By Jimmy Hoover | April 22, 2024
"Municipalities have competing priorities," said Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. "Why would you think that these nine people [on the Supreme Court] are the best people to judge and weigh those policy judgments?"
By Marianna Wharry | April 10, 2024
""Since the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, every other court that has considered a challenge to a law restricting high-capacity magazines around the country under the Second Amendment and article I, section 24 of the Washington Constitution has either rejected that challenge, or been overruled," said Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, noting that two federal district courts have ruled against such laws, and both were stayed by higher courts.
By Brian Lee | April 10, 2024
Former U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco is set to argue on behalf of the coalition, while New York Assistant Solicitor General Laura Etlinger will argue for the state Department of Financial Services' 2017 regulation.
By Jimmy Hoover | April 4, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court will confront America's homelessness epidemic this month in an Eighth Amendment case.
By Avalon Zoppo | April 2, 2024
"Is there anything that the Oregon State Bar president can say publicly as the president of the Oregon State Bar with a mandatory membership that you think would not be (constitutionally) problematic?" Judge John Owens asked.
By Jimmy Hoover | March 29, 2024
The lawyers' group explained its involvement, stating that "allowing consular officers to rely on 'secret evidence' that is not disclosed to the applicant ... prevents attorneys from providing reliable legal advice to clients."
By Jimmy Hoover | March 28, 2024
The panel's decision to allow what it considers to be an unconstitutional "racial gerrymander" to be used is a result of the Supreme Court's monthslong delay in ruling on the map's validity.
By Jimmy Hoover | March 27, 2024
When the text of the Constitution "does not tell us the answer...we usually look to history," Justice Brett Kavanaugh said. "We might not like it, but unless we're just making it up, I don't know where else we're going to look."
By Jimmy Hoover | March 25, 2024
"Those theories will not bring about the advantages that their advocates hope to achieve. They will not bring certainty to the law," the retired justice writes in his forthcoming book, "Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism."
By Avalon Zoppo | March 21, 2024
David Tatel also voiced concern for the fall of "Chevron deference."
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