Category: Court Cases

When you buy goods on the internet and the seller is located in another state, should you pay tax? As a consumer, you’d like to say no. But the Supreme Court tackled this question in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.The Court had to decide if the dormant Commerce Clause prohibits states from requiring sellers...

Can the government force private organization to express messages they disagree with? The issue of compelled speech and viewpoint discrimination was reviewed by the Supreme Court in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra. The Court ruled that the government cannot force private organizations to express messages that they disagree with.National...

The bill would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients. The bill already passed the State Senate in June, but faced strong opposition in the Assembly, due to a large number of Catholic legislators. The legislation was inspired by Brittany Maynard, who, after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, moved...

The New York “slayer rule”, a common law principle, provides that no one should benefit financially from one’s own crime. As a result, a killer is not entitled to the proceeds from his victim’s estate. In a recent case, Matter of Edwards, the court extended this rule. In this case, a husband killed his...