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
Thomas M. Crowley, Attorney and Counselor At Law
I am an attorney with over 25 years of legal experience, including appellate, litigation, and environmental law practice and legal education including teaching at Temple Law School in pursuit of my LL. M. in Legal Education. Now I am putting my belief that legal education is for everyone into practice with this blog. Not trying to make new lawyers, only informed citizens. [B.A., M.A. (Philosophy); J.D. )Notre Dame); LL.M. (Temple). Licensed in Pennsylvania; member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court M.D and E.D. of PA.]
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Indictments and Loraxes
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…
Part 2: Republic of Sudan v. Harrison
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…
What I’ve Been Up To/Blog Tweaks/First Opinion And An Interesting Case–Part 1
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…
Whataboutism, Or The Fallacy of Moral Equivalence
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…
Emoluments Update: District of Columbia and Maryland v. Trump. Plus: The Difference Between Personal and Official Capacities and a Note About Discovery.
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
“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…
What Does the Supreme Court Do Over The Summer? (And Some of What’s To Come In The Next Term)
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…
End of the Term
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).…
Hold On To Your Wallets: The Conclusion
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…