The Supreme Court created qualified immunity decades ago, but in recent years, it has turned away other opportunities to reconsider the legal shield. AReuters investigationpublished in May found police have won 57% of cases where they asserted qualified immunity from 2017 to 2019. While the high ...
The Supreme Courtheard oral argumentson Thursday over whether Colorado can exclude former President Donald Trump from its primary ballot. The following was published before the court heard the case. Washington— When the nine members of theSupreme Courttake their seats on the bench on Thursday, the...
Washington —The Supreme Court on Friday declined for now to take up a landmark case over whether former President Donald Trump is absolutely immune from prosecution for alleged crimes committed while he was in office, a move that allows the appeals process to play out first. The court issued ...
On February 27, 2024, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) held a press conference to announce the new SPC case database人民法院案例库 (People’s Courts Case Database). As of this writing, fewer than 4000 cases have been incorporated. This new case database provides a collection of edited ...
Just in case there isn’t enough suspense today, the court’s historic arguments will be slightly delayed because the justices are issuing rulings on additional cases first. The court has a backlog of decisions to issue. They’ve only put out one from this term so far. Reflecting the hist...
12. Properly handle cross-border bankruptcy [insolvency], financial, and enforcement cases.Adhere to the principle of equal protection for similar claims, actively participate in and promote the formulation of international treaties on cross-border bankruptcy [insolvency], improve the coordination mechanism...
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh points to the mixed decisions that emerged from the U.S. Supreme Court this term as he seeks to dispel notions of a partisan high court, He told a judicial conference in Minnesota on Thursday that the high court is “an institutio
Gore in 2000, according to CNN senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic, who was in the courtroom for hearings during both cases. “Not only could you feel pretty quickly where it was going, the rhythm was not confrontational,” she said of Thursday’s hearing. She noted that the ...
In a 6-3 decision, the high court upheld the ruling of a Fifth Circuit court that said the SEC did not have the power to use in-house judges to decide on penalties for fraud cases.1This ruling could have far-reaching consequences for other agencies that also enforce laws u...