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20 Mar 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
After the Supreme Court found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. [read post]
21 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Having apparently learned a lesson from the fate that befell the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania after they testified before Congress last December, last week Columbia University President Minouche Shafik gave an unequivocal “yes” answer to the question from Representative Elise Stefanik that tripped up Shafik’s erstwhile Ivy League peers: whether calls for genocide of Jews would violate the campus code of conduct.To be sure, some of Shafik’s other… [read post]
5 Jun 2022, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Last week, journalist Joan Biskupic reported that Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley—who heads the internal investigation into the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overruling the constitutional right to abortion—was seeking signed affidavits and mobile phone records from law clerks. [read post]
1 Jan 2023, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
George Santos—who is scheduled to take the oath of office as a new member of Congress tomorrow—lied to the voters about nearly his entire biography. [read post]
26 Dec 2017, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
The changes to the tax code passed by Congress last week overwhelmingly benefit corporations and wealthy individuals, although they also include measures that cut taxes on most middle-class taxpayers, albeit only temporarily. [read post]
31 Jul 2023, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Florida is where truth goes to die.Follow @dorfonlaw Michael C. [read post]
3 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
The Supreme Court Term that opened on Monday provides opportunities for the justices to resolve numerous important legal questions. [read post]
17 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
After Congress denied him most of the funding he requested for a border wall last week, President Trump declared a national emergency, thereby invoking power to shift funds that were originally appropriated for other purposes. [read post]
7 Aug 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Last week, 72 of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s former law clerks signed a letter addressed to Senators Grassley and Feinstein, respectively the chairman and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, urging the confirmation of another former Kennedy clerk, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to fill the vacancy created by the justice’s retirement. [read post]
16 Feb 2020, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Returning to the United States from a family vacation abroad recently, I jealously watched some of my fellow travelers zip through immigration and customs as my party trudged slowly along in the queue to the kiosks. [read post]
2 Aug 2022, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Having upended constitutional law and American life with regard to abortion, firearms regulation, and separation of church and state last Term, during the Term that begins in October the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority will turn its attention to another hot-button issue in the culture wars: race-based affirmative action in admissions to colleges and universities. [read post]
2 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Earlier this week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the State of California from enforcing its new law mandating net neutrality. [read post]
10 Dec 2019, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Last year, in response to Donald Trump’s claim that an adverse judicial ruling was wrong because it was issued by an “Obama judge,” Chief Justice John Roberts replied that the federal judiciary does not consist of “Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges. [read post]
17 May 2016, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Monday’s Supreme Court ruling in Spokeo, Inc. v. [read post]