In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 27, 2025, that federal courts generally lack the authority to block government policies from being enforced against nonparties, not just the plaintiffs in a case....more
In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prevents prosecutors in criminal cases from exercising peremptory challenges to excuse...more
Plaintiffs often select a state’s Attorney General, the official who ordinarily exercises power to enforce state laws, as the defendant to sue in cases involving a constitutional challenge to a state law....more