Classes #20: Due Process Clause II and Zoning III
Meyer, Pierce, and Buck
The Democratic nominee championed the law as a way to protect women. Instead, it hurt them.
The original meaning gives birthright citizenship to the U.S.-born children of undocumented migrants, even though its drafters didn't realize it would.
Walter Wallace's family says the officers could have defused the situation without using lethal force.
The Supreme Court weighs police shootings and unreasonable seizures in Torres v. Madrid.
in government education, employment, and contracting.
The motion was submitted on behalf of the Luzerne County Board of Elections but Luzerne County has voted to have the motion withdrawn.
"Residence restrictions do not decrease and are not a deterrent for sexual recidivism."
It meant under the authority of U.S. law, thus excluding foreign diplomats, foreign armies and (at the time) Native American tribes.
States should stop treating sober cannabis consumers as public menaces.
There is no statutory requirement that his successor must reside in Puerto Rico.
Briefs filed by the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
Privacy is a right, not a “high risk” and “possibly criminal” activity
It encompassed all territory under U.S. permanent sovereignty.
"A judge declares independence not only from Congress and the President, but also from the private beliefs that might otherwise move her."
The Supreme Court released its opinion about thirty minutes before now-Justice Barrett was confirmed.
This time, the justices explain themselves.
Biden: "It's a lifetime appointment. I'm not going to attempt to change that at all... But I have made no judgment, my word."
The much-publicized result is ocnsistent with previous studies on the impact of sanctuary city
The state legislature is considering reforms in response to the use of dogs against cooperative suspects.
A new book shows how the Baltimore Police Department let dirty cops flourish right under its nose.
The original meaning of the citizenship clause answers some questions and raises some others.
The court relied on the right to “possess[] and protect[] ... reputation,” secured by the Pennsylvania Constitution.
The settlement is subject to federal court approval.
A podcast on religious tolerance in early Christian thought
It's one of the public interest law firms that I admire most.
Total prison population, imprisonment rates, and racial disparities in incarceration all continued their slide.
Vote hauling, signature verification, and extended deadlines.
The case involved an anti-Islam ad; the court reversed its earlier decision in favor of the transportation agency, based on two more recent Supreme Court decisions.
The U.S. incarceration rate peaked in 2008, but it's good to see two "law and order" candidates talking about clemency.