2024 US Supreme Court case rulings: MSU experts can comment

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to deliver rulings on a slate of key cases on topics including social media regulation, government agency authority, environmental regulation, homelessness rights, drug company influence and abortion access. Many of the cases this term could affect both government institutions and how people live their private lives.

Lindke v. Freed: Many social-media-blocking cases will now turn on whether public official possessed authority to speak on the state’s behalf

In a new test announced by the U.S. Supreme Court, public officials who censor their critics on social media only violate the First Amendment if the public official: (1) possessed actual authority to speak on the state’s behalf on a…

Baodong Liu and his role in landmark voting rights case

University of Utah political scientist Baodong Liu served as an expert witness in a consequential voting rights case decided on June 8 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision in Allen v. Milligan, No. 21-1086 rejected Alabama’s congressional redistricting map because it disenfranchises African-American voters. What follows is a Q&A with Professor Liu about the issues in the case.

Baodong Liu and his role in landmark voting rights case

University of Utah political scientist Baodong Liu served as an expert witness in a consequential voting rights case decided on June 8 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision in Allen v. Milligan, No. 21-1086 rejected Alabama’s congressional redistricting map because it disenfranchises African-American voters. What follows is a Q&A with Professor Liu about the issues in the case.

Two Albany Law School Scholars Available to Comment on SCOTUS case, 303 Creative v. Elenis

As the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case, 303 Creative v. Elenis, which challenges a Colorado state law that bars businesses that are open to the public from discriminating against gay people or announcing their intent to do so,…