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Brickbat: Pay as You Go
Quebec Premier François Legault said those who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will have to pay a special health tax. Legault didn’t say when or […]
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No First Amendment Violation in Removal of Billboard After S.F. Mayor Had Criticized It
Starting at Zhou V. BreedThe Ninth Circuit’s Judges John Owens, Michelle Friedland and Danny Boggs, a Sixth Circuit Judge, ruled Friday that the matter was […]
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Martin Luther King on the Ethics of Resistance to State Authority
Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King Day today is a time for us to pay tribute and review King’s history. King is most […]
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Claim that “Certificate of Need” Law Lacks a Rational Basis Can Go Forward
Start at Slaughter v. Dobbs), decided by Judge Carlton Reeves on Thursday (S.D. Miss.): The case involves a constitutional challenge of Mississippi’s Certificate of Need […]
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The Important Choice of Law Questions Lurking in Tomorrow’s Stolen-Pissarro Argument
Tomorrow’s argument is expected to be heard by the Supreme Court Cassirer v. Thyssen Bornemisza Collection Foundation. This is a dramatic account of the looting […]
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Prof. Philip Hamburger (Columbia) on the Nondelegation Doctrine
Crisis for the nondelegation doctrine The Supreme Court has used it for nearly a century to answer questions regarding transfers of legislative authority. It was […]
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How North Dakota Is More Like Windows than UNIX
A North Dakota Supreme Court decision in Re Yates (Jan. 6): Amy Jo Yates and Shane Lance Yates applied to the district court for their […]
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 17, 1973 and January 17, 1996
Frontiero (1973) and United States (2004) were argued simultaneously, 23 years apart. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the one who argued the first case and she […]
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You Can’t Solve Homelessness by Making It a Crime
His car is his castle. Washington Supreme Court declared that a city could not imprison a homeless person’s truck. It also ruled in August that […]
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Brickbat: Keep on Trucking
Kirk Parker Jr. was an employee of Baltimore Department of Public Works. He has been charged for second-degree burglary and theft. Also, malicious destruction of […]