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1 Nov 2017, 9:01 pm
As many of the lawsuits against Trump administration policies brought by state and local entities move towards their resolution on the merits in both federal district and appellate courts, it is becoming clear that courts are confused about some basic ways that various aspects of the doctrine of federalism—that is, the proper relationship between the federal and state governments—relate to each other.Case in point: the dispute between various cities and the Trump Department of Justice… [read post]
11 Feb 2016, 9:01 pm
One often-overlooked aspect of the attention paid to U.S. [read post]
30 Jun 2016, 9:02 pm
The biggest problem with the Supreme Court’s affirmative action case law over the last four decades is the lack of candor (some would say dishonesty) in the way the Court discusses the constitutional limits on government’s ability to use race. [read post]
22 May 2019, 9:01 pm
Last week’s 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court in Franchise Tax Board v. [read post]
3 Nov 2016, 5:00 pm
In July, in the aftermath of FBI Director James Comey’s wrong-headed decision to go public with the recommendations he was making to prosecutors in the DOJ that there was no plausible basis for prosecution of Hillary Clinton arising out of her email transgressions (and equally wrong-headed decision to opine about matters that went beyond whether prosecution was warranted), I wrote a column for this website identifying broader constitutional lessons to be gleaned from the episode.Since, as… [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 9:01 pm
He is a co-author, along with William Cohen and Jonathan Varat, of a major constitutional law casebook, and a co-author of several volumes of the Wright & Miller treatise on federal practice and procedure. [read post]
18 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm
Two weeks ago, in Part One of this series, we began to analyze some of the intriguing constitutional questions raised by California’s enactment of SB 826, a statute that requires publicly held corporations with principal executive offices in California to have a prescribed number of women on their boards of directors. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm
Recent months have seen a great deal of pushback by some Asian American groups against what they feel is unfair treatment in university admissions. [read post]
7 Feb 2018, 9:01 pm
This week’s decision by Justice Samuel Alito (who entertains emergency motions from within Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania) to leave undisturbed the congressional districting ruling last month by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court—in League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v Commonwealth (League of Women Voters)—is a helpful reminder of the importance of state courts and state constitutions in safeguarding American democracy. [read post]
14 Dec 2020, 10:01 am
Carter Ham, Admiral William McRaven, and Gen. [read post]
17 May 2018, 9:01 pm
He is a co-author, along with William Cohen and Jonathan Varat, of a major constitutional law casebook, and a co-author of several volumes of the Wright & Miller treatise on federal practice and procedure. [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 9:01 pm
This week’s proposal by President Trump that immigrants detained at the border be relocated to so-called “sanctuary” cities (which the federal government has previously defined as jurisdictions that refuse to assist in federal immigration enforcement), so that these cities will bear the costs of absorbing the detainees, is not the first time the federal government has considered punishing (as distinguished from simply withholding federal funding from) sanctuary jurisdictions. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 9:01 pm
California—typically the last state to finish grading its summer bar exams—recently announced results for the July 2016 test administration, and the news was not good. [read post]
3 Sep 2018, 9:01 pm
Ohio State football is a lot like the New York Yankees and the New England Patriots. [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 9:01 pm
As millions of people eagerly await next week’s Supreme Court action in Hollingsworth v. [read post]
25 Feb 2016, 9:01 pm
With the president and the Senate staking out their relative positions concerning the Supreme Court vacancy created by Antonin Scalia’s death, Americans need to understand the basic ground rules of the judicial appointments game. [read post]
31 May 2017, 9:01 pm
Last week saw a very important development in the election reform movement known as the National Popular Vote (“NPV”) interstate compact plan. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 10:02 am
STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. 4th District.Criminal law -- Counsel -- Ineffectiveness -- Defendant convicted of sexual battery by digital penetration and oral penetration of a child under 12 after two counts for lewd or lascivious molestation against a second victim were severed subsequent to the jury being informed of the crimes, and second victim was permitted to testify as a Williams Rule witness -- Ineffectiveness was apparent on the face of the record, and no conceivable tactical… [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 3:00 am
: Urooj Ahmad v Maya Appliances (IP Frontline) Ireland Commercial Court makes first Community designs ruling: Karen Millen Ltd v Dunnes Stores (International Law Office) Israel Boy from package of Israeli chocolate drink sues Elite for 5 million NIS (The IP Factor) Kenya Court of Appeal declines to set aside High Court order restraining Delta Connections from using DELTA (Afro-IP) South Africa South African Revenue Services loses two recent cases relating to IP: SABC and… [read post]
23 May 2012, 5:52 am
bit.ly/KfjE2L (Peter Vogel) Big Data Troves Stay Forbidden to Social Scientists - nyti.ms/MCWjuQ (John Markoff) Business World Gets a New Way to Monitor Employee Text Messages - bit.ly/KfmQeX (Jon Brodkin) Corporate Boards Still In the Dark About Cybersecurity - bit.ly/MCYJtB (Catherine Dunn) Corporate Social Media: Marketing Opportunities, IP Challenges - bit.ly/JmloKM (Jeanne Hamburg) Cost Not the Main Driver for Cloud Adoption… [read post]
