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14 May 2023, 9:00 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
In short, they suggest that sometimes a “perfectly legal” ruse is not being invoked to evade the intent of a law—which is what, for example, people mean when they say that certain abusive tax shelters might be wrong but are technically within the meaning of a poorly written provision. [read post]
12 May 2023, 8:24 am by Neil H. Buchanan
Buchanan Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a column here on Dorf on Law that I described as a "mental health break. [read post]
3 May 2023, 11:08 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  And although the one Supreme Court case to address the underpinnings of Amd14, 1935's Perry v. [read post]
28 Apr 2023, 5:46 am by Michael C. Dorf
If free speech is for people, and corporations aren't people, then is there an element of hypocrisy in supporting a lawsuit by a corporation asserting its right to use its wealth and power with respect to a contentious political issue? [read post]
20 Apr 2023, 10:26 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  During an oral argument at the Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch initiated this bizarre exchange, as reported in Slate:During oral arguments in 303 Creative v. [read post]
11 Apr 2023, 8:44 am by Neil H. Buchanan
Buchanan One of the safest bets in recent years was that Republicans would conveniently drop the pretense that they believe in states' rights as soon as their manufactured Supreme Court super-majority handed them their long-sought repeal of Roe v. [read post]
7 Mar 2023, 2:33 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Buchanan"Florida bill would require bloggers who write about the governor and legislators to register with the state," warns the headline of an NBC news article. [read post]
20 Jan 2023, 12:33 pm
True that.But as Justice Buchanan explains, the statutory language is nonetheless clear. [read post]
8 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
What he did not do, obviously, was either to agree with his predecessor James Buchanan, that the national government was without the power to prevent secession even if, as Buchanan in fact believed, that would be illegal, or to embark on serious negotiations with the South as to how to achieve some sort of peaceful secession. [read post]
3 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
The “governed”—the American people (“We the people”)—accept the system and process. [read post]
29 Dec 2022, 9:05 pm by Victoria Hawekotte
  JUNE The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, overturned Roe v. [read post]
19 Dec 2022, 12:46 pm
Justice Buchanan writes the majority opinion and says:In Kaiser Foundation Hospitals v. [read post]
1 Sep 2022, 12:03 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Buchanan A week ago today, Professor Michael Dorf posted on this blog the sad news of Professor Sherry Colb's passing earlier that morning. [read post]
10 Aug 2022, 11:18 am by Neil H. Buchanan
Buchanan During the more than seven years that I have been warning about the inevitable end of constitutional democracy in the United States, I have almost exclusively focused on the legal mechanics of how this process will play out. [read post]
7 Jul 2022, 9:00 am by Neil H. Buchanan
Buchanan  The pure hubris of the majority opinion in Dobbs continues to amaze. [read post]