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25 Apr 2024, 3:16 pm by Mark Walsh
(Ted Olson, a solicitor general under President George W. [read post]
22 Apr 2024, 5:00 am by Bernard Bell
Many state and local officials host social media sites and use them to converse with followers on matters related to their governmental responsibilities, among other things.[1]  Not surprisingly, many choose to block from their sites certain members of the public they find disagreeable.[2] Being disagreeable, or at least in disagreement with such actions, blocked followers sometimes sue alleging that their exclusion violates the First Amendment.[3]  One of the most notable examples was a… [read post]
” That seemed to catch Justice Jackson by surprise, who frowned and looked up and down at her documents as Ms. [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”As The Intercept reports:To come to that conclusion, his office had studied 155 death sentences handed down in Philadelphia between 1978 and the end of 2017…. [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 4:37 pm by INFORRM
” The International Federation of Journalists have called on the government to not close down Al Jazeera’s outlet in Jerusalem and to avoid using “national security” as an excuse to censor critical media. [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 12:32 pm by lennyesq
Short-term fate of Texas’ controversial immigration law could come down to a George W. [read post]
8 Mar 2024, 12:51 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
" They added: "Even if the court chooses to resolve Moore on narrow grounds, it may still use the occasion to signal ... that a future wealth tax would be struck down. [read post]
27 Feb 2024, 6:05 am by Katherine Yon Ebright
” Some have suggested that the courts would strike down Trump’s scheme on those grounds. [read post]
21 Feb 2024, 9:00 am by William Banks
” The domestic use of troops has been a fact of life and a matter of controversy at least since President George Washington called out the militia to put down the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. [read post]
15 Feb 2024, 2:00 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
  As the title of this column suggests, even people like me have been beaten down by the nonstop blast of lunacy from Trump's fire hose. [read post]
8 Feb 2024, 5:55 am by Tom Joscelyn
Capitol last month, former President Donald Trump claimed that his supporters had acted “peacefully and patriotically. [read post]
7 Feb 2024, 2:35 pm by Marty Lederman
 In this post, I’ll examine the final two “off-ramp” arguments that Donald Trump offers the Court—arguments that would have the Court reverse the judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court without adjudicating whether the Constitution precludes Trump from serving as President. [read post]
7 Feb 2024, 2:02 pm by Marty Lederman
In this post, I’ll examine the final two “off-ramp” arguments that Donald Trump offers the Court—arguments that would have the Court reverse the judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court without adjudicating whether the Constitution precludes Trump from serving as President. [read post]
6 Feb 2024, 2:16 am by Yosi Yahoudai
” “You get good days and, you know, you’re up and down. [read post]
4 Feb 2024, 6:29 pm by Marty Lederman
Part II of Donald Trump’s brief argues that the factual predicate for the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove Trump’s name from the primary ballot was absent because Trump did not “engage in” an insurrection against the United States on January 6, 2021.[1]  [Apologies in advance about all the footnotes, but I didn't want to clutter the text with too many peripheral matters.]The Colorado Supreme Court held that Trump’s words on… [read post]