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Merits Stage Amicus Brief Civil Div. I: General (e.g., DOT, FEC, FOIA, FTC (except antitrust), HUD), Constitutional, Natural Resources: ENRD, EPA, FERC, Interior, water rights
Civil Rights Division | Case Summaries - United States Department …
Sep 30, 2024 · The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on May 9, 2003, by four current and former high school students and a school employee. The plaintiffs alleged that the school district and Mawhinney violated state and federal laws, including Title IX.
Sep 21, 2021 · This Court granted review to decide whether Missis-sippi’s prohibition on pre-viability abortion violates the Fourteenth Amendment. In defending that law, peti-tioners ask the Court to overrule its precedents recog-nizing a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate a pregnancy before viability. The United States has a
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld - Brief (Merits) - United States Department of …
Oct 21, 2014 · As the court of appeals recognized, the military's settled authority to detain captured enemy combatants in wartime applies squarely to the global armed conflict in which the United States is currently engaged, in which-as the September 11 attacks demonstrate-the stakes are no less grave.
Office of the Solicitor General | Office of the Solicitor General
The task of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) is to supervise and conduct government litigation in the United States Supreme Court. Virtually all such litigation is channeled through the Office of the Solicitor General and is actively conducted by the Office.
On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Harvard College and the University of North Carolina ( “UNC”) violate d the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VI”) by impermissibly using race in their undergraduate admissions processes . See
Civil Rights Division | Appellate Section - United States …
Sep 11, 2024 · The appellate court should consider whether Johnson's Title II claim fails for the same evidentiary reasons as his Eighth Amendment claim, in which case the court need not reach the constitutional question
Sell v. United States - Brief (Merits) - United States Department of ...
Oct 21, 2014 · The Court observed that, although "trial prejudice can sometimes be justified by an essential state interest," the record in the case contained "no finding that might support a conclusion that administration of antipsychotic medication was necessary to accomplish an essential state policy."
United States v. Meta Platforms, Inc., f/k/a Facebook, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.)
On June 27, 2022, the court approved the parties’ settlement agreement and entered a final judgment in United States v. Meta Platforms, Inc., f/k/a Facebook, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.).
Elk Grove v. Newdow - Brief (Merits) - United States Department …
Oct 21, 2014 · In March 2000, Newdow filed suit, on behalf of himself and as next friend of his child, against the United States Congress, the United States of America, the President of the United States, the State of California, and two California school districts and their superintendents, seeking a declaration that the 1954 statute adding the words "under ...