The Wilson appointee presided over the sedition trial of Eugene Debs and declared unconstitutional the Village of Euclid's zoning code
Allegedly being "a plain, ill-dressed woman" who "indulges in coquettish vanity"? Oddly enough, not legally actionable.
Yick Wo, Plessy, and Village of Euclid
Doug Kmiec writes that his former student, Amy Coney, "deftly answered" questions about the Rule Against Perpetuities.
Remember: Lawyers' true superpower is to turn every question into a question about procedure.
Plaintiffs allege that Seattle affirmatively supported the Capitol Hill Occupying Protest (rather than just declining to stop it).
Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute and I will be speaking about our respective new books: "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom," and "Supreme Disorder: The Politics of America's Highest Court."
Interviewing Citizen Lab's Ron Deibert in Episode 334 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
Strauder v. West Virginia, the Civil Rights Cases, Sanborn v. McLean, Shelley v. Kraemer, Western Land v. Truskolaski
The court split 4-4 in what could have been a major election decision.
The application for a stay was filed on 9/28, and the briefing completed on 10/6. 13 days later, the Court was unable to break a deadlock.
Lisa Montgomery killed a pregnant woman and took her baby in 2004. She is clearly mentally unwell. What does killing her accomplish?
His press conference played on old, deeply-rooted, and painful anti-Semitic tropes.
The most thorough account of the first six months of COVID-19 litigation.
The Court selected a replacement for the Fifth Circuit twelve days after Justice Scalia died.
Rather than imposing restrictions on high-density zip codes, New York will draw red lines (literally) around "clusters" in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods.
"I say [to a health officer] you're going to be stationed in front of Saint Peter's Church. The capacity is 150. You stand at the front door. When they go over you close the door and call me and if you have any problem this state police officer is down the block and he'll come help you."
Episode 331 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
When the government refuses to stop looting and rioting, armed self-defense is the only deterrent.
Predict all of the biggest cases at the Supreme Court
The Harlan Institute and Ashbrook announce the Eighth Annual Virtual Supreme Court Competition.
A top aide resigns after he and others accuse Texas AG Ken Paxton of "a potential violation of law."
"The statute does not make it unlawful to wear robes and masks; the statute makes it unlawful to wear disguises."
Does participation in a moot court require recusal?
A core element of the latest case against the Affordable Care Act rests on a legal fiction.
With Prop 16 at least, the voters will have a chance to weigh in soon.
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