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Supreme Court dismisses immigration case that was scheduled for argument in October
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (149+ words) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a case that had been scheduled for argument in October after U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer notified the court that the case is now moot and the challenger agreed that it should be removed from…...
Supreme Court dismisses potentially significant immigration case that was scheduled for argument in October
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (149+ words) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a case that had been scheduled for argument in October after U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer notified the court that the case is now moot and the challenger agreed that it should be removed from…...
The “born free and equal” clauses and same-sex marriage
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (676+ words) Revisiting Obergefell is especially timely given that this precedent has recently faced considerable criticism from both inside and outside the court and given my own belief that substantive due process, upon which the opinion was based, is an oxymoron (like…...
Empower the Supreme Court’s supermajority on substantive matters
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (320+ words) This is the seventh piece in a series on what I believe the court can, and should, do better. In the last installment, I proposed two rules based on the number three. With the Join-3, the chief justice would automatically…...
The century-old fight to test birthright citizenship
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (461+ words) At the time, federal law made Chinese immigrants ineligible for naturalization. Wong’s parents therefore could not become citizens no matter how long they lived, worked, or paid taxes in the United States. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 further barred Chinese…...
Judge temporarily halts Trump’s latest birthright citizenship order
1+ week, 4+ day ago (453+ words) ...
Will the court consider due process rights for detained migrants?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (744+ words) ...
Judge blocks Trump's second birthright citizenship order
1+ week, 4+ day ago (381+ words) Chief Justice William Rehnquist died on this day in 2005. He served on the court for more than 33 years, the first 14 of which he spent as an associate justice. Two Republican groups asked the court on its interim docket to block…...
Taft-maxxing: How William Howard Taft transformed from a portly president to a svelte chief justice
1+ week, 5+ day ago (182+ words) As one writer observed, But enough about bathtubs. After Taft lost the presidential election of 1912 and accepted an offer to teach at Yale Law School, he began focusing once again on losing weight, returning to his proto-keto diet. Importantly, he…...
How William Howard Taft transformed from a portly president to a svelte chief justice
1+ week, 5+ day ago (182+ words) As one writer observed, But enough about bathtubs. After Taft lost the presidential election of 1912 and accepted an offer to teach at Yale Law School, he began focusing once again on losing weight, returning to his proto-keto diet. Importantly, he…...