RECENT RULINGS

by the United States Supreme Court

Equity Practice

  • TRUMP V. CASA

    2024 Term of Court: The President of the United States has issued an Executive Order requiring his subordinates in his Administration to interpret the “Birthright Citizenship Clause” of the United States Constitution (U.S. Const., Amendment XIV, §1) as excluding, from birthright citizenship, children born in the United States 1) to a mother in the United… Continue reading

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  • Noem v. Garcia

    decided April 10, 2025 On March 15, 2025, federal officials forcibly removed Mr. Garcia, who was an American resident, from the United States into El Salvador, where he was immediately moved into a Salvadoran prison. In a court proceeding to obtain his release from that prison, and to obtain his return to the United States,… Continue reading

  • DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION V. LOUISIANA

    August 16, 2024 The Court today denied the motion of the federal government to “stay” a preliminary injunction issued by lower courts against the enforcement of a new school regulation issued by the federal Department of Education (the “DOE”). The new regulation basically provides, in part, that schools receiving federal funds may not discriminate against… Continue reading