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Court: Sarah Palin libel lawsuit against NY Times to go to trial

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 28, 2020 27 Comments

Denies NY Times' request for summary judgment, sets February 1, 2021, trial date, "pandemic permitting," over false editorial blaming Palin's electoral map for shooting of Gabby Giffords.

Justice Dept: Yale discriminates in admissions against Asian Americans and whites

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2020 10 Comments

"... Yale discriminates based on race and national origin in its undergraduate admissions process, and that race is the determinative factor in hundreds of admissions decisions each year."

Gibson’s Bakery Files Brief Opposing Oberlin College Appeal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 05, 2020 18 Comments

Oberlin College also filed its response to the Gibsons' cross-appeal, which seeks reinstatement of the full punitive damage award.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i83wPkcB-k

D.C. Circuit Vacates Order Directing District Court To Dismiss Flynn Case, Full Circuit Will Reconsider

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2020 110 Comments

"The parties should be prepared to address whether there are 'no other adequate means to attain the relief' desired."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7n8f8sLTDE&t=506s

Oberlin College Supporters Permitted to File Amicus Briefs In Gibson’s Bakery Appeal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2020 30 Comments

Gibson's had argued “Those who ignore the record, and distort the record, cannot be considered a ‘friend of the court.'”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lmGruzn4Ks

Michigan Gives Barber Karl Manke Back His License After Suspension for Cutting Hair During Pandemic

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 18, 2020 8 Comments

"Karl is now free to cut hair and pursue his livelihood without any unjust interference."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR0XrBJ4ykA

Michigan Supreme Court Throws Out Order Saying Barber Karl Manke had to Close Shop

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 08, 2020 14 Comments

“It is incumbent on the courts to ensure decisions are made according to the rule of law, not hysteria.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtBSk8JJv-U

SCOTUS May Get Another Trump Finances Case as 4th Circuit Allows Emoluments Lawsuit to Proceed

Posted by Jared Samilow on May 17, 2020 8 Comments

The Resistance to Trump has kept the courts, and SCOTUS in particular, busy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5MaebaDL7Q

Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down “Safer-at-Home” order

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 13, 2020 15 Comments

"Palm's Emergency Order 28 is declared unlawful, invalid, and unenforceable."

Oberlin College male student tries, and fails, to obtain injunction halting allegedly biased sexual assault hearing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2020 24 Comments

In an all-too-familiar scenario of disputed "consent," a male student alleges systemic anti-male bias made worse by the coronavirus shutdown of campus which may result in some alternative, not in-person, hearing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KVqaIaeRpA

A Loss or a Win? Reassessing New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. City of New York

Posted by Cody Wisniewski on May 05, 2020 37 Comments

We could have an authoritative Second Amendment opinion by the end of this year, or early next.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAaJOxVKb7U

Federal Appeals Court Bars Kentucky From Banning Drive-Up Church Services

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2020 20 Comments

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals: "Assuming all of the same precautions are taken, why is it safe to wait in a car for a liquor store to open but dangerous to wait in a car to hear morning prayers?"

https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/justices.aspx

Supreme Court dismisses major 2d Amendment case as ‘moot’

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2020 40 Comments

Alito, Gorsuch and Thomas Dissent: "By incorrectly dismissing this case as moot, the Court permits our docket to be manipulated in a way that should not be countenanced...."

Justice Sotomayor accuses SCOTUS conservative majority of pro-Trump bias

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2020 110 Comments

After conservative majority stays lower court injunction against the "public charge" immigration rule, Sotomayor lashes out: "the Court’s recent behavior on stay applications has benefited one litigant over all others"

Supreme Court stays subpoenas for Trump financial records, will hear all three cases

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2019 63 Comments

Two of the cases involve House committee subpoenas and one case involves a Manhattan District Attorney grand jury subpoena.

University of Utah Holds DACA Donut Party in Safe Space

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 07, 2019 0 Comments

“unwavering support for undocumented students (with or without DACA)"

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