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January 7: Showdown At Supreme Court Over Biden Vax Mandates

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2021 42 Comments

Oral argument scheduled in two sets of mandate cases, one involving the OSHA employer mandate and the second involving the CMS mandate.

Supreme Court Refuses To Halt NY State Healthcare Worker Vaccine Mandate Lacking Religious Exemption

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2021 43 Comments

Gorsuch dissent: "Those who cite medical reasons are exempt. But no comparable exemption exists for individuals whose sincere religious beliefs prevent them from taking one of the currently available vaccines. It seems New York is one of just three States to have a scheme like this."

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“Critical Race Theory” Becomes Issue During Supreme Court Argument In Maine School Funding Case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 08, 2021 31 Comments

Justice Alito: If Maine refuses to fund students to attend schools that teach white supremacy, "would you say the same thing about a school that teaches critical race theory?"

SCOTUS Appears to Seek Middle Ground on Abortion After Hearing Mississippi Abortion Oral Arguments

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 01, 2021 75 Comments

We will likely get a decision in the spring.

New York Concealed Carry Restrictions Seem Likely To Fall As Important 2nd Amendment Case Argued In Supreme Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2021 23 Comments

"When Wednesday’s oral argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen drew to a close after roughly two hours of debate, it seemed likely that New York’s 108-year-old handgun-licensing law is in jeopardy."

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Barrett and Kavanaugh Join Supreme Court Liberals To Reject Stay Of Maine Vax Mandate Lacking Religious Exemption

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2021 48 Comments

Worried about the shadow docket: "Were the standard otherwise, applicants could use the emergency docket to force the Court to give a merits preview in cases that it would be unlikely to take—and to doso on a short fuse without benefit of full briefing and oral argument."

Texas Fetal Heartbeat Law Still Beats, Supreme Court Leaves In Place But Agrees To Expedited Review

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2021 14 Comments

Question for oral argument on November 1 focuses on DOJ standing: "May the United States bring suit in federal court and obtain injunctive or declaratory relief against the State, state court judges, state court clerks, other state officials, or all private parties to prohibit S.B. 8 from being enforced."

Supreme Court Refuses To Halt Texas Fetal Heartbeat Law On Procedural Grounds

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 02, 2021 59 Comments

"it is unclear whether the named defendants in this lawsuit can or will seek to enforce the Texas law against the applicants in a manner that might permit our intervention"

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Trump’s “Remain In Mexico” Policy To Be Reinstated After Supreme Court Ruling

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 25, 2021 21 Comments

In 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS refuses to stay lower court injunction reinstating the Trump policy, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan would have granted a stay.

Democrats Souring on Kamala Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 04, 2021 5 Comments

All the news you may have missed.

Supreme Court Strikes Down California Policy Forcing Disclosure Of Non-Profit Donors To State Regulators

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2021 25 Comments

In an Opinion issued today, the Supreme Court has stricken a California policy requiring disclosure of large non-profit donor information to state regulators. The case establishes the important principle that if you want to make, ahem, large donations to organizations like the Legal Insurrection Foundation,...

Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Ballot Harvesting Restrictions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2021 41 Comments

SCOTUS rules 6-3 in Opinion by Alito.

Recent Supreme Court Off-Campus Free Speech Win To Face Reality Of Anti-Free Speech Student Attitudes

Posted by Ameer Benno on June 29, 2021 26 Comments

While those who value free speech should be celebrating the Mahanoy decision, decades of iron-fisted school control over what students are allowed to say has normalized such authority in the minds of many.

Supreme Court Will Not Hear Virginia School Bathroom Case, Securing Victory For Transgender Male

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2021 64 Comments

School District has wanted Court to rule on the following Question: "Does Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause require schools to let transgender students use multiuser restrooms designated for the opposite biological sex, even when single-user restrooms are available for all students regardless of gender identity?

Sheldon Whitehouse Was Too Busy ‘Ralphing’ and ‘Boofing’ To Notice His Beach Club Was All White

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2021 51 Comments

Is it fair? An all-white club is not the same as a whites-only club. But the blowtorch of the Senate doesn't deserve nuance. Whatever it is, go ahead and mock him for this.

Supreme Court loves it some Obamacare

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 19, 2021 51 Comments

SCOTUS has performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions on Obamacare for almost a decade, including recently in California v. Texas. Alito Dissent: "No one can fail to be impressed by the lengths to which this Court has been willing to go to defend the ACA against all threats."

SCOTUS Unanimously Sides With Catholic Foster Agency in Dispute Over Gay Couples

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 17, 2021 13 Comments

"CSS seeks only an accommodation that will allow it to continue serving the children of Philadelphia in a manner consistent with its religious beliefs; it does not seek to impose those beliefs on anyone else."

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