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15 Aug 2013, 9:01 pm
In the same-sex marriage cases that were heard and decided by the U.S. [read post]
11 May 2024, 8:30 pm
Corman’s success prompted offers from major studios, and he directed “The St. [read post]
7 Oct 2016, 6:51 am
Alongside the institution-builders like William F. [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 9:01 pm
Late last month, a federal trial court in Texas issued a nationwide order preventing the federal Department of Education (DOE), as well as a number of other federal agencies, from enforcing—anywhere in the country—their “interpretation of the definition of ‘sex’ in the various written directives … as applied to Title IX … and Title VII” (which are federal laws that prohibit certain entities from discriminating on the basis of sex). [read post]
24 May 2010, 9:10 pm
Curiously, the majority lineup in this per curiam opinion, includes the Chief Justice and both Justices Kennedy and Alito. [read post]
24 May 2010, 11:29 pm
The panelists included John Conyers (Chairman of the House judiciary committee), William Sessions (Chair of the U.S. [read post]
29 May 2019, 10:18 am
As of today, this requires a major rethink. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 8:55 am
The scar from Jonathan Stelly’s pacemaker surgery is visible on his chest. [read post]
12 Aug 2018, 9:01 pm
”The Concessions Made by Those Who Object to Specific Questions Already Prove Too MuchOn top of all this, the fact that everyone seems to concede that nominees can and should talk about their own past statements and writings about specific cases (from the bench or elsewhere) in front of the Senate devastates any objections to asking nominees their views about all past cases, from all major courts. [read post]
6 Oct 2016, 9:01 pm
(The Eighth Circuit has not resolved this question, and the Fifth Circuit has taken an approach that is in between the majority approach and the Seventh Circuit’s approach.)Circuit splits are often the main reason the Supreme Court steps in, and so the fact that Manuel involves one is not shocking. [read post]
3 May 2018, 9:01 pm
Among the explanations offered for the attitudes of modern college students were:A failure of college students today to appreciate that if majorities are allowed to silence minorities, then throughout American history righteous groups like the abolitionists, civil rights protestors, women’s rights advocates, and others would not have been able speak and convince people of the justness of their causes;A similar failure of modern college students to appreciate that while their… [read post]
18 Dec 2014, 9:01 pm
Another is the fact that, although the electoral college is still part of our constitutional fabric, we have moved in the direction of popular election of the President, such that he garners far more votes nationwide than does any other elected official, and thus has a special claim to national electoral legitimacy—unlike that of even the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority leader, the two elected leaders of Congress. [read post]
5 Jun 2014, 9:01 pm
While many analysts this month are understandably focused on the blockbuster rulings that are due from the Supreme Court in June—the back end of the Supreme Court litigation process, if you will—in my column today I introduce and briefly analyze the front end of three cases on which the Court has granted review for the next Term, which begins this fall. [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]
1 May 2015, 11:11 am
” That outrage comes as the progress of Iranian-backed militias fighting ISIS has provided support for the sentiment of some segments of Iraq’s Shiite majority that Iran is a more reliable partner. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 9:01 pm
But many—myself included—think that, among the various scenarios, the most probable outcome (and one that is perhaps more likely than not) is that a majority of Justices will dispose of the case by finding that the Proposition 8 sponsors (also known as the official “proponents” of the measure), the only ones who defended against the challenge, do not enjoy standing in federal court to speak on behalf of the State. [read post]
26 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm
A 5-2 majority of the court ruled that the “rights of ministerial officials to impede or delay the initiative process” are “narrowly circumscribed[,]” and that the question of “whether a proposed initiative will be valid if enacted . . . . may involve difficult questions that only a court can determine. [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 9:01 pm
They are both equally powerful means of making the majority prevail. . . . .Tocqueville later added, albeit with some qualification, that “[i]n America all citizens who are electors have the right to be jurors. [read post]
20 Nov 2014, 9:01 pm
The Multistate exam thus counts for about half of the overall test for many test-takers (and some states use Multistate results to calibrate the grading of the one-day essay portion of the Bar—the other commonly used major component of the exam), so performance on the Multistate is undeniably important. [read post]
30 Nov 2017, 9:01 pm
.), in general you will want to see and discuss all of the major sides of any issue you address. [read post]
