U.S. Supreme Court 2012 Term Arguments

A case in which the Court found that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional.

A case in which the Court found that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional under the equal protection ... Read more

A case in which the Court held that the use of race in college admissions is constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendme... Read more

A case in which the Court held that a non-custodial parent cannot stop an adoption made lawfully by a non-Indian parent ... Read more

A case in which the Court found that a police officer and narcotic-sniffing dog entering the porch of a home constitutes... Read more

A case in which the Court found that a defendant cannot be found guilty of a claim not included in the indictment.

A case in which the Court found that taking a DNA sample from people who are arrested, but not yet convicted, of a serio... Read more

A case in which the Court found that the proponents of California's same-sex marriage ban (Proposition 8) do not have st... Read more

A case in which the Court held that proving actual innocence allows a petitioner to pursue habeas corpus relief regardle... Read more

A case in which the Court held that the respondents lacked Article III standing against FISA because fear of intercepted... Read more

A case in which the Court held that the Fourth Amendment protects against the warrantless taking of a blood sample under... Read more

A case in which the Court found that even though federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over patent law cases, state... Read more

A case in which the Court found that the courts must apply the Chevron doctrine and defer to an agency's interpretation ... Read more

A case in which the Court held the Fifth Amendment's Taking Clause could be enacted when a temporary flood regime destro... Read more

A case in which the Court found that police officers do not need to show evidence of a drug-detection dog's reliability ... Read more

A case in which the Court found the National Voter Registration Act preempted other voter registration requirements.

A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether a state's failure to fund counsel for an indigent defendant for fi... Read more

A case in which the Court found that the Padilla rule created an entirely new rule regarding ineffective assistance of c... Read more

A case in which the Court held that a clause prohibiting class action suits was enforceable even though it would cause c... Read more

A case in which the Court held that the Gonzalez Act made an exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act by saying that a c... Read more