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Warrantless Search – OWI – Blood Test
In this case, we return to a topic that we have addressed twice in recent years: the circumstances under which a police officer may administer a warrantless blood alcohol concentration (BAC) test to a motorist who appears to have been driving under the influence of alcohol.
Enumeration Clause Violation
The Secretary of Commerce decided to reinstate a question about citizenship on the 2020 census questionnaire.
Abuse of Discretion – Partisan Gerrymandering
Voters and other plaintiffs in North Carolina and Maryland filed suits challenging their States’ congressional districting maps as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.
Sentencing Guidelines – 5th & 6th Amendment Violation
Respondent Andre Haymond was convicted of possessing child pornography, a crime that carries a prison term of zero to 10 years.
Auer Deference
Petitioner James Kisor, a Vietnam War veteran, first sought disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in 1982, alleging that he had developed post-traumatic stress disorder from his military service.
Commerce Clause Violation
The State of Tennessee imposes demanding durational residency requirements on all individuals and businesses seeking to obtain or renew a license to operate a liquor store.
Sentencing Guideline – Penalties
In our constitutional order, a vague law is no law at all. Only the people’s elected representatives in Congress have the power to write new federal criminal laws.
Statutory Interpretation
Congress has instructed that the disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act do “not apply” to “confidential” private-sector “commercial or financial information” in the government’s possession.
1st Amendment Violation
Two Terms ago, in Matal v. Tam, 582 U. S. ___ (2017), this Court invalidated the Lanham Act’s bar on the registration of “disparag[ing]” trademarks. 15 U. S. C. §1052(a).
Punitive Damages
By granting federal courts jurisdiction over maritime and admiralty cases, the Constitution implicitly directs federal courts sitting in admiralty to proceed “in the manner of a common law court.”
Prosecutorial Misconduct – Jury Instructions
In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79 (1986), this Court ruled that a State may not discriminate on the basis of race when exercising peremptory challenges against prospective jurors in a criminal trial.
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