Justia Blawg Search - Law Blogs, Lawyer Blogs, Legal Blogs Directory & Search Engine

History Shows the Supreme Court Knows How to Move Quickly, as it Should With the Trump Immunity Case

22 Apr 2024, 5:50 am by Fred Wertheimer

Trump v. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

Ghost guns, six-person juries, and discretionary visa decisions

19 Apr 2024, 7:28 am by John Elwood

The rule was designed to address concerns that people who were otherwise prohibited from obtaining firearms could readily obtain parts that they could rapidly assemble into firearms. [read post]

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

Recent Headlines Confirm the Inadequacy of the Supreme Court’s Reasoning in Trump v. Anderson

11 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

Supreme Court didn’t address and debunk ISL on the merits (as it later did last summer in Moore v Harper), the Court dismissed Texas’s filing on the ground that Texas lacked standing under Article III because “Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts its elections. [read post]

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

Jan. 6 defendant asks Supreme Court to throw out obstruction charge

9 Apr 2024, 7:16 am by Amy Howe

Nearly a decade ago, in Yates v. [read post]

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

Disappointments and Silver Linings in North Carolina Class-Action Law

1 Apr 2024, 6:00 am by Erik Zimmerman

These scenarios coalesced in a recent decision from the North Carolina Supreme Court: Surgeon v. [read post]

Carolinas Class Action - http://www.carolinasclassaction.com

Court hears Texas city council member’s retaliatory arrest claim

21 Mar 2024, 7:37 am by Amy Howe

Under the Supreme Court’s 2019 decision in Nieves v. [read post]

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

Texas city council member argues retaliatory arrest

19 Mar 2024, 9:48 am by Amy Howe

In 2019, in Nieves v. [read post]

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

Does the Court's Aggressive Overreach in the Trump Disqualification Case Suggest (Oddly) that the Rich Cannot be Taxed?

8 Mar 2024, 12:51 pm by Neil H. Buchanan

Trump v. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

South Africa Request Additional Provisional Measures Against Israel Before the ICJ: Press Release and Applicaiton

7 Mar 2024, 6:52 am

PRESS RELEASENo. 2024/216 March 2024Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocidein the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - https://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

What Should Courts do if a Future President Invokes the Alien Enemies Act to Deport Immigrants?

27 Feb 2024, 6:05 am by Katherine Yon Ebright

Former President Donald Trump has promised voters that, if re-elected, he would “immediately” invoke the Alien Enemies Act to effect mass deportations of non-citizens from Mexico. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

As Technology Changes, LII’s Mission Stays the Same

21 Feb 2024, 5:56 am by LII Team

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Moore v. [read post]

LII Announce - http://blog.law.cornell.edu

A User’s Guide to Trump v. Anderson, Addendum I: A Few Reflections on the Oral Argument

14 Feb 2024, 3:05 pm by Marty Lederman

v. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

People v. Paul (Cal. Ct. App. - Feb. 14, 2024)

14 Feb 2024, 1:12 pm

"I'm confident that there are many appellate judges (both state and federal), in California and elsewhere, who would have found these interactions entirely consensual, even today.But I also think there's an increasing number who would agree with Justice Moor. [read post]

California Appellate Report - http://calapp.blogspot.com/

US House of Representatives holds hearing on judicial security as Marshals report increase in threats against judges

14 Feb 2024, 9:40 am by Rebekah Yeager-Malkin | U. Pittsburgh School of Law, US

Davis attributed the rise to social media and politicization, telling Reuters: The threat environment right now that is causing me concern is when people disagree with the judicial process or the government, and that turns into those verbal attacks. [read post]

JURIST - Paper Chase - https://www.jurist.org/news/

[Josh Blackman] Oral Arguments in Trump v. Anderson Part III: Justice Kavanaugh Gets Griffin's Case and Justice Barrett gets FedCourts

9 Feb 2024, 1:28 pm by Josh Blackman

Meanwhile, Trump's lawyers spent several pages on Moore v. [read post]

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

This is the Kind of Precedent that the Court's Conservatives Exalt?

8 Feb 2024, 12:51 pm by Neil H. Buchanan

" That quotation is from a column that I wrote this past December commenting on Neil Gorsuch's performance during oral argument in Moore v. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

[Eugene Volokh] "Seven Questions on Section 3: A Response to Professor Kurt Lash"

8 Feb 2024, 9:36 am by Eugene Volokh

Lash's response to the Amar brothers' amicus brief in Trump v. [read post]

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

A User’s Guide to Trump v. Anderson, Part Seven: Trump’s Two Remaining “Off-Ramp” Arguments: (i) That Colorado has Implemented a De Facto Extraconstitutional Presidential Qualification, in Violation of Term Limits v. Thornton; and (ii) That Colorado has Abused its Article II Authority to Appoint Presidential Electors in a “Manner” of that Colorado Law Doesn’t Authorize

7 Feb 2024, 2:35 pm by Marty Lederman

Term Limits v. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

A User’s Guide to Trump v. Anderson, Part Seven: Trump’s Two Remaining “Off-Ramp” Arguments: (i) That Colorado has Implemented a De Facto Extraconstitutional Presidential Qualification, in Violation of Term Limits v. Thornton; and (ii) That Colorado has Abused its Article II Authority to Appoint Presidential Electors in a “Manner” of Appointment that Colorado Law Doesn’t Authorize

7 Feb 2024, 2:02 pm by Marty Lederman

Term Limits v. [read post]