U.S. Courts News Reporter
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear the case of a former Chicago alderman, who served four months in a federal prison for lying to federal financial regulators about loans he took out from a local bank and failed to pay. Patrick Daley Thompson, a member of the city’s most famous political dynasty, hopes that his case will be the latest in a series of cases in which the justices push back against what a majority of the court … Read the rest
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The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.
Many of us carry our entire lives with us on our cellphones. In recognition of this, the Supreme Court has held that although police can generally search a person’s belongings during an arrest without a warrant, the Fourth Amendment requires officers to get a warrant before looking through their cellphone … Read the rest