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29 Jun 2021, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
   Douglass’s aggressively textualist anti-slavery reading of the Constitution is riveting when read just a few pages after Roger Taney’s extra-textual Dred Scott decision. [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 7:00 am by Gene Takagi
Democrats and civil-rights groups are pursuing a two-track strategy to preserve their embattled hopes of passing federal legislation establishing a nationwide floor of voting rights. [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
But he has not been as convincing as he hoped in his campaign to curb conservative anonymous donors and their influence on the high court, even as that “dark money” now floods in to support the judicial nomination process his party controls. [read post]
22 Jun 2021, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Consider, for example, the colloquy between Senators Charles Sumner and Reverdy Johnson, the advocate for the Dred Scott decision, on April 19, 1864, an exchange that enlightened the meaning of the term, “involuntary servitude. [read post]
18 Jun 2021, 8:29 am by Joseph Kearney
The attorney general in the early 1970s, William Scott, was busy nurturing a reputation as a champion of the environment, which he hoped to parlay into the Republican nomination for a U.S. [read post]
18 Jun 2021, 6:30 am by Sandy Levinson
  The history of Reconstruction is especially interesting in this regard, inasmuch as many African-Americans agreed with Roger Taney's statement in Dred Scott that an attribute of citizenship was the right to bear arms and that such arms bearing was essential to protect themselves against the terrorism of the Ku Klux Klan and other devotees of white supremacy. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 7:30 am by Sandy Levinson
Pennsylvania or Dred Scott, it would also have been helpful to include some relevant cases from northern states, such as  licensing Roberts v. [read post]
12 Jun 2021, 1:56 pm by vforberger
At the 18 March 2021 meeting of the Advisory Council, the Department presented its first eight proposals. [read post]
9 Jun 2021, 8:02 am by James Romoser
Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Reading the tea leaves: Remaining cases as of June 8 (Amy Howe, Howe on the Court) The Importance of Teaching Dred Scott (Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker) Justice Kavanaugh hands down some surprisingly hopeful news for women’s equality (Ian Millhiser, Vox) As Temporary Protected Status Shifts, One Activist Deals With Uncertainty (Michael Zamora, NPR) The post The morning read for Wednesday, June 9 appeared first on SCOTUSblog. [read post]
8 Jun 2021, 11:32 am by Eleonora Rosati
Lyle & Scott v American Eagle Outfitters, Inc [2021] EWHC 90 (January 2021) This case is a breach of contract and passing off claim concerning the two eagle logos depicted below. [read post]
4 Jun 2021, 5:30 am by Sherron Watkins
In 2015, New York settled with Eric Garner’s family for $5.9 million, and a $6.5 million settlement was agreed between North Charleston, South Carolina and the family of Walter Scott. [read post]
1 Jun 2021, 6:30 am by Sandy Levinson
For the Symposium on Kate Masur, Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction (W. [read post]
29 May 2021, 6:41 am by Matt Gluck
Alexander Vindman, the Pritzker military fellow at Lawfare, Alina Polyakova of the Center for European Policy Analysis and Scott Anderson, Lawfare senior editor, spoke with Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes about the order to land the plane, who was responsible for it, the relevant international law and how the U.S. and EU should respond: Cameron Miles examined the international law at play in the skyjacking. [read post]
28 May 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Biden Justice Department Fights Release of Legal Memo on Prosecuting Trump Politico – Josh Gerstein | Published: 5/24/2021 The Department of Justice released more of a key memorandum concluding former President Trump did not commit obstruction of justice through his alleged attempts to thwart federal investigations, including special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia. [read post]
25 May 2021, 4:00 am by Dani Selby
  Instead, I am constantly required to strike a careful balance between maintaining hope for change and never losing sight of the sobering realities of the past and the present. [read post]
21 May 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Even before he had accepted a plea deal, Greenberg had been outlining to prosecutors how he and Gaetz would pay women for sex, in hopes of convincing them he could be a witness against Gaetz and earn a break for himself. [read post]
7 May 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal ‘Cult of Personality’: House Dems seize on Cheney chaos Politico – Sarah Ferris and Nicholas Wu | Published: 5/5/2021 Republicans are days away from dethroning U.S. [read post]