Joe Fernandez, Petitioner v. United States

  1. November 08, 2025

    Up Next At High Court: Religious Rights & Gov't Contracts

    The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday for a short week of arguments, in which the justices will consider whether state and local government officials can be held personally liable for alleged religious rights violations and whether government contractors are entitled to immediately appeal denials of derivative sovereign immunity. 

  2. October 03, 2025

    4 Criminal Law Cases To Watch As Justices Return

    A slate of upcoming arguments will offer the U.S. Supreme Court the opportunity to weigh criminal defendants' ability to pursue claims of double jeopardy, secure sentencing relief and confer with trial counsel during overnight pauses in their testimony.

  3. October 03, 2025

    Why The Criminal Defense Bar Will 'Learn A Lot' This Term

    The U.S. Supreme Court's docket is packed with cases that hinge on issues of criminal law, teeing up a term that could affect the U.S. Sentencing Commission's powers and clarify where the justices stand on procedural and constitutional questions of criminal law, experts say.

  4. May 27, 2025

    Justices Will Consider Judges' Limits Under First Step Act

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear arguments in a case that could determine how much discretion trial judges have when considering whether to reduce defendants' sentences under the First Step Act.