Tag: U.S. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Reviewing Police Use of Deadly Force Case
In an order Friday, the court said it will consider the standard for analyzing whether an officer’s conduct was a reasonable use of force under the Fourth Amendment when their safety is threatened.
October 9, 2024
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Supreme Court Justice Says America Has Too Many Laws
Justice Neil Gorsuch noted that federal crimes have nearly doubled in his lifetime, saying "nobody knows how many federal crimes there are because it would take years just to read them."
August 5, 2024
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NJ Chief Sworn In by US Supreme Court Justice Alito
“I’m honored and humbled to be sworn in as chief in such an iconic building, and to have a Supreme Court justice representing the highest court in the land swear me in,” Chief James A. Sarkos, 46, said in his speech during the Nov. 17 event.
November 30, 2022
Atlantic City Police Chief James Sarkos speaks during his swearing-in event in which U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito administered the oath of office.
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Supreme Court Opts to Not Review Case Against Dallas Officers, Civil Rights Case Can Proceed Without Qualified Immunity
A federal appeals court ruled in January that "qualified immunity" should not protect the officers from potential liability resulting from the death of Timpa, a man with mental illness who died after being restrained for nearly 14 minutes by the officers.
June 1, 2022
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Point of Law: SCOTUS’ Ruling on Malicious Prosecution
What does the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Thompson v Clark mean for you.
May 11, 2022
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Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue for Malicious Prosecution
On Monday, the Supreme Court sided 6-to-3 with Thompson in declaring that he did not have to show an "affirmative indication of innocence."
April 5, 2022
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Supreme Court Allows Suit Against Maine Officers to Go Forward
Two of the three troopers petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their appeal. The National Fraternal Order of Police and the Maine State Police Association filed briefs in their support. Now that the court has denied that petition, the case will return to the federal court in Maine, possibly for a trial on the central claims of the lawsuit.
October 5, 2021
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Point of Law: When is an Officer-Involved Shooting a Seizure?
The Supreme Court recently ruled on a New Mexico case that established when a use of force constitutes a Fourth Amendment seizure.
May 19, 2021
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Supreme Court Restricts Warrantless Searches for "Community Caretaking"
While Cady recognized that police perform “many civil tasks” in modern society, the “recognition that these tasks exist” is not “an open-ended license to perform them anywhere,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion.
May 18, 2021
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Supreme Court Hearing Case on When Officers Can Enter Home Without Warrant
The lower courts ruled that police could enter the home and under the so-called the community care-taking exception to the Constitution's warrant requirement. Representing Edward Caniglia, lawyer Shay Dvoretzky said that an exception like that would "eviscerate" the warrant protections of the Fourth Amendment.
March 25, 2021
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Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue Police for Excessive Force
The court determined that in order to sue for excessive force under the Fourth Amendment, it is not necessary for a plaintiff to have been physically seized by law enforcement.
March 25, 2021
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Cases Involving Qualified Immunity for Officers
The Supreme Court passed up at least seven cases Monday that would have allowed it to reconsider aspects of qualified immunity for police.
June 15, 2020
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