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Libel, Actual Malice, and Bill Cosby

21 Feb 2019, 6:58 am by Dan

v. [read post]

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Thursday Thinkpiece: When Canadian Courts Cite the Major Philosophers–Who Cites Whom in Canadian Caselaw

21 Feb 2019, 4:00 am by Administrator

Many of the citations deal with eminently practical matters, but the courts have also thought it beneficial to call upon the philosophers for a variety of more strictly “philosophic” notions, for example, Thomas Aquinas on the doctrine of free will, and Bertrand Russell on logical constructions. [read post]

Slaw - http://www.slaw.ca

Timbs v. Indiana: state forfeiture can violate Excessive Fines Clause

20 Feb 2019, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson

A unanimous Supreme Court ruling in Timbs v. [read post]

Overlawyered - http://overlawyered.com/

In-Chambers Stare Decisis

20 Feb 2019, 3:15 pm by Mark Tushnet

The easy version is that Justice Thomas joined the opinion in Snyder v. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

The Interplay between the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause and the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause: Is the Supreme Court’s Test for “Public Use” Merely Rational Basis?

20 Feb 2019, 10:32 am by admin

Co. v. [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Supreme Court Rules that Excessive Fines Clause Applies to States and Constrains Civil Asset Forfeiture

20 Feb 2019, 9:20 am by Ilya Somin

Thomas' opinion reprises many of the arguments he made for this theory in his insightful concurring opinion in McDonald v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Wednesday round-up

20 Feb 2019, 4:16 am by Edith Roberts

Cosby, Thomas “called for reconsideration of a landmark First Amendment precedent, criticizing [New York Times v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Law and Media Round Up – 18 February 2019

17 Feb 2019, 4:06 pm by INFORRM

The Law Society Gazette had a piece on the case: “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t make article 8 claims”. [read post]

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Thursday round-up

14 Feb 2019, 3:57 am by Edith Roberts

” At The World and Everything in It (podcast), Mary Reichard interviews four people on both sides of the dispute in The American Legion v. [read post]

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[Eugene Volokh] Right to Carry Guns in Public Headed for Ninth Circuit En Banc

8 Feb 2019, 3:32 pm by Eugene Volokh

To the extent such things are relevant, the Ninth Circuit has 23 active judges, of whom 7 are Republican appointees and 16 (including Chief Judge Thomas) are Democratic appointees. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Case Law: Burgon v News Group, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice successful in libel action against “Nazi symbols” allegation – Persephone Bridgman Baker

6 Feb 2019, 4:42 pm by INFORRM

The case of Richard Burgon MP v. [read post]

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En banc court again strikes down sugar-sweetened beverages warning, with divided and divisive reasoning

5 Feb 2019, 12:58 pm by Rebecca Tushnet

American Beverage Ass’ v. [read post]

43(B)log - http://tushnet.blogspot.com/

Untitled

4 Feb 2019, 10:44 am by Jon Sands

Ryan, No. 16-99007 (2-1-19)(Per curiam w/Thomas, Paez, and N. [read post]