- Sentencing — federal sentences are governed by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which create a detailed scoring system based on the offense level and the defendant's criminal history. Federal ...

The Supreme Court in T.M. clarified that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine prevents federal courts from reviewing any state court judgment—final or pending—in §1983 cases. Only the Supreme Court can ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. A divided Supreme Court on Thursday clarified the scope of a doctrine limiting lower federal courts’ authority to review state ...

The ruling of a three-judge appeals panel in Michigan was the most significant rebuke yet to the Department of Justice’s effort to find ineligible voters in state voter rolls. By Nick Corasaniti A ...