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On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a ruling in Purl v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, vacating most of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for...more
On July 30, 2025, a divided California Court of Appeal issued its long-awaited opinion in Patz v. City of San Diego, affirming the trial court’s judgment that the City’s tiered residential water rates violated Proposition 218...more
The nondelegation doctrine prevents Congress from giving away too much of its legislative power to other entities. After a strong showing in 1935, the nondelegation doctrine has remained dormant, with the Supreme Court...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently handed down its decision in Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, a case involving the question whether Congress’s delegation of authority to the FCC to implement provisions...more
A federal judge has ruled that the President Trump violated federal law when he fired Rebecca Slaughter, a Democrat, as a member of the FTC....more
On June 26, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that Medicaid providers and beneficiaries lack the ability to enforce the Medicaid Act’s “any‑qualified‑provider” clause in federal court. In Medina v. Planned Parenthood, the Court...more
In a closely watched decision issued on June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Trump v. CASA, Inc., No. 24A884, that federal district courts lacked authority to issue universal (nationwide) injunctions...more
On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc. upheld the structure of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF, or “Task Force”), overturning a Fifth Circuit decision that had ruled that...more
Last week the United States celebrated the 249th anniversary of its declaration of independence from Great Britain. In celebration of the occasion, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Act which, among other...more
The Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Trump v. CASA (the birthright citizenship case) contrasts with two of its opinions from a year ago, Fischer v. United States and Snyder v. United States, in at least the following way:...more
The Constitution takes center stage in this latest episode with legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UC Berkeley Law, who is renowned for his studies of constitutional law and federal civil procedure. He and host Matt...more
Last week, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court overturned a Fifth Circuit decision holding that HHS-appointed United States Preventative Task Force (USPTF) members are inferior officers that do not need to be approved by the...more
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday, June 27, that federal district courts may not issue “universal” injunctions (the term the Court used instead of “nationwide” injunctions), as it decided that doing so is beyond their...more
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Two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings support provisions of the Affordable Care Act, one directly and one indirectly....more
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Federal Communications Commission (FCC) v. Consumers’ Research removed the uncertainty that hung over the FCC’s Universal Service Fund (USF) programs since July 2024, when the U.S. Court...more
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Recent Supreme Court decisions underscore how viewpoint-based refusals of trademark applications are unconstitutional. But can these viewpoint-based refusals survive under the "failure-to-function" doctrine instead?...more
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On June 26, 2025, Brownstein filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, seeking review of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision regarding the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)....more
On June 27, 2025, in a 6-3 opinion by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Trump v. CASA, Inc., No. 24A884, 606 U.S. ___ (2025), that federal courts lack the power to issue “universal injunctions,” a...more
Today, on the last day of the 2024-2025 term, the Supreme Court of the United States issued five decisions: Trump v. CASA, Inc., No. 24A884: This case addresses whether district courts had the authority to issue...more