Hilsenrath v. Sch. Dist. of the Chathams, 136 F.4th 484 (May 5, 2025) Hardiman, Circuit Judge. This appeal concerns the constitutionality of a middle school social studies curriculum. Libby Hilsenrath sued the Board of Education of the School District of the Chathams over instructional videos about Islam in her son’s seventh-grade World Cultures and Geography […]

Smith v. City of Atlantic City, 138 F.4th 759 (May 30, 2025) Porter, Circuit Judge. PORTER, Circuit Judge, delivers the opinion of the Court as to Parts I, II, III. B., and III.D by a unanimous decision of the merits panel and as to parts III.A and III.E joined by CHA-GARES, Chief Judge. CHUNG, Circuit […]

United States v. Skrmetti, 145 S. Ct. 1816 (June 18, 2025) Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and in which Alito, J., joined as to Parts I and II-B. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Barrett, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which […]

Perttu v. Richards, 605 U.S. (June 18, 2025) Roberts, C.J. Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court. The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA) requires prisoners with complaints about prison conditions to exhaust available grievance procedures before bringing suit in federal court. 42 U. S. C. §1997e(a). In some cases the question […]

uld v Palestine Liberation Organization, et al., 606 U.S. (June 20, 2025) Roberts, Justice Congress passed the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act in 2019. The Act deems the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority—if they engage in specified conduct—to have consented to personal jurisdiction in civil suits brought in the […]

A.A.R.P., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., 2025 U.S. LEXIS 1837, decided (U.S. Supreme Ct., May 16, 2025) (Kavanaugh, J.) The President has invoked the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), Rev. Stat. §4067, 50 U. S. C. §21, to remove Venezuelan nationals who are members of Tren de Aragua […]

Gustafson v. Springfield, Inc., 2025 Pa. LEXIS 442 (Pa. Super. Ct., April 9, 2025) (Mundy, J.) JUSTICE MUNDY In March 2016, thirteen-year-old J.R. Gustafson tragically died after he was accidentally shot by his fourteen-year-old friend (the Juvenile) at the home of another. After J.R.’s death, his parents, Mark and Leah Gustafson filed the underlying action […]

Moody v. NetChoice, 603 U.S 2024 (U.S. Supreme Court, July 1, 2024) (Kagan, J.) Today, we consider whether two state laws regulating social media platforms and other websites facially violate the First Amendment. The laws, from Florida and Texas, restrict the ability of social-media platforms to control whether and how third-party posts are presented to […]

TikTok Inc. v. Garland, 2025 U.S. LEXIS 366 (Supreme Court January 17, 2025)( Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jackson) On January 19th, 2025, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act will make in unlawful for companies in the United States to provide services, distribute, maintain, or update the social media […]

In re Appeal of Prospect Crozer LLC from the Decision of the Bd. of Assessment Appeals of Del. Cnty., 2024 Pa. LEXIS 1850 (Pa. Super., December 17, 2024)(Donohue, J.) Judges and Justices must act full-time as judges and not engage in a practice of law, hold office in a political party or political organization, or […]