Court again takes on issue of employee privacy rights 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 5, 2010
Tags: constitutional law, Employment Law, privacy rights, Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court again wrangled with the issue of employees’ privacy rights in a case considering whether a government background check was unconstitutional.
Court considers ‘honest services’ fraud 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 1, 2010
Tags: constitutional law, Enron, honest services fraud, juror bias, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – After hearing two other cases involving the application of the federal law criminalizing “honest services” fraud this term, the U.S. Supreme Court took another look at the law Monday in an effort to determine if it is unconstitutionally vague.
Is civilly committing a sexual predator constitutional? 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 12, 2010
Tags: civil commitment, constitutional law, SCOTUS, sexual predator
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is set to settle a circuit split over the constitutionality of a federal law that allows federal officials to civilly commit suspected sexual predators.
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