By Marcia Coyle | May 6, 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, treated for a gallbladder condition, will participate in today's teleconference arguments from a hospital, the court said. The justice is "resting comfortably." We take a look below at the day's cases, and thanks for reading
By Tom McParland | May 5, 2020
U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres said that the move to nix the primary not only deprived former presidential candidate Andrew Yang and his delegates of their opportunity to influence Democratic Party politics, but also stripped voters of the right to send like-minded representatives to the convention.
By R. Robin McDonald | May 5, 2020
In an order handed down Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Steve Jones said that plaintiffs have not pointed to any binding case law to back up their claim that the Second Amendment established a fundamental right to carry a loaded handgun in public venues.
National Law Journal | Commentary
By Hannah Cox and Brett L. Tolman | May 5, 2020
Hannah Cox, national manager of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, and Brett L. Tolman, former U.S. attorney for Utah, discuss the history preceding the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision concluding that the Sixth Amendment secures the right to a unanimous jury in state and federal courts.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 5, 2020
"We are now in May, and we have all had so many different directions and deadlines placed upon us that many of us are wondering why we chose this profession," Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Ronald Wilson wrote in a May 1 order. "I deeply regret all of this, but it is all beyond our control."
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel | May 5, 2020
On April 2, the Court of Appeals issued its landmark decision in Regina Metropolitan Co. v. New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal where it held that retroactive application of Part F of the 2019 HSTPA violated the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The majority and dissenting opinions are not easily summarized, however, in this article, Warren Estis and Jeffrey Turkel explain what the majority did, and did not, primarily hold.
By Jim Saunders | May 5, 2020
The National Rifle Association argues that a 2018 state law that blocked people under age 21 from buying guns violates the Second Amendment and equal-protection rights.
By Katheryn Tucker | May 4, 2020
"Shackling is an inherently prejudicial practice that undermines the presumption of innocence in the eyes of the jury, hampers the defendant's ability to participate in his own defense, and impacts the overall dignity of the judicial process," Chief Justice Harold Melton said.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | May 4, 2020
Wolf's filing comes days after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito requested that the governor respond to the business owners' petition, which had been filed to the high court April 27—two weeks after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied the initial challenge in state court.
By Alaina Lancaster | May 4, 2020
Ninth Circuit Judge Daniel Bress said his colleagues' decision denying the federal government's motion to stay an injunction in a case over a presidential proclamation requiring certain migrants to enter the U.S. with an approved health plan is "yet the latest example of our court allowing a universal injunction of a clearly constitutional Executive Branch immigration policy."
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