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19 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm
There have been countless lawsuits filed over the last nine months—by states, cities, individuals, public interest groups, and others—challenging Trump administration actions and policies. [read post]
6 Jun 2013, 9:01 pm
Last week the U.S. [read post]
22 Sep 2016, 9:01 pm
Columns on this website that examine judicial rulings tend to focus on the very last stage of litigation—a U.S. [read post]
7 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm
Last week’s ruling by the Supreme Court in Arizona Legislature v. [read post]
23 Mar 2017, 9:01 pm
One of the vexing legal questions raised by President Trump’s original and revised executive orders concerning entry into the United States by nationals of several Middle Eastern and African countries is whether and how courts ought to take into account the subjective motives behind the executive order, whether or not these motives are reflected in the text of the orders themselves. [read post]
29 Jun 2017, 9:01 pm
In light of the various ongoing investigations—some by special DOJ counsel Robert Mueller and others by various congressional committees in both houses—of members or associates of President Trump’s administration, there is a great deal of talk these days about “executive privilege” that the president may or may not enjoy to shield from view communications he has with his advisors. [read post]
29 Nov 2018, 9:00 pm
As the vote tallies for the November 2018 federal elections become finalized, one seat in the House of Representatives may not be resolved for several weeks because of an unusual lawsuit filed by Republican incumbent Bruce Poliquin (along with three Republican voters) in Maine. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 9:01 pm
Over the past month or two, religious accommodation laws that have been enacted or proposed by states have attracted much attention in the media and among legal analysts. [read post]
24 Jan 2019, 9:01 pm
Last week an Alabama trial court judge (Michael Graffeo) made national news when (literally just minutes before his judicial term expired and he began retirement) he held that the Alabama Memorial Protection Act (AMPA)—which prohibits public jurisdictions within the state from altering or otherwise disturbing public monuments that have been in existence for at least forty years—violated the Fourteenth Amendment free speech and due process rights of the City of Birmingham, which sought to… [read post]
17 Jan 2013, 9:01 pm
In my column this week, I explore an important First Amendment free speech ruling handed down at the end of December by the California Supreme Court. [read post]
21 Nov 2011, 1:50 pm
, 21 MARQUETTE SPORTS LAW REVIEW 599 (2011)Jonathan Bateman, Book Note, Reviewing Billy Hawkins, The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports, and Predominantly White NCAA Institutions, 21 MARQUETTE SPORTS LAW REVIEW 793 (2011)Eric Blevins, College football’s BCS (bowl cartel system?) [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 9:01 pm
Yesterday the Federalism Working Group of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)—an influential and generally conservative policy-oriented institution that offers template legislation for state governments to consider adopting—was scheduled to meet to consider, among other things, a proposal that would empower state legislatures to add candidates to general election ballots for the office of United States Senator. [read post]
21 Feb 2023, 3:45 am
Jonathan Tirone reports for Bloomberg News. [read post]
25 Jul 2016, 9:01 pm
A few weeks ago, the U.S. [read post]
23 Oct 2014, 9:01 pm
Among the interesting U.S. [read post]
24 Aug 2017, 9:01 pm
It is often (and rightly) said today that there are many people and forces working to divide America. [read post]
22 May 2014, 9:01 pm
Earlier this month, in Town of Greece v. [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 9:01 pm
Immigration issues have dominated the headlines for the past three weeks, if not longer. [read post]
27 Dec 2018, 9:01 pm
An interesting and potentially important lawsuit in federal court in Arizona is challenging the way state officials have sought to deal with the vacancy in the US Senate created by Senator McCain’s death four months ago (on August 25, 2018). [read post]
1 Feb 2019, 10:37 am
• Paul Jonathan Brown, 48, of Houston, died December 22, 2018. [read post]
