By Rory K. Little | January 18, 2024
"But rejecting the clear language of the 14th Amendment to say that it bars Trump from running for the office, is to fall prey to the very criticism levelled at some justices: deciding a case based on feelings and politics, rather than law," according to Rory Little, a professor at The University of California College of the Law, San Francisco.
By ALM Staff | January 17, 2024
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By Sophia A. Nelson | January 16, 2024
"It's time that the legal profession stepped up boldly to lead the much-needed college campus free speech reforms we all know are required in this national moment of consequence," says attorney and political commentator Sophia A. Nelson.
By Jimmy Hoover | January 12, 2024
Advocates for the homeless say the ordinances violate the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
By Avalon Zoppo | January 12, 2024
Judge Patrick Bumatay dissented from a decision that San Francisco's anti-vagrancy enforcement likely constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
By Allison Dunn | January 12, 2024
"Counsel's constructive absence during either a significant portion of trial or an important aspect of trial so offends the constitutional protections surrounding the right to assistance of counsel that it renders the entire adversary process 'presumptively unreliable' and creates an uncurable error," Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd wrote.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | January 12, 2024
The issue before the Colorado court and other courts throughout the country involves the right to be on the ballot, itself a federal constitutional issue which must be decided by the judiciary.
By Colleen Murphy | January 12, 2024
"Pax Christi USA's position is that New Jersey's enactment of AB 5207 was a proper exercise of the State's traditional police powers to protect the health and safety of those whom the federal government chooses to detain in New Jersey under its immigration authority," Pashman Stein partner David N. Cinotti said.
By Cheryl Miller | January 11, 2024
A cannabis company owner challenging a state license denial "cannot use the Dormant Commerce Clause to demand a constitutional right to participate in an illegal interstate market," wrote U.S. District Judge Tiffany Cartwright of Washington's Western District.
By Brian Lee | January 11, 2024
The operator, Waste Management, calls the state constitutional amendment vague.
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