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ELECTION LAW: Notable 2026 Supreme Court Federal Election Decisions
By ahemenwaynlrg-com-anne-b-hemenway
The Lawletter Vol. 51 No. 5 Anne Hemenway, Senior Attorney The United States Supreme Court was busy during the 2025-2026 term hearing and deciding numerous decisions which…
JURIST
Supreme Court to hear case on affirmative action in education three years after striking it down in college admissions
The US Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would revisit the issue of race as a factor in school admissions, often called affirmative action, three years after striking down…
Law & Humanities Blog
Joo on A Long Story: Queues, Dreadlocks, and Cycles in Civil Rights History
By christinecorcoslawlit-blogspot-com
Thomas Wuil Joo, University of California Davis School of Law, has published A Long Story: Queues, Dreadlocks, and Cycles in Civil Rights History. Here is the abstract. The conventional justification…
inversecondemnation.com
New(ish) Article: Adam J. MacLeod, “Vested Rights and the Presumption of Lawful Use,” 2 Tex. A & M J. of Law & Civil Governance (2026)
Check this out, a new (to us, at least) article from lawprof Adam J. MacLeod, "Vested Rights and the Presumption of Lawful Use," 2 Tex. A & M J. of…
Balkinization
The Looming 14/4 Crisis
By gerardn-maglioccabalkin-blogspot-com
It appears likely that Democrats will control at least part of Congress next year. It is also likely that we will hit the debt ceiling again during the next Congress.…
Religion Clause
Journalist Sues Dearborn for Favoring Muslims Over Christians and Jews
Suit was filed yesterday in a Michigan federal district court by a journalist who is a resident of Dearborn, Michigan, alleging that the city of Dearborn has violated the 1st…
Balkinization
Our Unconstitutional Reapportionment Process
By gerardn-maglioccabalkin-blogspot-com
One irony about the new proposed list of census questions for 2030 is that the only question that may be constitutionally required as an original matter is not included. That…
The Insightful Immigration Blog
A Maryland Court Blocks Trump’s Latest End-Run Around Birthright Citizenship
By Cyrus D. Mehta & Damira Zhanatova
As we discussed in our previous blog, the Trump administration’s August 6, 2026 executive orders were not genuine efforts to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Barbara.…
Balkinization
Does Congress Have the Power to Ban Non-Citizen Voting?
By gerardn-maglioccabalkin-blogspot-com
The Administration's request for emergency relief with respect to its proposed regulations on mail-in voting raises complex issues that cannot be decided on the papers. The Court should hear argument…
JURIST
Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s latest attempt to end birthright citizenship
US District Judge Deborah Boardman on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the enforcement of President Trump’s dual executive orders (EOs) targeting birthright citizenship, largely on the grounds that the…