Recent Cases

• Habeas Corpus

  Al-Alwi v. Trump

  D.C. Circuit Holds the Government’s Authority Has Not Unraveled.

• Title IX

  Doe No. 55 v. Madison Metropolitan School District

  Seventh Circuit Holds School Not Liable in Case of Child Sex Abuse.

• First Amendment

  Commonwealth v. Knox

  True Threat Doctrine — Pennsylvania Supreme Court Finds Rap Song a True Threat.

• First Amendment: Religion

  American Humanist Ass’n v. Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission

  En Banc Fourth Circuit Denies Rehearing of Holding that Cross-Shaped World War I Memorial Violates Establishment Clause.

• Administrative Law

  Soundboard Ass’n v. FTC

  D.C. Circuit Holds that Informal Staff Letters Are Not Eligible for Judicial Review Under the Administrative Procedure Act.

• Criminal Procedure

  United States v. Touset

  Eleventh Circuit Holds that Border Searches of Property Require No Suspicion.

• Administrative Law

  Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of the Interior

  Fourth Circuit Vacates Environmental Approvals for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

• Eighth Amendment

  Manning v. Caldwell

  Fourth Circuit Declines to Apply Justice White’s Concurrence in Powell v. Texas as Binding Precedent.