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Federal court, Justice Department clash in El Salvador deportation case
In the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision directing the federal government to facilitate the return of man mistakenly sent to…
What are the constitutional rights of green card holders?
Two recent legal cases involving the possible deportation of legal permanent residents, or green card holders, has brought new…
Birthright citizenship cases arrive at the Supreme Court
The Trump administration has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court three lower court injunctions that nationally halted an executive…
Supreme Court to consider reverse sexual orientation discrimination lawsuit
In a case with implications for employment law, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in late February in a lawsuit brought by a…
A look back at the Wong Kim Ark decision
President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to redefine birthright citizenship has cast a new light on a landmark Supreme…
Updated: The birthright citizenship question and the Constitution
On taking office, President Trump issued a Birthright Citizenship order entitled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American…
The Supreme Court questions law on gender affirming care for teenagers
A divided Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024 considered one of the highest profile cases in its current term, leaving perhaps more…
A new Supreme Court term begins in the shadow of a presidential election
The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term on the eve of an intense, historic election in which the justices may be called on to play…
As summer ends, emergency requests keep coming to the Supreme Court
Recent summers in the U.S. Supreme Court have been deceptively quiet. It is still true that when the final decision is issued in…
10 fascinating facts about the “I Have A Dream” speech
It was on this day in 1963 that Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech as part of the March on…
