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Showing posts with label the judiciary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the judiciary. Show all posts
Thursday, August 22, 2024

For our ongoing look at the judiciary, a few topical court cases

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- Federal judge strikes down FTC rule banning noncompete agreements . A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday struck down the Federal Trade Comm...
Wednesday, March 8, 2017

From GovTrack: A liberal circuit court struck down Trump’s travel ban. This bill would divide that court into two.

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Extreme checking and balancing - perfectly constitutional though. - Click here for the article . Mere days after President Trump signed a ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

From the National Law Journal: Order to Reveal Detainee Names May Grow List of Plaintiffs Challenging Travel Ban

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More checking and balancing of the Trump Administration from the courts. - Click here for the article . A Brooklyn judge's ruling for t...
Friday, January 27, 2017

From the Texas Tribune: Federal court blocks Texas fetal remains burial rule

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For our look at federalism. - Click here for it . U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks ruled Texas cannot require health providers to b...
Saturday, October 1, 2016

From Bloomberg: Sept. 11 Widow Sues Saudi Arabia Following Congress Override

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The first lawsuit authorized by Congress related to 9/11 has been filed. - Click here for the article . A woman widowed when her husband ...
Friday, September 23, 2016

From Jurist: 'Sister Wives' family appeals polygamy ruling to Supreme Court

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From the cutting edge of equal protection. Polygamist got a boost when the Supreme Court ruled that the "fundamental" right of ma...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

From 538: Tighter Restrictions Are Losing In The Battle Over Voter ID Laws

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The federal courts are checking state legislatures. - Click here for the article . The struggle over who can vote on Election Day is b...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: Courts Rebuff Texas Bid to Slow Foster Care Reform

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An area of conflict between Texas and the national government - one that does not involve the environment! - Click here for the article . ...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

From Wikipedia: Judicial appointment history for United States federal courts

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- Click here for a terrific graph outlining presidential appointments to the Supreme Court term by term .
Tuesday, February 16, 2016

From Scotusblog: How the politics of the next nomination will play out

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Here's a look at the interests behind and motivating the individual who have the power to check and balance each other. - Click here fr...

From the NYT: Before Scalia’s Death, a Clash Between G.O.P. and Obama Over Appellate Judges

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Checks and balances, and the struggle over the future of the Judiciary. - Click here for the article . The vow by Senate Republicans to ...
Monday, February 15, 2016

A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law Antonin Scalia

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One article on Scalia argues that this book marks "the high point of his intellectual influence across party lines." I offer it be...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

From USA Today: Chief Justice John Roberts seeks to limit role of courts

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Opportunities to bring lawsuits forward are being limited. Fewer people are felt to posses "standing" to sue. - Click here for t...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

From Randy Barnett: The Original Meaning of the Judicial Power

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In a 2004 article, Barnett tackles the claims that the framers of the Constitution did not define judicial power to include the power of jud...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Schwartz, et al v. Cruz

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Here is a link to the document filed challenging Senator Cruz's eligibility to hold the office of the president - apart from actually ru...
Saturday, November 7, 2015

The Conditional Motion for Preliminary Injunction on Implementation of 2013 Redistricting Plans for 2016 Election Cycle

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A link in the Texas Tribune's story on the decision by federal judges to not require Texas' congressional districts to be redrawn pr...
Sunday, November 1, 2015

From the Dallas Morning News: Obama names three Texas judges in apparent deal with Cornyn and Cruz

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This ties into the previous post on Perry's appointees to the Texas judiciary. This refers to Obama's appointees to the federal jud...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Will the courts have to determine what the term "reasonable rules" means regarding campus carry?

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The Houston Chronicle writes today that SB 11 - the campus carry bill - might be on its way to court. When the bill passed, it contained an ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

From the Texas Tribune: Texas Cases Factor in New Supreme Court Term

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The state of Texas is no stranger to the United States Supreme Court. Here is a look at the cases from Texas that will be heard there. It...
Sunday, September 20, 2015

From Gallup: Trust in U.S. Judicial Branch Sinks to New Low of 53%

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But it still beats the legislative and executive branches. - Click here for the article . Americans have consistently had more trust in th...