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2 Jun 2020, 3:50 am
” At the Cato Institute’s Unlawful Shield blog, Jay Schweikert writes that several pending cert petitions involving qualified immunity, which shields police officers from liability for official actions that do not violate clearly established law, offer the justices “a critical opportunity now to take the first steps toward correcting the legal and moral perversities” of the doctrine. [read post]
1 Jun 2020, 6:58 am
By: John G. [read post]
28 May 2020, 3:30 am
The latest episode of Bloomberg Law’s Cases and Controversies podcast “highlights an issue that’s been piling up on the high court’s docket: Qualified immunity, the legal doctrine that serves to shield law enforcement from liability even in the face of the most egregious allegations of civil rights violations. [read post]
27 May 2020, 8:29 am
John Elwood reviews Friday’s relists. [read post]
26 May 2020, 4:45 pm
The decision provides helpful guidance regarding the extremely narrow limits of Section 16(b) liability, and shields passive investors who merely delegate management authority over their portfolios to investment advisors. [read post]
25 May 2020, 7:00 am
As always, John and I welcome your comments below. [read post]
24 May 2020, 7:38 am
Two Commons Committees –the Home Affairs Committee and the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee – have recently held evidence sessions with government Ministers discussing, among other things, the government’s proposed Online Harms legislation. [read post]
22 May 2020, 3:00 am
Pompeo’s Moves Against Inspector General Leave a Trail of Questions and a Department Divided MSN – John Hudson and Carol Morello (Washington Post) | Published: 5/18/2020 The circumstances of Steve Linick’s removal as the State Department’s internal watchdog remain contentious. [read post]
21 May 2020, 4:07 am
” For The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), Brent Kendall reports that “[t]he high court’s action increases the chances that the information will remain shielded through the 2020 election. [read post]
17 May 2020, 9:46 am
John Bel Edwards' shutdown order (which limited indoor church gatherings, among other gatherings, to at most 10 people) violated the Free Exercise Clause. [read post]
15 May 2020, 11:36 am
This ruling is limited to the specific circumstances of an IRS John Doe summons. [read post]
15 May 2020, 6:30 am
ET on Zoom.We missed Eric Foner on May 10, but the remaining authors for May are May 17 — Annette Gordon-Reed on her Pulitzer Prize–winning book The Hemingses of Monticello: An American FamilyMay 24 — John M. [read post]
14 May 2020, 4:04 am
” At CNN, Joan Biskupic reports that Chief Justice John Roberts “is likely to control decisions in the separation-of-powers disputes that recall landmark cases dating to the Watergate era and that raise new political challenges in today’s polarized Washington,” Trump v. [read post]
13 May 2020, 6:20 am
Chief Justice John Roberts begins his questioning with a clarification: does Congress ever have power to subpoena the personal papers of the president? [read post]
13 May 2020, 3:46 am
Vance, which involve the president’s efforts to shield his financial records from subpoenas issued to his accountant and lenders by three congressional committees and a New York grand jury, for this blog, in a post that first appeared at Howe on the Court. [read post]
12 May 2020, 4:48 pm
This ruling is limited to the specific circumstances of an IRS John Doe summons. [read post]
12 May 2020, 3:23 pm
” Chief Justice John Roberts kicked off the questioning by asking Strawbridge to clarify his argument: Does Trump contend that that the House of Representatives can never subpoena the president’s personal papers, or does he agree that it might have the power to do so in at least some cases? [read post]
12 May 2020, 10:00 am
Supreme Court conservatives lean toward shielding religious schools from suits. [read post]
12 May 2020, 4:05 am
At Justia’s Verdict blog, Rodger Citron suggests that the critical question is “which Chief Justice John Roberts will show up. [read post]
11 May 2020, 3:41 pm
Arguing for the federal government, which filed a “friend of the court” brief supporting the schools, Morgan Ratner, an assistant to the U.S. solicitor general, faced similar questions, including one from Chief Justice John Roberts: Is a court supposed to look at what is a significant religious function and what is an insignificant one? [read post]
