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Ramos v. Louisiana: Does the 14th Amendment Require Unanimous Jury Verdicts?
When we think about trial by jury in criminal cases, we all probably envision a 12-member jury that must reach a unanimous verdict…
Kahler v. Kansas: Can States Abolish the Insanity Defense?
On Monday, the first day of the new Supreme Court term, the Court heard argument in Kahler v. Kansas, a case that could generate…
Supreme Court hears two major cases today on Title VII and discrimination
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two major cases about Title VII and discrimination based on sexual…
Where is the Supreme Court going on abortion?
Returning to an abortion rights issue that it had decided earlier but with a bench that is now changed, the Supreme Court agreed…
A high-profile legal victory on transgender rights
The nation’s best-known transgender student, Gavin Grimm, has won his discrimination case against his old high school – for…
Hugo Black, unabashed partisan for the Constitution
On August 12, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated then-Senator Hugo Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court.
Recalling the Supreme Court’s historic statement on contraception and privacy
It was on this day in 1965 that the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark case about contraception use by married couples that laid…
Major rulings on gay and transgender rights coming
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to settle the meaning of a 1964 civil rights law that bans discrimination in the workplace…
On This Day: You have a right to an attorney
It was on this day in 1963 that the Supreme Court handed down the Gideon decision, which guaranteed the rights of the accused to…
Supreme Court confirms Excessive Fines Clause applies to states
In a unanimous ruling on Tuesday, the Supreme Court overturned an Indiana Supreme Court decision that said that part of federal…
