On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, Judge Harlin D. Hale of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas, dismissed the National Rifle Association of America's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Judge Hale warned that, should the NRA file a new bankruptcy case, the Court would consider appointing a trustee to fulfill the fiduciary duties required for a debtor in possession. Read More.
On Wednesday, the Facebook Oversight Board upheld former President Donald Trump’s January suspension from the platform, citing his creation of “an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible.” Read More.
The tech giant and the luxury designer are alleging claims based on breach of contract and intellectual property infringement. Read More.
Garner v. City of Loveland et al (filed 4/14/21)
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Inside the Republican Anti-Transgender Machine
The New York Times, May 13, 2021
A.C.L.U. attorney Chase Strangio on the coordinated strategy behind the more than 100 anti-transgender bills introduced this year.
Republicans Attack Democrats as Liberal Extremists to Regain Power
The New York Times, May 12, 2021
As Democrats prepare to run on an ambitious economic agenda, Republicans are working to caricature them as liberal extremists out of touch with voters’ values.
Justices voice skepticism about retroactive sentencing reductions for low-level crack-cocaine offenders
SCOTUSblog, May 7, 2021
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard its last case of the term. The case, Terry v. United States, about sentencing reductions for certain offenses involving crack cocaine, comes just a few months before the petitioner, Tarahrick Terry, is scheduled to be released after serving 13... The post Justices voice skepticism about retroactive sentencing reductions for low-level crack-cocaine offenders appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
Justice Clarence Thomas, Long Silent, Has Turned Talkative
The New York Times, May 3, 2021
The Supreme Court’s orderly telephone arguments, prompted by the pandemic, have given the public a revealing look at its longest-serving member.
Gail A. Curley named Marshal of the Supreme Court of the U.S.
Supreme Court of the United States, May 3, 2021
Exploring the Meaning of and Problems With the Supreme Court’s (Apparent) Adoption of a “Most Favored Nation” Approach to Protecting Religious Liberty Under the Free Exercise Clause: Part One in a Series
Justia's Verdict, April 30, 2021
In this first of a series of columns, Illinois Law dean Vikram David Amar and UC Davis Law professor emeritus Alan E. Brownstein discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s apparent adoption of a “most favored nation” approach to protecting religious liberty under the Free Exercise Clause. Dean Amar and Professor Brownstein describe some of the problems with this approach and point out that the reason religious exercise receives constitutional recognition and protection is not because the Constitution assigns some heightened value to religious belief and practices over secular interests, but because we do not want the state to interfere with religious choice and the autonomy of religious individuals to associate with a religion of their choice.
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