Alina Habba cares deeply about the rule of law. She just cares about her career more. Yesterday, the New York Times ran a three-byline piece detailing the chaos in New Jersey thanks to President Trump’s insistence that his personal lawyer serve as the top prosecutor in the Garden State. The shenanigans have been extensive, but […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which federal circuit court recently ruled that a state law requiring election officials toss mail-in ballots if they contain missing or incorrect dates was unconstitutional? Hint: The judges found the law violated voters’ 1st and 14th Amendment rights. See the answer on the […]
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “With Louisiana Essentially Flipping Sides in Callais Case Before Supreme Court and Arguing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Unconstitutional, […]
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This was pretty much inevitable. While the Trump’s band of bigots struggled mightily to expel brown people from this country, the rest of his sycophants are doing everything they can to prevent non-white foreigners from entering the country. It’s counterproductive, especially when the end goal is at least 3,000 ICE arrests per day. If you don’t let enough […]
* Trump takes a chainsaw to a bunch of federal unions. [Bloomberg Law] * Bar exam scores are sky high. [Reuters] * More petty Trumpian retribution: Kamala Harris’s Secret Service detail nixed. [Huffington Post] * The legal fight over the abortion pill is ramping up in disturbing ways. [Slate] * Trump’s approval rating is down, […]
Yes, if I were king, I would not allow people to go about burning the American flag. However, we have a First Amendment, which says that the right of free speech shall not be abridged—and it is addressed in particular to speech critical of the government. That was the main kind of speech that tyrants […]
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