Supreme Court Orders Hearing on Fatal Border Shooting of Mexican Teenager
The Supreme Court set aside an appeals court decision involving the fatal border shooting of a Mexican national by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
Justices Thomas and Gorsuch: Supreme Court Should Take More Second Amendment Cases
The Supreme Court has only decided two cases on the right to keep and bear arms: D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago.
ACRU Applauds Supreme Court’s Ruling to Hear ‘Travel Ban’ Case
The lower courts had misapplied the First Amendment and interfered with the president’s constitutional executive power.
Supreme Court Rules for Federal Agents in 9/11 Lawsuits
The Court noted that allowing individual lawsuits in a case like this would lead to intrusions into confidential national-security discussions within the executive branch.
Big Cases Still Waiting for Supreme Court Decisions in 2017
Seventeen cases from this year’s Supreme Court term are still pending, with decisions expected in the next eight days.
Court Criticizes Obama Admin for Illegal Spying on U.S. Citizens
Intelligence agencies violated the constitutional rights of American citizens through illegal surveillance during the Obama administration, recently declassified documents from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) show.
Senate Confirms First Trump Judicial Nominee to Lower Courts
The Senate on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump’s first nominee to a federal court under the level of the Supreme Court, voting 52-44 to confirm Judge Amul Thapar to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Challenge to Trump’s Sanctuary Cities Policy Supreme Court-Bound
A federal court in California dealt President Donald Trump another legal setback on Tuesday in his efforts to combat illegal aliens, blocking an executive order (EO) that denies federal funds to sanctuary cities. This issue appears eventually destined for a Supreme Court showdown.
ACRU: Judge in Hawaii Erred in ‘Travel Ban’ Case
The First Amendment “cannot be claimed by foreigners on foreign soil.”
Supreme Court Ponders Striking Down State Constitution Anti-Faith Amendments
The Supreme Court seems poised to strike down constitutional amendments in 39 states that forbid tax money from going to churches after Wednesday’s oral arguments in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer.