A West Virginia law shielding the online publication of personal information belonging to judges and law enforcement officers was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court Tuesday.
SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein will remain in prison as he continues to fight his felony convictions, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, ruled late Wednesday, according to Law360.
A federal appellate panel expressed skepticism Tuesday about the Justice Department’s bid to revive prosecutions in Virginia of former FBI director James B. Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, following a court ruling last year that the prosecutor overseeing them had been illegally appointed.
Lawyers for attorney Tom Goldstein, a SCOTUSblog co-founder who was found guilty in February of tax evasion and making false statements on loan applications, have filed an appeal asking that his conviction be vacated.
Five North Carolina district attorneys and the president of the North Carolina State Bar are defending a state law banning paralegals from offering legal advice as the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, reviews a First Amendment challenge to the law.
SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein is appealing his 12 convictions for tax and mortgage fraud, his six-year prison sentence and the $3.1 million restitution judgment against him to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, according to a court filing by his attorneys.
A Virginia driver who argued that the government wrongly restricted his anti-government license plate won his case before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, on Friday.
The Supreme Court on Monday said that police must generally obtain a warrant to gather detailed location data tracked by smartphones, in a case that brings into sharper relief the Constitution’s protections for Americans’ digital privacy.
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Chatrie v. United States, about whether the execution of the geofence warrant in his case was an unconstitutional search in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
A preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive orders to withhold federal funding for diversity, equity and inclusion grants and contracts was lifted by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, on Friday.
Montgomery County Public Schools did not violate the First Amendment rights of a Christian substitute teacher by requiring her to use transgender students’ pronouns in the classroom, according to a ruling by a federal appeals court.
From 2021 until 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court did not decide one case involving traditional Fourth Amendment issues. But this term, there are two Fourth Amendment cases, one already decided and one to be argued this spring.
Becky Pepper-Jackson was assigned male at birth but began transitioning to a female gender identity in third grade. Her West Virginia school district has been sympathetic, providing a gender support plan that among other things respects her chosen name and pronouns.
A straight white woman who sued King & Spalding over a diversity fellowship has filed a joint stipulation dropping her claims, leading a federal appeals court to dismiss her appeal.
