The October 2018 term is moving along, with all the “big” cases either awaiting decision or yet to be argued. Over the next few months, I will be highlighting the Supreme Court cases that I think are the most important–and
As my final post for 2018, I plan to cover two topics, one that people have been talking about nearly non-stop and one that (I hope) will put a smile on your face to end the year. Some might call
On October 12, 2000, the guided-missile destroyer U.S.S. Cole was attacked while refueling in the port of Aden, Yemen. 17 American sailors were killed, 39 were injured. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack; the Republic of Sudan was (and is) thought to
They didn’t call it “The Paper Chase” for nothing.
What have I been up to? Well, this photo should give you a clue.
Along with blogging about the law, I have begun to practice it (again),
I am now a
We’ve all heard it. Whether it’s “What about her emails?” applied to Hilary Clinton or “There were good people on both sides” as applied to Charlottesville or “The CIA is just as bad as the KGB” back in the day
As I posted last November, President Trump is the defendant in three separate lawsuits involving his alleged violation of both the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Causes. (For those of you who are new to this topic, I recommend reading
“Treason” is one of those legal terms that people tend to use in conversation but have no real notion of what it means. And while it is acceptable at some level to use legal terms loosely in conversation because most
The October 2017 term of the Supreme Court is over, and the October 2018 term does not begin until the first Monday of October (which happens to be October 1). A loyal follower of this blog asked what happens between
The October 2017 term of the Supreme Court ended last week, in a blizzard of opinions, 15 since my last post (6/21), including Carpenter (the cell phone Fourth Amendment case), the Travel Ban 3.0 case, and Janus (the employee shop fee/First Amendment case).
Back in January, I noted the grant in South Dakota v. Wayfair under the title “Hold On To Your Wallets.” In that post, I noted that squarely before the Court was one issue: should Quill v. North Dakota, the case that requires a company, including