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27 Mar 2018, 9:13 am by Jasmine Joseph
Also the standard of proof demanded by courts are such that it is rare that election petitions succeed. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Common Cause, along with and other plaintiffs, filed a lawsuit arguing Trump’s effort “flouts the plain language of the constitution” and tries to do with a memorandum what should take a constitutional amendment. [read post]
16 Sep 2013, 9:55 am by Melissa Hart
The equal protection issue in the case is, instead, whether the passage of Proposal 2 violated a rarely used doctrine called the political restructuring doctrine. [read post]
14 Jan 2016, 10:15 pm
To take Sudhir’s point further, I think the NJAC judgment dangerously lowers both the standard and intensity of basic structure review to such an extent that in the future most writ petitions, whether it be challenging statutes or constitutional amendments will have a pro forma prayer, much like the 14-19-21 challenge today, that the impugned law is violative of the basic structure. 3. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 6:29 am
Background A multi-volume legal tome could be written on the topic, "The Constitution at Roadside. [read post]
24 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
Supreme Court dismissed as premature a challenge to President Trump’s plan to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot states seats in the House of Representatives. [read post]
28 Aug 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Consultant Charged in Covert Lobbying of Trump Officials Courthouse News Service – Eric Tucker (Associated Press) | Published: 8/24/2020 Prominent Hawaii political fundraiser Nickie Lum Davis and several others are being accused of using their clout to thwart an investigation into a Malaysian state investment fund. [read post]
18 Jul 2018, 3:02 pm by Ilya Somin
Although I think the partition plan might well be a good idea, I don't have any strong view on whether Proposition 9 is a legally permissible use of California's initiative process. [read post]
28 Jul 2013, 8:30 am by Guest Blogger
As he prepared to convene the Supreme Court’s first session (in February 1790), he was flooded with petitions from job seekers. [read post]
15 Jan 2016, 1:42 pm by Eugene Volokh
Most States that sought to avoid an establishment of religion around the time of the founding placed in their constitutions formal prohibitions against using tax funds to support the ministry. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 11:09 pm by V.D.RAO
In many cases, the borrower or litigant used to get an interim stay of SARFAESI action in his Writ Petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India, however, the Writ Petition will soon gets dismissed. [read post]
12 Nov 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”As any legal formalist might do, the judge ignored the context within which that word was used in Edwards’s letter and the governor’s clearly stated desire that the board move forward to consider the clemency petitions. [read post]
4 Jun 2020, 4:01 pm
Some are stronger than others, but all of them have some issues.One response would be to run with the petition analogy that I used above. [read post]
18 Jun 2018, 6:41 am by Nico Cordes
This case is a petition for review following an appeal against a decision of the opposition division. [read post]
9 May 2014, 5:11 pm
  I’ll also use the case as an illustration of the likely maximum and minimum scope of the Privileges or Immunities Clause. [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 4:16 pm
The theft is alleged to have been committed by the use of fraudulent and false representations to the effect that certain accounts receivable were valid outstanding accounts representing sums due and owing to the defendant. [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 4:16 pm
The theft is alleged to have been committed by the use of fraudulent and false representations to the effect that certain accounts receivable were valid outstanding accounts representing sums due and owing to the defendant. [read post]
25 Jun 2012, 5:15 pm by Lovechilde
Consequently, I vote instead to deny the petition. [read post]