Friday round-up
Coverage of the Thomas More Law Center’s health-care petition, New Haven firefighters case settles.
July 2011 Archive
Showing 1–50 of 62 items published in July 2011, most recent first.
Health care: Defining the challenge
The first significant challenge in the Court to the new health care law raises two constitutional challenges, but they are not pressed with equal vigor.
Thursday round-up
A health-care petition reaches the Court; continued coverage of last Term’s decisions and their effects.
First health care appeal filed
The first federal appeals court ruling on the constitutional challenge to the new federal health care law is tested in the Supreme Court. Others are sure to follow.
Wednesday round-up
Why Melendez-Diaz does not apply to Melendez-Diaz; the Justice Brennan biography, and symposia on the Court’s civil procedure and international law jurisprudence
Tuesday round-up
Fee-shifting and Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
Its all over but the cert.-granting
Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, responds in our S.B. 1070 on-line symposium. The entire symposium is here.
A rare request for Supreme Court fees
The legal team that won a Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on children’s access to violent video games asks the Justices to order California to cover $1.14 million in legal fees and expenses.
Monday round-up
Justice Ginsburg reviews the past Term.
First summer orders list
The Court issues its first summer orders list. The list contains only denials of rehearing requests, mostly in paupers’ cases.
New order: No gay discharges allowed
Giving the Obama Administration less than what it requested, the Ninth Circuit Court puts back into effect the “don’t ask/don’t tell” policy, but bars any discharges of gays and lesbians for violating the policy.
Major move on military gays (UPDATED)
The Pentagon, followed promptly by President Obama, is expected to make a move on Friday to start a 60-day clock to run toward the actual repeal of the 1993 law banning gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military services.
Response to S.B. 1070 symposium posts
Rogers Smith, professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, responds in our S.B. 1070 on-line symposium.
Ex-detainees have no legal claim
The D.C. Circuit Court, in a ruling affecting more than 100 non-citizens formerly detained by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay, decided that they have no legal claim they can pursue in federal courts to undo their U.S. designation as enemies.
Friday round-up
Fall-out from Wal-Mart v. Dukes, comparing Crawford and Bennett.
U.S.: Military gay ban ends Sept. 20 (UPDATE)
UPDATED 4:31 p.m. The 1993 law that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military will be repealed effective Sept. 20, the Obama Administration disclosed Friday afternoon.
New plea for “Anna” estate
The estate of the late “Anna Nicole Smith” (Vickie Lynn Marshall) asks the Court to put off any final federal court ruling that would scuttle her claim to $89 million from her late husband’s huge Texas estate.
Thursday round-up
The Court denies two stays of execution; circuits split on how to apply Tapia; and continued commentary on the Chief Justice’s criticism of legal scholarship.
Wednesday round-up
The Court denies a stay of execution, and the debate over the Chief Justice’s criticism of legal scholarship continues
Academic round-up
Professor James Pfander’s proposed end run around qualified immunity.
Tuesday round-up
Patent law and the Court; looking at upcoming petitions
Response to Arizona v. United States symposium contributors
Kevin Johnson, Dean of U.C. Davis School of Law, responds to last week’s posts on S.B. 1070
Response to Arizona v. United States symposium contributors
Richard Samp of the Washington Legal Foundation responds to last week’s posts on S.B. 1070
Preemption, textualism, and agency failure
Professor Lauren Gilbert of St. Thomas University School of Law responds to last week’s posts on S.B. 1070.
Monday round-up
Declining cert. petitions and the potential effect of Brown v. Plata on California’s firefighting efforts.
October argument calendar, day by day
The Court on Monday released the schedule of oral arguments for the first sitting of the new Term, starting Monday, Oct. 3. There will be two days of three-case arguments during the sitting.
Military gay ban back in effect — partly
Scolding the Obama Administration for skimping on the information it gave judges about its plans to end the “don’t ask/don’t tell” policy, the Ninth Circuit Court temporarily reinstates that policy, in part. That will give it time to consider the next step.
Arizona v. United States: Narrowing prevent-or-frustrate conflict preemption
Attorney Larry Joseph discusses S.B. 1070 for our on-line symposium.
U.S.: Restore military gay ban now (UPDATED Friday p.m.)
UPDATED 7:35 p.m. Friday: The Log Cabin Republicans on Friday urged the Ninth Circuit Court not to put the “don’t ask/don’t tell” policy back into effect, even on a temporary basis.
Friday round-up
Reflections on last Term and several notable cases; Justice Breyer goes to Vermont
Presuming preemption: Implications of Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting
Lauren Gilbert, St. Thomas University School of Law professor, discusses S.B. 1070 for our on-line symposium.
Thursday round-up
Responses to the Court’s recent decisions; Linda Greenhouse reviews OT2010; and reactions to the Court’s denial of a stay in the Leal case.
Why the Court should uphold S.B.1070
Carol Swain, professor of Political Science and Law at Vanderbilt University, discusses S.B. 1070 for our on-line symposium.
Human rights implications of Arizona v. United States
Hope Lewis, Northeastern University School of Law professor, discusses S.B. 1070 for our on-line symposium.
Arizona v. United States: The tail wagging the dog on regulating immigration enforcement
Margaret Stock, professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage and Counsel to the firm at Lane Powell PC. discusses S.B. 1070 for our on-line symposium.
The constitutionality of attrition through enforcement
Rogers Smith, professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses S.B. 1070 for our on-line symposium.
Wednesday round-up
More coverage of the same-sex adoption petition; looking ahead to United States v. Jones; and commemorative bobbleheads of Justice Thomas
S.B. 1070: Constitutional but bad policy
Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, discusses S.B. 1070 for our on-line symposium.
Mirror image theory in state immigration regulation
Carissa Hessick, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law professor, discusses S.B. 1070 for our on-line symposium.
U.S. pressed on military gays’ rights
The Ninth Circuit orders the government to take a definite position on whether it will defend the 1993 law that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. But the court may end the case anyway this summer.
Gay adoption case reaches Court
A new gay rights case reaches the Court, testing parents’ rights under the Constitution’s Full Faith and Credit Clause.
The passage of a giant of the bar and the bench
Judge and Supreme Court advocate Daniel Friedman has passed away at the age of ninety-five.
Why the Court will duck S.B. 1070 case (for now)
Peter Spiro, Temple University Law professor, discusses S.B. 1070 for our on-line symposium.
Textualism and open questions about S.B. 1070
Roderick Hills, NYU Law professor, discusses S.B. 1070 for our on-line symposium.
Tuesday round-up
Wal-Mart‘s effects in the lower courts, Louisiana same-sex adoption petition filed, Justice Alito as the “Burkean Justice.”
UPDATED: Announcing an on-line symposium on Arizona v. United States
This week, guest contributors discuss S.B. 1070 as it makes its way to the Court.
The constitutionality of S.B. 1070
Richard Samp of the Washington Legal Foundation discusses S.B. 1070 for our on-line symposium.
S.B. 1070: Federal preemption and why the Court won’t address civil rights issues
Kevin Johnson, Dean of UC Davis School of Law, discusses S.B. 1070 for our on-line symposium.
Monday round-up
Comments on recusal and the health care suits, among other topics.
The President rebuffed; Mexican executed
Flatly refusing to take the President’s word on a foreign policy issue, the Court by a 5-4 vote allows Texas to execute a Mexican national even though his international treaty rights had been violated.
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