The latest Supreme Court decisions, released on June 21, 2024, include several significant rulings:
Texas v. New Mexico: The Court upheld the U.S. government’s objections to a consent decree regarding the allocation of the Rio Grande’s waters between Texas and New Mexico.
Department of State v. Munoz: In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that a citizen does not have a fundamental liberty interest in having their noncitizen spouse admitted to the country.
Erlinger v. United States: The Court decided that under the Armed Career Criminal Act, a judge should use a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard to determine if offenses were committed on separate occasions.
Smith v. Arizona: The Court ruled that when an expert conveys an absent lab analyst’s statements that support the expert’s opinion, those statements are entered into evidence for their truth, implicating the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.
United States v. Rahimi: The Court rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of a federal law banning gun possession by individuals subject to a domestic violence restraining order (SCOTUSblog) (SCOTUSblog). For more details on these decisions, you can visit SCOTUSblog.