. US, and Nevada Department of Wildlife v. Smith. The Court granted certiorari to Nevada Department of Wildlife v. Smith, a case asking whether states may be sued in each other’s courts without consent. The court made specific [...]

In what may have been one of the most consequential decisions since the notorious Korematsu case of 1944, when the Supreme Court upheld the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II, the Court (in June 2018) voted 5-4 vote to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Like the Korematsu judicial ruling, Trump v. Hawaii raises [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday morning to allow Alabama to continue with its planned execution of Christopher Lee Price. Price is a death row inmate convicted of murdering a pastor in 1991. The 5-4 ruling occurred two hours after Price’s death warrant expiration at 12 AM EST Friday, so Alabama must now reapply to [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that an expert’s refusal to disclose private data will not result in the preclusion of her testimony. In the case at hand the Social Security Administration (SSA) utilized an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to assess the merits of a Social Security claim. The Petitioner, Michael Biestek, was a former [...]

The US Supreme Court stayed the execution of Patrick Murphy, a Texas inmate who was denied a Buddhist spiritual adviser at his execution, late Thursday evening. Previously, under Texas law only spiritual advisers for Christianity or Islam were allowed in the execution chamber. All others would be required to remain in the viewing area. Murphy [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled in a split decision Tuesday that a provision in the 1855 Treaty between the Yakama Nation of Indians and the US preempts Washington state’s fuel tax. The case before the court involved Cougar Den, a wholesale fuel importer incorporated under Yakama law. Cougar Den obtains fuel in Oregon and transports [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a railroad’s payment to an employee for lost wages due to an on-the-job injury is taxable “compensation” under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act (RRTA). In BNSF Railway Company v. Loos, the justices ruled 7-2 in favor of the Railway Company. BNSF asserted that their payment of lost wages to employee, Michael [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment incorporated the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause to the states. The case, Timbs v. Indiana, centered on a civil forfeiture after authorities arrested Tyson Timbs on drug and conspiracy to commit theft charges. Authorities confiscated Timbs’ Land Rover, which he [...]

The US Supreme Court issued an order on Tuesday to reverse a lower court’s injunction preventing the Trump administration from implementing its ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military. The Trump administration petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn the injunction in November. The injunction, issued by the US District Court for the Western District [...]