U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments about whether students can sue for sex harassment under [section]1983?Kimberly Atkins
WASHINGTON—Straining to make out the plaintiff’s response to their queries as the pounding house beat sent plaster falling from the chamber’s ceiling, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court reported Friday that they could barely hear oral arguments in the case of Becerra v. San Carlos A...
By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to ourTerms of UseandPrivacy Policy. Why is this so important? Some legal experts argue that this is the most important First Amendment case in this generation. As Chief Justice John Roberts said during the hours-long arguments, ...
Trump said he was pleased with his team’s performance after the justices appeared broadly skeptical of efforts to kick him off the 2024 presidential election ballot. “I listed today and I thought our arguments were very, very strong,” he said. “Can you take the person that’s leading...
Lower courts have ruled the two universities did not break from the Supreme Court’s precedent that race can be narrowly applied in admissions. But at times during Monday’s arguments, conservative justices seemed to be trying to bait lawyers for the universities into admitting race was a decidin...
The Supreme Court's opinion didn't mention Trump's use of social media, but Barrett did cite the case against him in a footnote that said a blocked user on some platforms may not be able to see any posts from the public official who blocked them. ...
Now You See It, Now You Don't: The Emerging Use of Ephemeral Messaging Apps by State and Local Government Officials Two recent state supreme court decisions from California and Washington concluded that traditional text messages that pertain to government-related actions may be public records even ...
since most of the justicesraised concerns during oral argumentsabout allowing a lone state to disqualify a presidential candidate andwhat would followin future presidential contests. Still, the dispute raised a number of novel legal issues and marked the first time the Supreme Courtweighed the applica...
Amy Morgenstern, who has a Ph.D. in philosophy and is founder of the Blue Stars Admissions Consulting Company in California, explained in an email that studying philosophy "sharpens your mind and trains your ability to process complex thoughts no matter what field you are in." ...
Sutton pointed out that the date for their talk had been scheduled in the fall, before the oral arguments in the 14th Amendment case had been set. “You know that because if they hadn’t, I would have said no,” Kagan said. "Well, and it says so much about you,” Sutton added. ...