Month: May 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court has concluded its oral arguments for the October 2021 Term. The justices heard arguments in six cases, which addressed issues ranging from methods of execution for death-row inmates to whether a high school football coach shou...

In Houston Community College System v. Wilson, 595 U.S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held that an elected trustee did not have an actionable First Amendment claim arising from his Board’s purely verbal censure. The Court’s decision was un...

The recent disclosure of Justice Samuel Alito’s decision purporting to overturn Roe v. Wade is arguably the most significant breach in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. However,  it is not the first time that a landmark abortion decision was...

In Ramirez v. Collier, 595 U. S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Texas can’t execute a man death row unless it allows his pastor to pray and lay hands on him while he is executed. The Court specifically held that Ramirez is likely to...