Barnes
The Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in Trump v. CASA, a case concerning President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship. Justices appeared skeptical of the order’s constitutionality but may grant a procedural victory to Trump. Simultaneously, the Court issued a unanimous decision rebuking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for its approach to police […]
On May 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Barnes v. Felix, reaffirming its “totality of the circumstances” analysis for evaluating the reasonableness of a police officer’s use of force, as established in Graham v. Connor. The ruling clarifies the approach for assessing use of force claims under federal civil rights statute […]
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