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4 Dec 2020, 12:11 pm by Benjamin Wittes
But at a minimum, it is clear that Durham was not appointed pursuant to these regulations—in particular, because 28 C.F.R § 600.3 provides that “The Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States Government. [read post]
1 Dec 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Justice Alito’s majority opinion conspicuously notes that DOJ officials encouraged Kansas’ prosecutions and that the Solicitor General’s office supportedthe state’s position before the Supreme Court. [read post]
30 Nov 2020, 11:36 am by Ilya Somin
Chief Justice John Roberts' very first question for acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall set the tone for most of the rest of the argument: Roberts: We expedited this case in light of the Dec. 31 deadline for the secretary [of Commerce] to transmit the Census to the President. [read post]
29 Nov 2020, 4:13 pm by INFORRM
  Michelle Stanistreet, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists, dubbed the unit “positively Orwellian”. [read post]
29 Nov 2020, 5:50 am by Marcia Coyle
’s legal career, he represented the government as deputy solicitor general in a 1992 census case. [read post]
12 Nov 2020, 3:54 pm by Josh Blackman
Generally, a plaintiff cannot seek an injunction that runs against the United States. [read post]
10 Nov 2020, 7:12 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Justice Gorsuch asks whether the United States could bring a civil enforcement action to enforce the mandate. [read post]
5 Nov 2020, 6:10 pm by Marty Lederman
  That's the basis of the Solicitor General's argument on behalf of CSS, and it was the focus of CSS's reply brief. [read post]
26 Oct 2020, 7:39 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
Likewise, the federal Code of Conduct for United States Judges does not formally apply to justices, though justices have generally sought [read post]
26 Oct 2020, 7:39 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
He nominated his own Solicitor General, Elena Kagan, who had conveniently walled herself off from all ACA-related matters in the Justice Department and would not have to recuse in NFIB v. [read post]
11 Oct 2020, 4:31 pm by INFORRM
On 7 October 2020, Facebook announced significant changes to its advertising and misinformation policies, saying it will stop running political ads in the United States after polls close on 3 November for an undetermined period of time. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 5:58 am by Florian Mueller
Stewart [Deputy Solicitor General of the United States] argued that if -- if we were to uphold the jury verdict or send it back on fair use, that we would be negatively impacting summary judgment practice and that most district courts take these questions up as a matter of law in summary judgment.Justice Gorsuch raised a legitimate concern, one that may very well be shared at least by his conservative colleagues, and Google will need at least one conservative vote… [read post]
8 Oct 2020, 1:48 pm by James Romoser
The case that came to the justices on Wednesday will determine when the census can wind down its field operations – the process of collecting the data needed to count each person living in the United States. [read post]
The definitions section of RFRA defines “government” to include, “a branch, department, agency, instrumentality, and official (or other person acting under color of law) of the United States, or of a covered entity. [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 1:29 pm by Amy Howe
Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall appealed a decision by a three-judge district court in New York that blocked the Department of Commerce from providing the president with information about the number of people who are in the United States illegally when the department furnishes him with a state-by-state breakdown of the population for use in the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives. [read post]