The US Supreme Court has denied a request from Special Prosecutor Jack Smith to expedite review of former President Donald Trump’s claim of “absolute presidential immunity.” The move comes after Smith asked... Read more »
The UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that an “inventor” under the Patents Act 1977 must be a “natural person” and not artificial intelligence (AI). The Supreme Court heard the landmark appeal,... Read more »
JURIST Deputy Editorial Director William Hibbitts and US Bureau Chief JP Leskovich from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law contributed to this report. The Colorado Supreme Court held on Tuesday that former US... Read more »
Seventeen people suffered minor injuries Wednesday when a man deliberately started a fire using court papers on the fourth floor of the New York state supreme court building where Donald Trump’s civil... Read more »
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to put on hold a new Illinois law prohibiting the possession, manufacture or sale of semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity magazines, refusing an emergency appeal from a... Read more »
On December 6, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard arguments in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri—a potentially pivotal case concerning whether Title VII requires plaintiffs to... Read more »
The US Supreme Court refused to block Illinois’ assault weapon and high-capacity magazine ban on Thursday. This decision comes after the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit allowed the ban... Read more »
The New York Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn a gag order imposed by a lower court judge in the state’s civil fraud trial against him... Read more »
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether federal prosecutors can charge January 6 riot defendants with a statute that makes it a crime to obstruct an official proceeding of Congress, a... Read more »
The US Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear a case that will determine whether January 6 Capitol Riot defendants can be charged with “obstructing an official proceeding” if their alleged actions... Read more »