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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-1ST AMENDMENT-SPEECH-TIKTOK-SOCIAL MEDIA

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 […]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-EQUAL PROCTECTION-RAISE-PUBLIC CONTRACTS

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 […]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN

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 […]

PRISONER LAW-EXHUASTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES-TIMELY FILING

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 […]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-8TH AMENDMENT-CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT-AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT-MENTAL ILLNESS

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 […]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-EIGHTH AMENDMENT-CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT-RESTRICTIONS AGAINST ENCAMPMENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY

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 […]