The Supreme Court handed down sixteen opinions in March and April, including the New York gun rights case (spoiler alert: the case was moot), the ACA reimbursement case (8-1 ruling that the government must pay health insurers as promised for
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Ignorantia Legis Non Excusat, published by Thomas M. Crowley, Attorney and Counselor At Law, focuses on legal education and analysis of significant court decisions, particularly those from the U.S. Supreme Court. The blog covers a range of topics including constitutional law, environmental law, intellectual property, criminal procedure, and election law. It provides commentary on major cases affecting statutory interpretation, government authority, and public policy, with attention to doctrines like the government edicts doctrine and issues such as the Clean Water Act, jury unanimity, and the Electoral College. The blog aims to explain complex legal principles and recent judicial rulings to a broad audience interested in legal developments.
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The Court and COVID-19
A note about how COVID-19 (coronavirus) has impacted the Supreme Court. (Full details about all of this can be found at SCOTUSblog).
On one hand, the Court is continuing to operate. Although the Court is closed to the public,…
Faithless Electors
This post will talk about everyone’s favorite (insert sarcasm emoji) election-year topic: the Electoral College. And unless you think that it hasn’t made it’s way to the Supreme Court, it has, in two cases to be argued in April. They…
2020: What We Have To Look Forward To
The End of the Term I: The Fourth Amendment and the Census Case
61 Down, 8 Cases To Go
(Celebrating the Women’s World Cup. Image credit: Arthur Lien. See more of his work at courtartist.com)
Since my last post (June 6), the Supreme Court has handed down 19 cases, leaving only 8 to go. Four of these (the…





