May 02, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Boston unconstitutionally blocked a Christian-themed flag from flying outside City Hall, a decision some experts say may be good news for a Christian football coach who wants the justices to find that his suspension over post-game prayers violated his First Amendment rights.
May 02, 2022
Boston's flag-raising program isn't government speech and doesn't enjoy immunity from free speech challenges, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday, finding the city was wrong to deny a religious camp's request to let its Christian flag fly.
January 18, 2022
A trio of U.S. Supreme Court justices said Monday that Boston's decision to deny a camp's request to fly a Christian flag on a city-owned flagpole was rooted in a mistaken understanding of how the First Amendment applied to the public forum.
January 14, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court will cover the gamut in the coming week's oral arguments, from Ted Cruz's challenge of restrictions on candidate lending to a free speech showdown over Boston's city hall flag poles. Plus, the justices will enter the world of Nazi art theft in the case of a stolen Pissarro featuring the return of high-powered lawyer David Boies to First Street.
January 03, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court may have already heard its most controversial cases of the October 2021 term, but the next four months of oral arguments will feature fireworks of their own, including a tour de force on First Amendment law, immigrant rights, climate change policies and much more.
January 03, 2022
The Massachusetts legal landscape might still be waiting for its return to normal after two years of pandemic isolation, but next year is shaping up to keep counsel on their toes with a bustling court calendar of high-profile cases.
December 15, 2021
Boston has retained the head of Ropes & Gray LLP's Supreme Court practice as the city looks to persuade the high court it didn't violate the First Amendment by denying a group's request to raise a Christian flag on a city-owned flagpole, according to a Wednesday brief.
November 23, 2021
The federal government on Monday urged the Supreme Court to overturn a First Circuit decision and find that Boston violated the free speech rights of a group by denying its request to raise a Christian flag on a city-owned flagpole.
September 30, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a religious group's suit claiming Boston violated the First Amendment by refusing to fly a cross-emblazoned flag on a city-managed flagpole, according to an order from the high court Thursday.