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.), a Catholic (Justice William Brennan), a Lutheran (Justice William Rehnquist), a Methodist (Justice Harry Blackmun), and a Protestant (Justice John Paul Stevens). [read post]
1 May 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
If they are correct, then any presidential administration could decide to forbear collecting taxes (pursuant to its prosecutorial discretion), cease borrowing (except to the extent it deems doing so useful for creating Treasury bills as instruments of storing and exchanging wealth), and fund the federal government indefinitely by stamping “100 trillion dollars” (or any arbitrarily large number) on a piece of platinum.We suspect that, just as Speaker McCarthy and House Republicans may… [read post]
1 May 2023, 3:35 pm
"... when interpreting ambiguous federal laws, a deference long targeted by conservatives concerned about the power of the administrative state. [read post]
1 May 2023, 9:05 am by Jonathan H. Adler
The petition for certiorari in Loper Bright presented two questions to the Court: Whether, under a proper application of Chevron, the MSA [Magnuson-Stevens Act] implicitly grants NMFS the power to force domestic vessels to pay the salaries of the monitors they must carry. [read post]
27 Apr 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Roche: “Power corrupts, and the prospect of losing power corrupts absolutely. [read post]
27 Apr 2023, 5:00 am by Michael Geist
The long legislative road of Bill C-11 comes to an end later today as nearly 2 1/2 years after the original Bill C-10 was first tabled in the House of Commons by then-Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, the Senate will vote to approve the bill. [read post]
26 Apr 2023, 8:29 am by John Elwood
Natural Resources Defense Council, the Magnuson-Stevens Act implicitly grants the National Marine Fisheries Service the power to force domestic vessels to pay the salaries of the monitors they must carry; and (2) whether the court should overrule Chevron, or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency. [read post]
25 Apr 2023, 2:27 pm by jeffreynewmanadmin
Attorney Steven Wasserman, Paralegal Specialists Brian Rickers and Paralegal Specialist Jorge Casillas for the District of Columbia, is prosecuting the cases. [read post]
25 Apr 2023, 2:25 pm by jeffreynewmanadmin
Attorney Steven Wasserman, Paralegal Specialists Brian Rickers and Paralegal Specialist Jorge Casillas for the District of Columbia, is prosecuting the cases. [read post]
25 Apr 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Becoming civically savvy reduces the chances that political powers beyond one’s direct control will kill or otherwise make lives in many ways miserable. [read post]
24 Apr 2023, 7:00 am by Guest Blogger
Elizabeth Beaumont In honor of Sandy Levinson and Levinsonfest, and for Cynthia Levinson, Meira Levinson, and all others dedicated to educating for an inclusive and just constitutional democracy[1]  Across much of the world, there is deepening fear of crises facing constitutional democracy.[2] The United States has experienced its own challenges and threats: organized attacks on elections and voting rights; surges in ethno-nationalism and racism; deepening economic inequality; misinformation,… [read post]
20 Apr 2023, 12:54 pm by John Elwood
ShareThe Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. [read post]
Even The Late Show with Steven Colbert had a bit of comedic fun with the notion of robo-lawyers running late-night TV ads looking for slip-and-fall clients. [read post]
16 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
Conventional wisdom holds that the 2022 midterm elections went surprisingly well for Democrats. [read post]
11 Apr 2023, 9:30 pm by ernst
Author of Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of Presidential Power, she also edited the eight-volume series The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800 and Origins of the Federal Judiciary: Essays on the Judiciary Act of 1789.Steven Steinbach teaches United States History and American Government courses and has served as History Department Chair at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. [read post]
11 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell University and co-author, most recently, of Beating Hearts: Abortion and Animal Rights. [read post]
2 Apr 2023, 7:49 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Shannon Bow O’Brien, a presidency scholar, takes on the concept of the imperial presidency: “Throughout history, many presidents have pushed the boundaries of power for their own personal preferences or political gain. [read post]