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Is official who lied to grand jury immune from liability? U.S. Supreme Court to decide
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are set to decide whether a government official who gives perjured grand jury testimony against a defendant is entitled to absolute immunity.
US Supreme Court to decide ineffective assistance claim issue
In the second half of a U.S. Supreme Court ineffective assistance double-header, the justices considered whether a lawyer’s failure to inform his client of a plea deal gives the defendant a constitutional remedy after he is arrested again and convicted of an additional charge.
US Supreme Court takes up debate over immigration deportation rule
In a debate that involved dueling federal statutes and immigration case law, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court questioned whether a permanent resident may seek discretionary relief from removal based on a conviction where he did not depart and reenter the United States.
Court justices tussle over ADA ministerial exception
During heated oral arguments in a case involving religious doctrines, government interests and claims of job discrimination, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tried to carve out just how much constitutional leeway religious organizations have to fire employees without facing a job bias claim.
Lawmakers call for hearing on U.S. Supreme Court recusal bill
First Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court is just around the corner, and some congressional Democrats are stepping up their push to try to make Supreme Court justices step aside in cases where they have financial or political ties.
U.S. Supreme Court creates confusion on foreign product liability
Two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that state courts did not have the authority to hear product liability cases against foreign manufacturers could spell the end of the “stream of commerce” theory of personal jurisdiction.
Court: Public lawyers not required in civil cases
By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday refused to require states to provide lawyers for poor people in civil cases involving incarceration but did order state officials to ensure that those hearings are “fundamentally fair” to the person facing possible detention. The justices voted 5-4 along […]
U.S. Justice Alito recusal ‘mistake’ cost networks in fleeting expletive case
Boston, MA - Justice Samuel Alito said he should have recused himself from considering a 2009 Supreme Court case involving federal penalties for televised profanity - a move that would have changed the outcome of the case.
U.S. Supreme Court debates Armed Career Criminal Act
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are pondering whether the Armed Career Criminal Act applies to a felon in possession of a firearm even after the penalty for one of the defendant’s triggering “serious drug offense” crimes has been reduced. And the answer, to quote former President Bill Clinton, “depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.”
U.S. Supreme Court toughens Sec. 1983
Washington - A unanimous (except for the recused Justice Elena Kagan) Supreme Court has held that plaintiffs bringing sec. 1983 actions against a municipality must show that their injury was caused by a municipal policy or custom, regardless of whether the action is for monetary, injunctive or declarative relief.
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