By Colin Smith Today, in a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a principal section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The case, Shelby County v. Holder, held that Section 4 of the Act was unconstitutional because it improperly subjected some states…
By Ryan Koopmans This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision on race-based admissions in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. The Court reversed the Fifth Circuit (which said that the University of Texas’s affirmative-action practices are okay) and sent the case…
The Court heard oral argument in In re Detention of Harlow on September 9 and filed its opinion on October 9. Chief Justice Christensen wrote for the court that unanimously affirmed the district court’s judgment committing Joshua Harlow as a sexually violent predator (SVP).
On September 10, the Iowa Supreme Court heard the oral arguments in the case of State v. Belt and issued its opinion on October 2.
Is it inherently prejudicial to have a uniformed sheriff’s deputy stand next to the witness box while the defendant testifies?
Under what circumstances may a court reviewing a religious university’s decision to deny a religious exemption under the Iowa Civil Rights Act determine whether a student’s religious beliefs are genuine?
On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog is devoted to appellate litigation with a focus on the Iowa Supreme Court, the Iowa Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
