Scope: Federal
Branch: Judicial
Severity: Green
Date occurred: August 4, 2026
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a decision in Rodriguez-Cotto, et al v. Gonzalez-Colon, et al, an appeal docketed as No. 23-1626. The case is categorized as concerning the constitutionality of a state statute.
Constitutional basis: Routine Article III appellate review of a statute's constitutionality, a repeatedly exercised and settled judicial function.