The Supreme Court will hear oral argument next week in Chatrie v. United States, which concerns a Virginia man who was ...

Stephanie Barclay is a Professor of Law at Georgetown Law School, and the Faculty Co-Director of the Georgetown Center for ...

Although congressional subpoenas for the president's information may be enforceable, the court below in this case did not take adequate account of the significant separation of powers concerns ...

When the conduct of the defendant, a Georgia police officer, occurred entirely in Georgia, the mere fact that his conduct affected plaintiffs with connections to Nevada does not authorize ...

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Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning – from practical considerations to deep ...

A defendant may be convicted of conspiring to violate the Hobbs Act, <a href=" target="_blank">18 U.S.C. § 1951, based on proof that he reached ...

Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional; its formula can no longer be used as a basis for subjecting jurisdictions to preclearance.

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A forum-selection clause may be enforced by a motion to transfer under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), which provides that, "[f]or the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a ...

Petition for certiorari denied on June 27, 2013. Whether Section 3 of Defense of Marriage Act, 1 U.S.C. 7, violates the Fifth Amendment"s guarantee of equal protection of the laws as applied to ...

Two years ago, the court ruled in SEC v. Jarkesy that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s imposition of fines in its ...