This case is about whether the police have the right to enter your home without a warrant while you're away and confiscate your property under the guise of "community caretaking." If they have the power to do this, as the First Circuit Court of Appeals said, then every person's home is less secure against arbitrary government trespasses with every ...
Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) hear administrative trials concerning patent disputes and, in the process, exercise powers similar to those of federal judges. APJs may issue subpoenas to require testimony and documentation, rule on the parties' evidentiary arguments, and issue thousands of final decisions each year—decisions that bind the pr ...
This case is centered on the proper interpretation of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Specifically, whether Section 2 of the Act should be read to prohibit almost any state election regulation that produces some racially disparate impact. If the Ninth Circuit was correct that it does, race will necessarily take center stage in eve ...
The ALJ himself cannot resolve that question. Therefore, does a challenger still have to raise the issue to the ALJ in the first instance, or may a challenger wait until the matter goes to federal court? Courts have often held that, if someone does not raise an issue during an ALJ proceeding—even a constitutional issue ...
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