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1 Dec 2016, 8:28 am by Kevin Johnson
Chief Justice John Roberts appeared keen on remanding the case to the lower court to decide the constitutional questions; he suggested that the 9th Circuit should not have employed the doctrine of constitutional avoidance because the statute was so clear – especially with respect to the mandatory detention of noncitizens convicted of certain crimes required by 8 U.S.C. 1226(c). [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 7:32 am by Robert Kraft
A year later the conservative John Birch Society, run by businessman Robert Welch, released an article questioning Gertz’ professional conduct. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 5:23 am by SHG
” Two core rules of federalism preclude Trump’s idea: The federal government can’t coerce states (or cities) into action with a financial “gun to the head,” according to Supreme Court precedent developed by Chief Justice John Roberts in the 2012 Affordable Care Act case. [read post]
30 Nov 2016, 10:09 pm by Nora Demleitner
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy continued along similar lines by pointing to the decrease in vagueness any guideline, even a vague one, would provide as compared to the previous system of discretionary sentencing. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 4:46 pm by Nora Demleitner
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy continued along similar lines by pointing to the decrease in vagueness any guideline, even a vague one, would provide as compared to the previous system of discretionary sentencing. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 4:38 pm by Kent Scheidegger
Clifford Sloan, for Moore, got up and rattled off the reasons why he thinks Texas has the standard for intellectual disability wrong.CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: That's a long laundry list of objections you have. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 1:40 pm by Eugene Volokh
Will is the author of many articles on constitutional law, conflicts of laws, and statutory interpretation, as well as a former clerk for then-Judge Michael McConnell and for Chief Justice John Roberts; here are the titles of a few of his works, just so you can get a sense of his expertise: The Law of Interpretation, 130 Harv. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 10:59 am by Amy Howe
Sloan for petitioner (Art Lien) During today’s oral argument, Sloan’s sharpest critics were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 8:09 am by Eugene Volokh
Judge Robert Bork writes that “burning a flag is not speech and should not fall under First Amendment protection. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 6:59 am by Jim Higgins
John Robert Williams Jr., was recently awarded 3.4 million dollars in a jury trial. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 6:59 am by Jim Higgins
John Robert Williams Jr., was recently awarded 3.4 million dollars in a jury trial. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 1:53 pm by Ronald Collins
Even so, according to the Constitutional Accountability Center, since Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito joined the court, it has ruled in favor of the chamber’s position 69 percent of the time – contrasted with a 43 percent victory record for the chamber under the Burger court and a 56 percent record under the Rehnquist court. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 3:54 am by Edith Roberts
And in the Associated Press, Mark Sherman remarks on the relationship between Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts, noting that although the president-elect “had harsh words for the leader of the federal judiciary” during the campaign, “Trump could need Roberts’ vote on matters ranging from immigration to health care to environmental regulations. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 4:38 am by Edith Roberts
In Slate, Lara Bazelon suggests that Donald Trump’s “ability to turn the Supreme Court into a rubber stamp for the right wing rests on two unknowns: whether he will have the opportunity to make a second appointment to replace a member of the court’s liberal wing and, if so, whether Chief Justice John Roberts is willing to march in lockstep with four conservative ideologues. [read post]
22 Nov 2016, 6:29 am by Jim Sedor
Lobbying “White Nationalists Dress Up and Come to Washington in Hopes of Influencing Trump” by Lisa Mascaro for Los Angeles Times “Groups Ease Off Events for Lawmakers Under New Lobbying Law” by James Nord (Associated Press) for The Washington Times Campaign Finance “FEC Deadlocks, Won’t Investigate Dark Money Group That Spent All Its Funds On an Election” by Robert Maguire for Center for Responsive Politics California: “Did Money Buy… [read post]