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5 Feb 2014, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
However, in a new law review article that I recently co-authored with fellow Verdict columnist Michael Dorf, we demonstrate that the President’s proclaimed strategy would fail, even on its own terms. [read post]
16 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
Writing separately, we have suggested that a platinum coin that was deposited with the Fed would count as “debt” and thus would not even achieve the goal of keeping the US below the ceiling (Buchanan) and that advocates’ overly broad reading of the Coinage Act is likely a violation of the reasonableness requirement for agency interpretations that aim to fill statutory gaps (Dorf). [read post]
5 Dec 2023, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
” Although one can never be certain of the outcome based on the questions asked at oral argument, the Court’s conservative super-majority seemed receptive to the Seventh Amendment rights claim of the respondents.In an essay on the Dorf on Law blog last week, I explained why the Supreme Court should reject the Seventh Amendment claim, even as I acknowledged that a majority probably will accept it. [read post]
21 May 2023, 9:00 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
As one of us (Dorf) explained in a column on May 10, “there’s a difference between ‘would be litigated’ and ‘would have to be litigated. [read post]
6 Jun 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
As we described earlier this week in a column on Dorf on Law, there are various scenarios in which the debt ceiling at that point will be a political non-issue, with an incoming Republican President wanting to increase the debt ceiling and being joined either by a compliant Republican-dominated legislative branch or by a Democratic Party that would not be willing to hold the world hostage. [read post]
2 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
In 1871, Congress enacted the Ku Klux Klan Act, one provision of which—now codified at 42 U.S.C. [read post]
16 May 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
Even that, however, would not help Republicans.Let us imagine that the White House follows the Buchanan-Dorf plan and tells the Treasury to keep calm and carry on. [read post]
20 Sep 2016, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Over half a year has passed since President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. [read post]
12 Jan 2016, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
In a country in which many people regard driving a car as practically a God-given right, it is perhaps unsurprising that two important Supreme Court cases involve free speech on license plates. [read post]
14 Nov 2017, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Last week, it was widely reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would not approve AT&T’s proposed purchase of Time Warner unless AT&T agreed to sell off either DirecTV or Turner Broadcasting. [read post]
8 Oct 2023, 9:39 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Since last week’s unprecedented ouster of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House of Representatives, two leading candidates have emerged to take his place: Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Republican Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan. [read post]
21 Jun 2020, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Commenting on the Supreme Court’s controversial rulings on the extent to which the Constitution applied in the territories the United States acquired in the wake of the Spanish-American War, Finley Peter Dunne famously had his character Mr. [read post]