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At another Reason blog, the Volokh Conspiracy, Samuel Bray urges the justices to grant a cert petition that “raises a fundamental question about how the First Amendment interacts with church property cases. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

A “view” from the courtroom: An anniversary, and later a tense exchange

20 Feb 2018, 2:40 pm by Mark Walsh

We couldn’t find in the court’s journal a recognition of Stevens’ 25th anniversary in 2000 by Chief Justice William Rehnquist. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

10 people who very nearly became President

19 Feb 2018, 2:45 am by NCC Staff

Samuel Tilden. [read post]

Constitution Daily - http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/

On the Judicial Resistance

12 Feb 2018, 4:00 am by Josh Blackman

Professor Laurence Tribe of Harvard Law School wrote, “Only a crude prediction that justices will vote based on politics rather than principle would lead anybody to imagine that Chief Justice John Roberts or Justice Samuel Alito would agree with the judges in Florida and Virginia who have ruled against the health care law. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

[David B. Kopel] Can Governments Ban Gun Stores? Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case

9 Feb 2018, 2:25 pm by David B. Kopel

Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode to raise the alarm. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Friday round-up

9 Feb 2018, 4:30 am by Edith Roberts

” Additional coverage comes from Katie Bo Williams at The Hill. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Why the Supreme Court Was Right to Stay out of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Districting Case, and Why State Courts Have Important Roles in this Arena

7 Feb 2018, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

This week’s decision by Justice Samuel Alito (who entertains emergency motions from within Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania) to leave undisturbed the congressional districting ruling last month by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court—in League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v Commonwealth (League of Women Voters)—is a helpful reminder of the importance of state courts and state constitutions in safeguarding American democracy. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/