"The status quo is one in which the challenged requirement has not been in effect, given the rules used in Rhode Island’s last election, and many Rhode Island voters may well hold that belief."
I teach on Mondays and Wednesdays. Property II (9:00-10:15 CT), Constitutional Law (10:30-12:10 CT)
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court asked whether to remove statue of Chief Justice who joined Plessy majority
We should not take for granted that the judges today generally agree on free speech culture.
Might be obvious, but worth noting.
Despite an alarming increase in crime, Illinois is illegally delaying gun licenses.
"That is reparations."
Harris' origins allow her to properly claim Asian or Black/African American legal status, and she has chosen the latter.
This departure from the norm of in-person observation is justified by the pandemic, a federal judge concludes.
Bail bond companies fight to protect their industry, while some civil rights groups worry the reforms won't actually reduce pretrial detentions.
I think the President is hinting, even more strongly, at the executive order proposed in the Cato Amicus brief.
"[A] uniform practice of social security opinions bearing only claimants' initials" might be a good idea in principle, says the Seventh Circuit, but "[g]iven everything that has transpired over the years, we cannot revisit the application of [the] standard practices regarding the publication of judicial decisions and orders in social security matters."
Fisher II had a four-member majority. And at least one court read June Medical as overruling WWH in part.
26 U.S.C. 7508A gives the Secretary the authority to "specify a period of up to 1 year that may be disregarded in determining, under the internal revenue laws, in respect of any tax liability of such taxpayer" whether the "Payment of any income, estate, gift, employment, or excise tax or any installment thereof or of any other liability to the United States in respect thereof" was "performed within the time prescribed therefor . . . of such disaster or action."
42 U.S.C. 5174(e)(2): "The President, in consultation with the Governor of a State, may provide financial assistance" to "an individual or household in the State who is adversely affected by a major disaster" to address "other necessary expenses or serious needs resulting from the major disaster."
Defer payroll taxes till December 31, 2020, and forgive them if Trump wins re-election.
States can choose to obtain additional funding for providing unemployment benefits.
The Trump Administration tries to employ the Regents strategy before the election.
(1) Student loan payment relief, (2) assistance to renters and homeowners, (3) deferring payroll tax obligations, (4) assistance for COVID-19.
"the activities that will be engaged in during a wedding will be much the same as those engaged in while dining at a restaurant, including having groups of individuals of no more than ten in number at tables seated for dining."
This is the Georgana Sziszak case I blogged about yesterday.
Judge Martin and Chief Judge Pryor vigorously disagree over how to characterize a bathroom case from Florida.
The Cato Institute's amicus brief in California v. Texas proposed a very similar idea.
Justice Wiemer said he did not need to recuse, or disclose the fact that his daughter was scheduled to take the bar exam.
What about students who do not wish to share their image?
The fatal encounter demonstrates why police reformers want more departments to train officers in de-escalation.
Court panel rules judge didn't properly evaluate juror bias against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
A "Minneapolis effect" from lack of policing is a possible explanation for the startling 37% increase in murders in major cities in recent weeks.
The FDA and the NIH each require as a condition of funding that scientists break down their data by a totally unscientific "race" classifications.
