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Wurman on the Opinions Clause and Presidential Power
6 Mar 2024, 12:25 pm by Lawrence Solum
In addition to this account’s textual and structural virtues, it appears to have been the understanding of presidential power shared by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, William Wirt, Daniel Webster, William Howard Taft, and the First Congress. [read post]
Legal Theory Blog - https://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/
A Cause for Celebration: Federal Holidays and Observances Part 1
5 Mar 2024, 12:08 pm by Jennifer González
Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday, April 13, was established in 1937 to celebrate the founding father and third U.S. [read post]
In Custodia Legis - http://blogs.loc.gov/law
Wurman on the Opinions Clause and Presidential Power
5 Mar 2024, 6:30 am by ernst
In addition to this account’s textual and structural virtues, it appears to have been the understanding of presidential power shared by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, William Wirt, Daniel Webster, William Howard Taft, and the First Congress.This understanding of executive power may seem overly formalistic, but it allows for the existence of agencies whose heads are removable but nevertheless bound by law to exercise independently the discretion Congress… [read post]
Legal History Blog - http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/
Rader’s Ruminations – Patent Eligibility, Part 1: The Judge-Made ‘Exceptions’ are Both Unnecessary and Misconstrued
3 Mar 2024, 9:15 am by Randall Rader
Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303 (1980) — the case most famous for the observation that Thomas Jefferson’s statutory language from the 1793 Act (still in place today) covers “anything under the sun made by man. [read post]
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Rader’s Ruminations – Patent Eligibility, Part 1: The Judge-Made ‘Exceptions’ are Both Unnecessary and Misconstrued
3 Mar 2024, 9:15 am by Randall Rader
Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303 (1980) — the case most famous for the observation that Thomas Jefferson’s statutory language from the 1793 Act (still in place today) covers “anything under the sun made by man. [read post]
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A brief history of presidential primaries
1 Mar 2024, 4:57 am by Scott Bomboy
In 1804, after the disastrous 1800 election and House runoff election between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr the 12th Amendment was ratified, which required separate votes for presidential and vice presidential candidates. [read post]
Constitution Daily - https://constitutioncenter.org/blog
February 27, 1803 – Thomas Jefferson Sends a Letter to William Henry Harrison Outlining a Plan for How to Push Out Native Americans
27 Feb 2024, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
On this day in history, President Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to William Henry Harrison, the eventual 9th President of the US, who was then serving as the first governor of the Indiana Territory. [read post]
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“Supreme Court offers possible road map for schools to diversify top programs; Considering race is not allowed, but court signals that socioeconomic factors are acceptable”
25 Feb 2024, 8:50 pm by Howard Bashman
And Bianca Quilantan of Politico reports that “Thomas Jefferson high school escaped the Supreme Court — and others are eager to follow; Everything from ZIP code-center recruiting to dropping application fees is being used to replace metrics explicitly about an applicant’s race. [read post]
How Appealing - http://howappealing.abovethelaw.com
Constitutional History in Iowa Public Schools
24 Feb 2024, 9:30 pm by ernst
  The thirteen documents are:The Mayflower CompactCommon Sense, the essay published by Thomas Paine in 1776The Declaration of IndependenceThe Articles of Confederation, adopted in 1777The Pennsylvania Act for the Gradual Abolition of SlaveryThe Virginia Statute for Religious FreedomThe Northwest OrdinanceThe U.S. [read post]
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When Justice Sam Alito Is Right
21 Feb 2024, 3:44 am by SHG
The case involved a change in the admissions policy of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia explicitly designed to reduce the number of  Asian students admitted by competitive exam in order to create a more diverse student body. [read post]
Simple Justice - http://blog.simplejustice.us
“Supreme Court Won’t Hear New Case on Race and School Admissions; The decision, along with an order this month declining to block West Point’s admissions program, suggests that most justices are not eager to immediately explore the limits of its ruling from June”
20 Feb 2024, 5:36 pm by Howard Bashman
’s Thomas Jefferson school. [read post]
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US Supreme Court leaves admissions plan in place at Virginia high school
20 Feb 2024, 5:00 pm by JURIST Staff
The high school at the center of the case, the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) in Virginia, is a highly competitive and elite public high school. [read post]
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[Ilya Somin] Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Involving Use of Race-Neutral Means to Facilitate Anti-Asian Discrimination at Selective Public High School.
20 Feb 2024, 12:53 pm by Ilya Somin
The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. [read post]
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Justices decline to intervene in another dispute over race and school admissions
20 Feb 2024, 7:48 am by Amy Howe
” The school at the center of the dispute is Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a northern Virginia school currently ranked fifth in the U.S. [read post]
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[Josh Blackman] Today in Supreme Court History: February 17, 1801
17 Feb 2024, 4:00 am by Josh Blackman
2/17/1801: House of Representatives breaks tie in Electoral College, and selects Thomas Jefferson as President. [read post]
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The Black Supermarket
16 Feb 2024, 9:05 pm by Carson Turner
Slomanson of Thomas Jefferson School of Law demonstrates that smuggling is a two-way street by highlighting the flow of hundreds of thousands of guns from the United States to Mexico each year. [read post]
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Challenges to a Washington state legislative district
16 Feb 2024, 11:27 am by John Elwood
Fairfax County School Board, 23-170Issue: Whether the Fairfax County School Board violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause when it overhauled the admissions criteria at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. [read post]
SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/
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
 This post and the next are follow-ups to my collection of posts on Trump v. [read post]
Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/
[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
The very first question of the day came from Justice Thomas. [read post]
The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/
[Eugene Volokh] "Seven Questions on Section 3: A Response to Professor Kurt Lash"
8 Feb 2024, 9:36 am by Eugene Volokh
Thomas any better? [read post]
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