Court seems reluctant to extend ban on concurrent sentences in Armed Career Criminal Act
ARGUMENT ANALYSIS By Evan Lee on Mar 29, 2023 at 5:30 pm Lawrence Rosenberg argues for Efrain Lora. (William Hennessy) Tuesday’s argument in Lora v....
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Venue is a platypus, a mixed-up animal
ARGUMENT ANALYSIS By Gabriel Chin on Mar 29, 2023 at 5:48 pm At the oral argument in Smith v. United States, there was no dispute...
The morning read for Wednesday, March 29
WHAT WE’RE READING By SCOTUSblog on Mar 29, 2023 at 10:09 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other...
Justices divided on the constitutionality of the federal law that bans “encouraging” immigrants to remain unlawfully in the United States
ARGUMENT ANALYSIS By Amanda Shanor on Mar 28, 2023 at 2:25 pm Both oral advocates faced fairly cold receptions on Monday morning in United States...
Justices mull the “focus” of federal trademark statute in extraterritorial case
ARGUMENT ANALYSIS By Minyao Wang on Mar 28, 2023 at 12:35 pm The issue presented in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc., is whether...
The evidentiary challenges of confessions in co-defendant trials
CASE PREVIEW By Jeffrey Bellin on Mar 27, 2023 at 1:25 pm The Supreme Court will hear argument in Samia v. United States on Wednesday....
Murder in Bronx drug trafficking scheme raises issue of concurrent sentencing
CASE PREVIEW By Evan Lee on Mar 27, 2023 at 12:50 pm The murder of a Bronx man by his rival in a 2002 drug...
In New Mexico prison killing, a lingering question over jurisdiction
Petitions of the week By Kalvis Golde on Mar 25, 2023 at 12:28 pm The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert...
A tale of three districts
CASE PREVIEW By Gabriel Chin on Mar 24, 2023 at 5:37 pm It might be fairly said that in recent decades venue in criminal cases...
Does the federal law that prohibits encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration violate the First Amendment?
CASE PREVIEW By Amanda Shanor on Mar 24, 2023 at 1:20 pm The front entrance of the Supreme Court. (Katie Barlow) For four years, Helaman...