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Can the Public Trust that an Unmasked Justice Gorsuch was Unbiased About Mandates?

13 Jan 2022, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Justice Gorsuch’s bald-faced display may help unmask the reality.Follow @dorfonlaw Michael C. [read post]

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New York’s High Court Rejects a Habeas Corpus Petition on Behalf of a Captive Elephant

16 Jun 2022, 9:00 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Dorf is the Robert S. [read post]

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Justice O’Connor Withdraws From Public Life, and the Reagan Court is Finally Born

30 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Dorf is the Robert S. [read post]

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Did Trump’s “Muslim Ban” Talk Permanently Taint His Immigration Policy?

19 Feb 2017, 9:02 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Last week, the Department of Justice asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to refrain from taking any further action in the leading case challenging President Trump’s already infamous Executive Order (EO) 13769, which temporarily banned entry into the country by nationals of seven predominantly Muslim countries and all refugees, while indefinitely banning entry of Syrian refugees. [read post]

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Trump’s—and the GOP’s—Hat Trick of Falsehoods About Pre-Existing Conditions

16 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Last week, USA Today published an op-ed by Donald Trump in which the president attacked Democratic proposals to create a system of Medicare for All. [read post]

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A Question by Justice Thomas During the Second Amendment Argument Inadvertently Exposes a Weakness of his Originalist Philosophy

9 Nov 2021, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Last week the Supreme Court heard oral argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n (NYSR&P) v. [read post]

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New York Lawmakers Take Aim at Trump

28 May 2019, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Dorf is the Robert S. [read post]

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A Year After the Capitol Insurrection, the Threat is Coming from Inside the Building

4 Jan 2022, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Trumpist authoritarianism is the underlying disease.Follow @dorfonlaw Michael C. [read post]

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Mexican Government Lawsuit Against U.S. Gun Makers Tests the Limits of Territoriality

31 Aug 2021, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

The government of Mexico recently sued U.S. firearms manufacturers in federal district court in Massachusetts. [read post]

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GOP-Packed Appeals Court Splits Hairs to Give Florida GOP a Victory Over Florida Voters

15 Sep 2020, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Florida is a “purple” state in which political opinions are highly polarized. [read post]

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Overruling Roe is Just the Beginning

3 May 2022, 7:33 am by Michael C. Dorf

We may never know who leaked Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overruling the Supreme Court’s cases finding a constitutional right to abortion, or why they did so. [read post]

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“Shout Your Abortion” Movement Raises Questions About the “Coming Out” Analogy

6 Oct 2015, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Michael C. [read post]

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Could the President Bomb Syria Even If Congress Says No?

9 Sep 2013, 12:00 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Michael C. [read post]

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Can Congress Ban Bump Stocks?

17 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

In the wake of the horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas, initial reactions from lawmakers followed a familiar pattern. [read post]