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 […]

In re River Valley Sch. Dist. Appeal of Beverly Caranese, 2024 Pa. LEXIS 259 (Pa. Commw., December 17, 2024)(President, Jubelirer, J.) This case relies, in part, upon the Freeders case Petition of the Board of Directors of Hazelton area school district 524 Atl. 2d. 1083 (Commonwealth, 1987). Among the issues in this case is whether […]

Rd.- Con., Inc. v. City of Philadelphia (3d. Cir., October 29, 2024)(Matey, J.) Philadelphia policies prevent a Plaintiff from bidding on public contracts. Road-Con, Inc., et cetera contract is working in the Philadelphia area. Philadelphia as required “project labor agreements” to include terms recognizing a union as the workers exclusive representative in paying workers’ union […]

Lofstad v. Raimondo, 2024 U.S App. LEXIS 24317(U.S. 3d. Cir, September 25, 2024)(Bibas, J.) BIBAS, Circuit Judge. The buck stops with the President—but not when unelected officials get a veto. Under a federal fishing law, a Regional Council can veto some actions taken by the Secretary of Commerce. That power is significant. But the Council […]

Webb v. DOJ, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 24519 (September 27, 2024)(Freeman, J.) FREEMAN, Circuit Judge. William Webb, an inmate at Delaware’s James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (JTVCC), sued prison officials for failing to schedule court-ordered visits with his daughter. The District Court screened and dismissed the suit, holding that Webb did not exhaust JTVCC’s internal […]

Williams v. Secretary Pa. DOC, U.S. App. LEXIS 2414, (U.S. Ct. of App., 3d Cir., September 20, 2024)(McKee, J.) McKEE, Circuit Judge. Roy Lee Williams, a death-row prisoner with a history of mental illness, was held in solitary confinement on the Capital Case Unit (CCU) of a Pennsylvania state correctional institution for twenty-six years. Williams […]

Nunez v. Wolf, U.S. App. LEXIS 21772 (U.S. Ct. of Appeals, 3d. Cir., August 27, 2024) (Krause, J.) Muslim inmate claimed the RLUIPA was violated by denying him religious accommodations to consummate his marriage and to have ongoing conjugal visits to engage in congregational prayers of visitors and to be circumcised. The Court reversed, saying […]

City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, Supreme Court of the United States, decided June 28, 2024. Justice Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court. Many cities across the American West face a homelessness crisis. The causes are varied and complex, the appropriate public policy responses perhaps no less so. Like many local governments, the city […]