News in Brief U.S. Supreme Court Casts Doubt on Social Media Ban for Sex Offenders On Monday, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in a North Carolina case in which a convicted… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Girl and Her Guide Dog Push Forward for Special Education Rights The Supreme Court ruled yesterday to continue a lawsuit against a public school district that rejected a special-needs… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Supreme Court Is Set to Deadlock on a Cross-Border Shooting Case In 2010, a border patrol agent in El Paso shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old in Juárez. Should… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief An Appeals Court Just Slapped Down Trump’s Travel Ban — Here’s What Comes Next The Trump administration will almost certainly appeal to the Supreme Court. By Jared Keller Yemenis who were among… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump Announces Neil Gorsuch as His Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch could be the next Supreme Court Justice. What does that mean for the president’s controversial executive order… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Jeff Sessions Helped Kill Equitable School Funding in Alabama A lawsuit in the 1990s had Alabama poised to fund poor black school districts as fairly as wealthy… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Supreme Court Passes on Ohio Lethal Injection Case On Monday, the United State Supreme Court declined to hear the case of an Ohio death row inmate… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The High-Stakes Immigration Case at the Supreme Court Millions of immigrants may be affected by the justices’ decision on mandatory detention. By Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza (Photo: Zach… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why Donald Trump Would Almost Certainly Be Violating the Constitution If He Continues to Own His… The meaning of the Emoluments Clause is fairly clear. And it all goes back to a diamond-encrusted snuffbox… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Supreme Court Gamble That Paid Off Bigly Republicans have successfully kept President Obama from appointing a ninth member of the Supreme Court, but that’s a… Pacific Standard Staff