By Katheryn Tucker | March 28, 2018
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District of Florida in Tallahassee issued a permanent injunction requiring Florida's Executive Clemency Board to establish a new voting rights restoration process for former felons by April 26.
By Marcia Coyle | March 27, 2018
"The demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform,” Stevens said in a New York Times op-ed. “They should demand a repeal of the Second Amendment.” At the high court, the justices have shown no strong appetite to dive into the Second Amendment in recent years.
By Anthony S. Guardino | March 27, 2018
In his Zoning and Land Use Planning column, Anthony Guardino discusses 'Congregation Rabbinical College of Tartikov v. Village of Pomona,' where the court decided that several laws passed by the upstate village of Pomona could not be used to block development of a religious school and associated dormitory housing on village property.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp | March 27, 2018
In their Second Circuit Review, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp discuss 'Halleck v. Manhattan Community Access Corporation', in which the court held that several public access television channels in Manhattan qualify as public forums under the First Amendment—even though they are owned by a private corporation. The majority's decision was accompanied by a lengthy dissenting opinion, and is at odds with decisions in the D.C. Circuit and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
By Jonathan Ringel | March 27, 2018
A majority says the court cannot rewrite the law, but dissenters say that when the Legislature is silent, courts can act.
By Cogan Schneier | March 27, 2018
New York and other states are also expected to sue.
By Scott Graham | March 26, 2018
The California Court of Appeal has created some First Amendment breathing room for the creators of docudramas. It's coming at the expense of legendary actor Olivia De Havilland.
By Cogan Schneier | March 26, 2018
The Archdiocese of Washington argues the Washington, D.C., transit system illegally refused to run its Christmas-themed ads on city buses.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ken Strutin | March 26, 2018
In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin writes: Lifespans encapsulated by incarceration cancel the possibility of parole, extinguish life in society, and hasten death in custody. Moreover, misperceptions of mortality's measures lengthen and intensify sentences beyond their intention.
By Lauren D. Bernadett and Michael E. Vergara | March 26, 2018
Water districts secured a win in the first stage of challenges to curtailments.
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