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5 Mar 2020, 3:51 am by Edith Roberts

” Bill Mears reports for Fox News that the case “is part of a larger effort by red states to pass laws regulating abortion to test how supportive the new justices will be of precedents like Roe v. [read post]

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

Argument analysis: It may be Gorsuch’s call

4 Mar 2020, 6:33 am by Kari Hong

In Department of Homeland Security v. [read post]

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

An Important Second Circuit Ruling on Sanctuary Jurisdictions May Have Reached the Right Result, but En Route it Misread the Momentous Sebelius Supreme Court Ruling on Conditional Federal Funding to States

3 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

It might be that because conditional funding (and conditional preemption) involves “deals” between the feds and the states—unlike ordinary preemption, in which states are given no choice in the matter—vagueness by Congress should be curable by the executive branch. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

A “view” from the courtroom: “Violent agreement” and some disagreement

3 Mar 2020, 1:59 pm by Mark Walsh

” Alito says, in reference to a statute that President Barack Obama’s administration declined to defend in United States v. [read post]

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

State’s Sovereign Immunity Under Alden v Maine

2 Mar 2020, 11:00 pm by DONALD SCARINCI

In Alden v. [read post]

Constitutional Law Reporter - https://constitutionallawreporter.com/

Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: The Supreme Court Considers Whether an Independent Agency with a Single Director Who Can Be Removed Only “For Cause” is Constitutional

2 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm by Rodger Citron

United States. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

[Jonathan H. Adler] SCOTUS Denies Certiorari in Bump Stock Case (But Justice Gorsuch Blasts Lower Court's Reasoning)

2 Mar 2020, 6:04 pm by Jonathan H. Adler

" United States v. [read post]

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

Applicability of Employment Laws to Agriculture

2 Mar 2020, 4:32 pm by Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation at Iowa State University

[v] Iowa law also prohibits local governments, such as cities and counties, from setting minimum wages higher than the state rate. [read post]

ISU CALT Articles - http://www.calt.iastate.edu/article

Reviving Congress’s Ambition

1 Mar 2020, 9:03 pm by Jonathan H. Adler

Indeed, just last term, in Gundy v. [read post]

RegBlog - http://www.regblog.org/

D.C. Circuit Dismissal of Congressional Subpoena Lawsuit (Further) Erodes American Democracy

1 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court currently has on its docket various cases pitting one or more states against the federal government, such as Pennsylvania v. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

[Jonathan H. Adler] Court Concludes Ken Cuccinelli Not Lawfully Appointed Acting Director of USCIS

1 Mar 2020, 7:29 pm by Jonathan H. Adler

United States, 520 U.S. 651, 659 (1997) (quoting Buckley v. [read post]

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

Hasen's Timely Warning

29 Feb 2020, 6:30 am by Stephen Griffin

He describes the questions raised by NAACP v. [read post]

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

Silence of the Immigration Judges

29 Feb 2020, 4:02 am by SHG

In the 1968 case Pickering v. [read post]