Author: Morad Fakhimi

August 1, 2025

A “Variety of Views,” Adjudicating Sexual Immorality in the Age of Sexual Revolution

The younger Justice Harlan once said that obscenity cases have “produced a variety of views among the members of the Court unmatched in any other course of constitutional adjudication,” and that any effort to examine…

July 21, 2025

Fraud Convictions Without Regard to Economic Loss — Kousisis v. United States

In May of 2025, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Kousisis v. United States (No. 23-909). A number of federal fraud statutes prohibit devising or intending to devise schemes or artifices to defraud, or…

July 21, 2025

The Complexities of Suing the United States — Martin v. United States

The Complexities of Suing the United States – Martin v. United States The doctrine of sovereign immunity – which provides that the government cannot be sued without its express permission – dominates over the field…