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27 Dec 2011, 9:21 am by Eugene Volokh
By way of perspective, several early 1800s American cases (I know of four published opinions, Ruggles, Updegraph, Kneeland, and Murray) upheld convictions for blasphemy of Christianity, sometimes based on similar facts: People v. [read post]
19 Sep 2019, 1:25 am by CMS
  Dissolution refers power back to the people by giving them a chance to elect new representations, whereas after prorogation the same MPs reconvene. 1210: Lord Garnier QC refers to witness statement of Sir John Major KG CH as to the purpose of prorogation, why it is exercised and what considerations might impact on its use. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 11:06 am by Sidney E. Wheelan
Wolff opines that the cap on non-economic damages violates the constitutional right to a trial by jury which can only be changed by a vote of the people. [read post]
7 Dec 2016, 2:11 am by Blog Editorial
He says that if a Bill of the UK Parliament were to change the Scottish Parliament’s competence like this, then such a Bill would engage the legislative consent convention. 15.28 Wolffe QC states that he does not consider Scottish Parliament to have any veto on the decision to trigger article 50 but that its view is relevant to the question of legislative consent. 15.26 Wolffe QC’s preliminary comments are over and he is now turning to the specific… [read post]
19 Dec 2022, 6:06 am
  Sources: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/767.407 https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/767/v/41/5/amRead More [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 8:47 am by Eugene Volokh
Austria -- I assume from the facts and from the initials that this is the Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff case. [read post]
10 Jul 2022, 9:05 pm by Series of Essays
Constitutional Commitments to Aspirational Principles July 11, 2022 | Tobias Barrington Wolff, University of Pennsylvania Law School The majority’s reasoning in Dobbs v. [read post]