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Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws criminalizing sodomy between consenting adults are unconstitutional. [ a ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Court reaffirmed the concept of a " right to privacy " that earlier cases had found the U.S. Constitution provides, even though it ...
The Court granted certiorari on June 28, 2021. [4] The case was argued on November 10, 2021. On April 21, 2022, the court reversed the Fifth Circuit's decision in a 6–3 vote. [5] The majority opinion was written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor and was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, and Brett Kavanaugh.
[7] Both the District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of the Inclusive Communities Project, holding that disparate impact claims are cognizable under the Fair Housing Act. [8] The Texas Department of Housing and Community then appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. [9]
Kavanaugh’s majority opinion sparked concerns and criticism among legal experts and government watchdog groups at a time when two conservative Supreme Court justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel ...
Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, No. 16-476, 584 U.S. 453 (2018) [138 S. Ct. 1461], was a United States Supreme Court case involving the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The issue was whether the U.S. federal government has the right to control state lawmaking.
John Roberts' court has undone campaign finance safeguards and overturned convictions of public officials for years, most recently that of a onetime aide to Andrew Cuomo.
The 2021 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 2021, and concluded October 2, 2022. The table below illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down part of a federal anti-corruption law that makes it a crime for state and local officials to take gifts valued at more than $5,000 from a donor who had ...