When Is a Politician's Social Media Account a Government Act? Lindke Explained
The Supreme Court's 2024 test turns on state authority and official use, so the same post can be state action from one account and private speech from another.
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Constitutional litigation followed through the courts: voting access, privacy, speech, due process and equal protection, with holdings quoted accurately.
Due Process in Immigration Detention: The Time Limits and Safeguards That Apply
Civil detention without charge has a six-month presumptive outer limit, but a chain of Supreme Court decisions since 2018 has narrowed the bond hearings and lawsuits detainees can invoke.
RLUIPA: The Federal Law Churches Use to Fight Local Zoning Boards
Since 2000, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act has let congregations sue cities over zoning denials — and they win far more often than the statute's critics expected.
Birthright Citizenship: The Litigation Line Running Through the 14th Amendment
Wong Kim Ark decided the constitutional question in 1898, but a 2025 executive order and the Supreme Court's curbs on universal injunctions have put the fight back into the courts.
Carpenter and Location Data: When Police Need a Warrant for Your Movements
The 2018 cell-site ruling drew a line at seven days of historical location records — and the fights over geofence and real-time tracking have been running along that line ever since.
Police Facial Recognition: The Cases and Rules Drawing Its Limits
Wrongful arrests in Detroit, a first-in-the-nation ban in San Francisco, and biometric privacy lawsuits have turned a police convenience into a governed technology.