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Political Science Prof Finds Students Don’t Know Much About U.S. Government

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 22, 2022 12 Comments

"many will write how they never actually read the U.S. Constitution, which is horrifying given the number of years they have attended school prior to taking my course"...

Harvard SCOTUS Case: American Bar Association Supports “Race-Conscious Admissions Policies”

Posted by Johanna Markind on August 02, 2022 28 Comments

ABA Amicus Brief: "The Court should not ban race-conscious admissions policies...

Justice Elena Kagan: SCOTUS Losing ‘All Connection … With Public Sentiment’ Is ‘Dangerous’ for America

Posted by Stacey Matthews on July 24, 2022 68 Comments

"I'm not talking about any particular decision or even any particular series of decisions, but if over time the court loses all connection with the public and with public sentiment, that's a dangerous thing for a democracy."...

Republican Lawmaker Grills Pete Buttigieg on Invoking the 25th Amendment on Joe Biden

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 21, 2022 23 Comments

Republican Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas grilled Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday, asking him if anyone in the Biden administration has discussed invoking the 25th Amendment on Biden. It's a completely fair question. Democrats and the media pushed it repeatedly under Trump, which was ridiculous. Now it seems warranted.

“The Nightmare Scenario SCOTUS is Plotting For the 2024 Election Takeover” – Fear Mongering Over Upcoming Moore v. Harper Case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2022 160 Comments

Lefty Radio Host Thom Hartmann: "Six Republicans on the Supreme Court just announced — a story that has largely flown under the nation’s political radar — that they’ll consider pre-rigging the presidential election of 2024."...

Our SCOTUS Brief: “The Grand Judicial Experiment of Excusing Racial Discrimination in University Admissions … Has Failed”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2022 35 Comments

Legal Insurrection Foundation Files Supreme Court Brief In Support Of Asian Students Challenging Race-Based Affirmative Action...

10th Circuit Denies Native American Request To Halt Colorado “Mascot” Ban Pending Appeal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 28, 2022 33 Comments

Plaintiffs' attorney: “We’re proceeding to discovery in the district court later today and waiting on the final scheduling order, but in any event will be filing a motion for summary judgment in February....

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action Cases

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 24, 2022 35 Comments

The cases put affirmative action, that is, discrimination in order to achieve racial diversity, squarely on the table for reconsideration....

Catholic University of America Prof Says ‘The Constitution isn’t Working’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2021 8 Comments

"The document, written in 1787, isn’t working."...

University of Miami Law Prof Wants ‘Redo’ of the First and Second Amendments

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2021 20 Comments

“Once a defense of the powerless, the First Amendment over the last hundred years has mainly become a weapon of the powerful”...

Court Denies Injunction Sought By Native Americans Challenging Colorado “Mascot” Ban As Discriminatory

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 03, 2021 40 Comments

Plaintiffs' Attorney: "The District Court’s order would lead to absurd results. Schools might find out at the end of our case that Colorado’s law forcing them to change their name was unconstitutional all along."...

Appeals Court Halts Biden OSHA Employer Vaccine Mandate Pending Consideration of Permanent Injunction

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 12, 2021 37 Comments

"IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that OSHA take no steps to implement or enforce the Mandate until further court order."...

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Judge Frees J6 Prisoner Once He Denounced Trump and Promised Not To Watch TV News

Posted by Ameer Benno on November 10, 2021 29 Comments

Thomas Sibick had to agree not to watch “any news programs or political programs or talk shows” and not to attend any “political rallies”...

Native American Lawsuit Challenges Colorado Ban On Native American “Mascots” As Discriminatory

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2021 35 Comments

Allege that sweeping ban is discriminatory: "SB 21-116 sweeps derisive, neutral, and honorific uses of Native American names and imagery together into the universal term “American Indian mascot" ...

Let’s Go, Brandenburg! Parents Have Constitutional Right To (Loudly) Criticize School Boards

Posted by Ameer Benno on October 29, 2021 11 Comments

The Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on fighting words and true threats makes clear that parents have an indisputable First Amendment right to forcefully condemn school policies they dislike – and to raise their voices while doing so. ...

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....

The Government’s Case Against Many Jan. 6 Defendants is in Legal Jeopardy

Posted by Ameer Benno on September 29, 2021 58 Comments

The obstruction charge on which the government is relying so heavily may, in fact, be unconstitutional as applied to most of the Jan. 6 defendants....

Lawsuit: NY’s Gov’s Vax Mandate Deliberately Ignores Constitution and Federal Law Prohibiting Religious Discrimination

Posted by Ameer Benno on September 21, 2021 33 Comments

Although the regulation allows for a medical exemption from the vaccination requirement, it provides no religious exemption whatsoever. This was no oversight....

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