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Big win for Trump in Supreme Court on detention of criminal aliens after release from custody

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2019 26 Comments

9th Circuit reversed. Criminal alien does not become exempt from mandatory detention after release from criminal custody just because DHS does not take him into immigration custody immediately.

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

Supreme Court stays Louisiana anti-abortion law, Roberts sides with liberals

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2019 53 Comments

"JUSTICE THOMAS, JUSTICE ALITO, JUSTICE GORSUCH, and JUSTICE KAVANAUGH would deny the application."

Chief Justice Roberts is the new Swing Vote, or worse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2018 58 Comments

Roberts joins liberal Justices in denying Trump request for stay of lower court ruling halting new asylum process. An ominous sign.

Supreme Court Declines Cases That Would Allow States to Block Planned Parenthood From Medicaid Funding

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 10, 2018 21 Comments

Justice Clarence Thomas not thrilled: "Some tenuous connection to a politically fraught issue does not justify abdicating our judicial duty."

Mandatory Bar Association dues for political activity may go the way of similar union dues – away

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 03, 2018 17 Comments

In Fleck v. Wetch, Supreme Court vacates judgment supporting mandatory dues and remands for consideration in light of Janus union dues decision.

Brett Kavanaugh Receives Standing Ovation at Federalist Society Convention

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 16, 2018 6 Comments

His first public appearance

SCOTUS Rules in Janus v. AFSCME That Public Sector Unions Cannot Make Non-Members Pay Dues

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 27, 2018 67 Comments

Forcing them to pay "violates the free speech rights of nonmembers by compelling them to subsidize private speech on matters of substantial public concern."

SCOTUS upholds power of states to force internet retailers to collect sales tax

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2018 41 Comments

The taxman cometh - States can force online retailers to collect sales tax for them.

Conservative majority scorches Sotomayor’s “scorching” dissent in Ohio voting rolls case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2018 94 Comments

Sotomayor's "dissent says nothing about what is relevant in this case—namely, the language of the NVRA

DOJ won’t defend Obamacare mandate – unlike Obama-Holder shift on DOMA there’s a reasonable legal basis

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2018 11 Comments

DOJ argues change in legislation renders Supreme Court precedent on individual mandate no longer applicable. Compare to Obama-Holder DOJ shift on DOMA for political reasons.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Law That Banned Sports Gambling

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 14, 2018 16 Comments

"Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each State is free to act on its own."

Pennsylvania Republicans file federal lawsuit to stop PA Sup Ct court-imposed redistricting

Posted by Jared Samilow on February 22, 2018 9 Comments

Allege violation of federal Constitution Elections Clause for new map that is more friendly to Democrats than Democrats proposed.

http://www.wtae.com/article/pennsylvania-supreme-court-issues-new-congressional-district-map/18238727?src=app

Pennsylvania legislators seek SCOTUS Emergency Stay of new congressional district map

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2018 19 Comments

PA Supreme Court imposed map even more favorable to Democrats than Democrats had requested.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopts Democratic-friendly map for 2018 elections

Posted by Jared Samilow on February 19, 2018 65 Comments

Republicans may have just lost 4-5 House seats in 2018 midterms without a single voter casting a ballot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania%27s_congressional_districts#/media/File:Pennsylvania_Congressional_Districts,_113th_Congress.tif

PA legislators seek SCOTUS stay of State Supreme Court Order striking down congressional districts

Posted by Jared Samilow on January 25, 2018 13 Comments

"The Court should ... issue a stay to preserve Pennsylvania’s election integrity"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLMBT6zNgN8

Masterpiece Cakeshop Theater

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2017 10 Comments

My interview about the landmark case involving religious freedom and free speech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npvd-VVqh9Q

Hawaii and Trump admin jointly seek to expedite 9th Circuit consideration of stay motion

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2017 4 Comments

Want case fully briefed by August 9, and to waive oral argument so 9th Circuit can rule before Supreme Court hears the case in October.

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