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DC Judge Sides With Trump On DOJ Request For Broad ‘Protective Order’ (Update)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2023 17 Comments

"At this point, I'm not persuaded that the government has shown good cause to subject to the protective order all the information in this case."

Lawsuit To Stop De-Naming of Middlebury College ‘Mead Chapel’ Can Go Forward, VT Judge Rules

Posted by Jane Coleman on August 08, 2023 11 Comments

Mead's estate wants the agreement establishing the chapel name honored. The Judge's ruling clears the way for the case to move toward discovery.

Derek Chauvin Did Not Receive A Fair Trial, But Minnesota Supreme Court Will Not Hear His Appeal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2023 57 Comments

MN Supreme Court denies Petition for Review. Derek Chauvin did not get a fair trial. But it doesn't matter to the public or the Minnesota courts. Chauvin reportedly will seek U.S. Supreme Court review, but I doubt SCOTUS will take the case.

NY Dems Get Another Run At Redistricting Republicans Out of Existence After Mid-Level Appeals Court Orders New Mapping

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2023 8 Comments

Appellate Division says state's highest court (Court of Appeals) prior ruling throwing out Democrat partisan gerrymandering only applied to 2022 cycle, so Democrats get to try again.

After Affirmative Action Ruling, Schools Finally Admit That Race had Impact on Admissions

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 07, 2023 2 Comments

"schools are insisting that, without considering race, minority admissions will plummet"

Supreme Court: Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action “invalidated under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2023 91 Comments

Chief Justice Roberts for the 6-3 majority: "The race-based admissions systems that respondents employ also fail to comply with the twin commands of the Equal Protection Clause that race may never be used as a “negative” and that it may not operate as a stereotype" and a "student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual—not on the basis of race."

Supreme Court Rejects “Independent State Legislature” Theory In Moore v. Harper

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2023 47 Comments

Majority Opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts: "The Elections Clause does not insulate state legislatures from the ordinary exercise of state judicial review." Thomas, Gorsuch, and Alito dissented.

94-year-old Grandmother Wins Home Equity Theft Case at the U.S. Supreme Court

Posted by James Nault on May 25, 2023 43 Comments

Justices unanimously side with elderly homeowner in tax foreclosure dispute.

ADF challenges FDA’s “politically driven” abortion pill action

Posted by Terrance Kible on May 19, 2023 9 Comments

ADF criticized FDA for "classifying pregnancy as an 'illness'" to approve mifepristone abortion pill.

94-year-old Grandmother Fights Home Equity Theft at the U.S. Supreme Court

Posted by James Nault on April 28, 2023 58 Comments

Justices appear likely to side with elderly homeowner in tax foreclosure dispute

5th Circuit Put a Hold on Parts of Ruling that Revoked FDA Approval of Abortion Pill

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 13, 2023 16 Comments

"But the three-judge panel said a separate part of Kacsmaryk's decision, which suspends changes the FDA made to the drug's approved use in 2016, could go into effect."

Fort Hood Mass Murderer Appeals His Death Sentence

Posted by James Nault on April 05, 2023 85 Comments

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces heard appeal from Nidal Hasan, who murdered 13, including a pregnant soldier, and injured 32, at Fort Hood in 2009.

Hide the Ball: Columbia U Becomes First Ivy League School To Permanently Eliminate Required Standardized Admissions Testing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2023 24 Comments

As affirmative action likely comes to an end later this SCOTUS term, higher ed will not give up its obsession with racial preferences, it'll just eliminate the key type of evidence relied upon by the Asian students in the Harvard case: Standardized test scores.

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