On Recent Special Master Timelines & Candidates
I would think there’s going to be a fight over the special master appointment, and that won’t be resolved this week.
I would think there’s going to be a fight over the special master appointment, and that won’t be resolved this week.
Judge Aileen Cannon’s 24-page ruling threw another wrinkle in what is looking like a long, drawn-out legal battle over the Mar-a-lago docs.
The Department of Justice filed a response to former President Trump’s request for a special master to oversea the documents and property seized during the execution of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant
It took a while, but former President Donald Trump has finally filed a legal challenge to the Mar-a-Lago search and seizure by the FBI.
It took a jury all of 3 hours to find Steve Bannon guilty of both counts.
Ordinary Times EiC Emeritus Burt Likko and Andrew Donaldson have an in-depth discussion about rights in America, from the Declaration of Independence, to the Constitution, to recent headlines and trending controversies.
An Arizona law that bans recording of “law enforcement activity” close up is drawing controversy, complaints, and constitutional questions.
Fred Rodell was poised to be the beginning of the end of the Supreme Court’s power and influence in American life
Like most things legal, it all comes down to the wording of the various state statutes, because the word “abortion” has different meanings, depending on who you ask.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the emissions reductions imposed by the EPA in the Clean Power Plan exceeded their authority.
The Supreme Court is likely to enshrine conservative ideas for the next generation. But conservatives need to also be aware of the finite nature of their newfound power.
The Supreme Court has officially handed down their Dobbs Decision: Roe v Wade and Casey have been struck down.
Read the Supreme Court’s decision making it harder to overturn convictions based on representation for yourself here, and discuss in comments:
The phrase “ordered liberty” reminds me the reasons the Framers abandoned the Articles of Confederation and created the Federal Constitution
Some nice First Amendment red meat. This week’s case of the week is hot off the SCOTUS press: Shurtleff v. Boston
To sum up the draft opinion on abortion, Justice Alito focuses on the abstract intellectual and legal origins of rights.
Politico has released what they are calling a “first draft” of an opinion authored by Justice Alito that “Roe and Casey must be overruled.”
A federal judge has ruled that the Jan 6 committee has the authority and legal reasoning to get the RNC’s fundraising emails.
The Biden Administration’s travel mask mandate for air travel and other forms of public transportation has been halted by a federal judge
Ketanji Brown Jackson has only two cases from her time on Circuit Court of Appeals. Nevertheless, I will provide a brief synopsis of each.