In this decision, the Supreme Court delivered a virtual knock-out blow to the Federal Government’s ability to prosecute politicians for bribery. Here a unanimous Court decided to vacate the highly publicized federal bribery conviction of former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell on the grounds that the corruption law under which he ...

To combat the serious harms inflicted by drunk drivers all across the country, all States have laws that prohibit motorists from driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) exceeding a specified level. BAC is typically determined through a direct analysis of a blood sample or by using a machine (most ...

This decision will probably most be remembered for two reasons. First and foremost, it sparked a remarkable and explosive dissent from Justice Sotomayor in which she warned:

“The Court today holds that the discovery of a warrant for an unpaid parking ticket will forgive a police officer’s violation of your ...

Believe it or not, Justice Thomas summarized all you need to know about this decision in the opening paragraph of his memorable dissent. He wrote:

“The Hobbs Act makes it a federal crime to commit a robbery that ‘affects’ ‘commerce over which the United States has jurisdiction.’ 18 U. S. ...

This decision should be read only by the very brave, the very bored, or those who are forced to by their occupations to divine the meaning and significance of this ruling (such as the lawyers and judges directly involved in this case or the staff members of a law review ...

This is another anti-climactic Second Amendment decision in which the Court affirmed another sweeping limitation on the right of citizens to own or possess guns.

Federal law prohibits any person convicted of a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” from possessing a firearm. (18 U. S. C. § 922(g)(9)). That phrase ...