When Congress declines to make a sentencing amendment retroactive, the resulting sentencing disparity cannot serve as an “extraordinary and compelling” reason that warrants a sentence reduction ...

The proposition of granting public officials legal immunity for their conduct is an inherently contentious one. It stems from the conflict between the responsibility to protect individual rights and ...

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Delligatti v. United States and reassess the definition of a “crime of violence” under 18 US Code § 924(c)(3). The court granted the case certiorari and ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Reversed, in an opinion by Clarence Thomas on Jun 2, 2008. Merits briefs Amicus briefs Certiorari Filings Argued. For ...

In the latest episode of our podcast, Divided Argument, Dan Epps and I discuss at length the Court's immunity ruling in Trump v. United States. We end up substantially less divided on this one, with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Goulder covers developments in U.S. and international taxation. As many people expected, the outcome is pretty much a ...

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Marissa Zupancic is JURIST’s Washington DC Correspondent, a JURIST Senior Editor and a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She’s stationed in Washington during her Semester in DC. The ...

Moore v. United States was supposed to be the “wealth tax” case because the question the Supreme Court was supposed to answer was whether income must be “realized” before it can be taxed. That is not, ...