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in v. held in a 6–3 decision that presidents enjoy absolute immunity for a "core" of official acts and at least presumptive immunity for other official acts, while denying immunity for purely unoffici...
Federal law and the Constitution contain limits on racial profiling by federal agents: the Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable stops and seizures and requires “specific articulable facts” to justi...
The ’s most consequential change since 2024 is its June 27, 2025 decision in v. , which the Court held substantially curtails the ability of lower federal courts to issue “universal” or nationwide inj...
The debate over whether ending is constitutional turns on one phrase in — "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" — and on whether long-standing practice and precedent like United States v. control that...
The Supreme Court has repeatedly steered clear of definitively resolving whether “aliens” without lawful status must be included in the decennial census apportionment base, dismissing or declining to ...
Federal and state courts have so far declined to categorically enjoin , applying the ’s method‑of‑execution framework that requires inmates to identify a feasible, readily implemented alternative and ...
The Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling expanding presidential immunity has prompted repeated media and legal debate over whether a president could order the killing of a political opponent and be immune from...
The Obama administration litigated or was affected by several high-profile Supreme Court decisions that shaped health care, labor relations, campaign finance, and regulatory power; the most frequently...
A president cannot unilaterally impose a nationwide, long-term martial law regime without engaging Congress and the courts; statutory authorities like the Insurrection Act and National Guard federaliz...
The Supreme Court in Trump v. United States held that presidents enjoy a mix of absolute immunity for “core” constitutional powers and at least presumptive immunity for other “official” acts, while le...
The reporting and opinions show this was not a 7–2 decision but a sharply divided 6–3 Supreme Court ruling that recognized substantial presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for some official...
Across a string of high‑profile disputes ’s conservative bloc has often sided with presidential prerogatives—especially on emergency orders, executive removal power and limits on nationwide injunction...
, on September 8, 2025, granted the federal government’s emergency request to stay a district-court injunction that had limited “roving” stops in , effectively allowing agents to resume stops that rel...
v. Lyons stands as the principal pre‑Perdomo decision shaping courts’ approach to injunctive relief, especially the Article III standing required for forward‑looking relief, and more recent decisions ...
’s lawyers urged the courts to recognize for presidential conduct—arguing absolute protection for acts within the “outer perimeter” of official responsibilities and pressing that , not criminal courts...
in v. set a three-part framework: for acts within a president’s core constitutional powers, presumptive immunity for acts within the “outer perimeter” of official responsibility, and no immunity for “...
The civil-immunity framework became the keystone precedent both sides invoked in v. : defenders argued Fitzgerald’s recognition of absolute immunity for official acts supported sweeping protection fro...
and diverged sharply in both scale and strategy when reshaping the : Obama made a larger number of total over eight years and emphasized diversity and professional credentials, while Trump — working w...
Federal appellate treatment of organizer liability split sharply after embraced a novel “” theory in Doe v. Mckesson, holding that a protest leader can be sued in negligence for violence by third part...
in held that an offense may qualify as “relating to obstruction of justice” for the ’s aggravated-felony bar even if the crime does not require a pending investigation or proceeding, resolving a circu...