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303 Creative, Masterpiece Cakeshop, and the Fate of Free Exercise for Wedding Vendors
March 27, 2024

Over the past decade, the tension between First Amendment rights and public accommodations laws has grown, as wedding vendors have refused to serve same-sex weddings pursuant to their consciences. On

Courthouse Steps Decision: Pulsifer v. United States
March 27, 2024

In Pulsifer v. United States, the Supreme Court considered an Eighth Circuit case that raised the question: "Must a defendant show he does not meet any of the criteria listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(

Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: Gonzalez v. Trevino
March 26, 2024

In Gonzalez v. Trevino, Petitioner Sylvia Gonzalez is a 72 year-old city councilwoman from Castle Hills, Texas. Ms. Gonzalez believed that the city's mayor and city manager were ignoring her constitue

Litigation Update: De Piero v. Pennsylvania State University
March 26, 2024

Professor Zack De Piero was an English professor at the Pennsylvania State University Abington campus before resigning and filing a lawsuit against the University in 2023 alleging that administrators

A Seat at the Sitting - March 2024
March 19, 2024

Each month, a panel of constitutional experts convenes to discuss the Courts upcoming docket sitting by sitting. The cases covered in this preview are listed below.- https://fedsoc.org/case/murthy-

Litigation Update: Gerber v. Ohio Northern University
March 14, 2024

Academic freedom and free speech at colleges and universities are at the center of ongoing litigation in Gerber v. Ohio Northern University.In April 2023, Dr. Scott Gerber was abruptly removed fro

Courthouse Steps Preview: Murthy v. Missouri & NRA v. Vullo
March 14, 2024

On March 18, 2024 the Supreme Court will hear two cases related to alleged “jawboning” -Murthy v. Missouri & NRA v. Vullo.Murthy v. Missouri, originally filed as Missouri v. Biden, c

AI Meets Copyright: Understanding New York Times v. OpenAI
March 13, 2024

Artificial intelligence is the most important technological tool being developed today, but the use of preexisting copyrighted works to train these AI systems is deeply controversial. At the end of 20

NIST’s Proposed Framework for a New Approach to Bayh-Dole March-in: What You Need to Know
March 12, 2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks comments on the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights, which sets out the factors that an

Litigation Update: Speech First, Inc. v. Sands
March 12, 2024

Speech First, Inc. v. Sands concerns a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) policy that created a bias response team and protocol where students could report bias incide