The execution of drug smugglers that President Trump advocates as part of his plan to combat the opioid crisis is already legal under a 1994 law passed at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, Politico reports. Federal prosecutors have never used it. The 1994...
This morning the justices will hear oral argument in Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Lundgren, in which they will consider tribal immunity from state-court actions to adjudicate title to land. Ronald Mann had this blog‘s preview. Simon Bord and Katherine Thibodeau preview the case for...
The suspect in a string of bombings in Austin is dead, reports the Austin American-Statesman. Interim Police Chief Brian Manley said authorities tracked down the suspect’s vehicle to a hotel in Round Rock, Tx., just north of Austin. Police began following the suspect’s vehicle, and...
For public debate to be productive, we need clear frameworks for analysis, and this is especially true of discussions about gun control....
Gillian Metzger argues that the administrative state is constitutionally required, an argument possible only if you ignore original meaning....
Over the objection of four justices, the Supreme Court tonight blocked Missouri from executing Russell Bucklew, who was scheduled to die tonight. Bucklew was convicted for the 1996 murder of Michael Sanders, who was living at the time with Bucklew’s former girlfriend, Stephanie Ray. Bucklew...
The petition of the day is: de Csepel v. Republic of Hungary 17-1165 Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys contribute to this blog in various capacities, is among the counsel to the petitioners in this case. This listing occurs without regard to the likelihood that certiorari will...
In a unanimous March 20, 2018 opinion written by Justice Elena Kagan, the U.S. Supreme Court held that state courts retain concurrent jurisdiction over class action lawsuits alleging only violations of the Securities Act of 1933’s liability provisions and that these state court class action...
The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, a highly anticipated case that combines two often controversial topics: the First Amendment and abortion. The question before the justices today was whether a California law that directs...
Even when children grow up next to each other with parents who earn similar incomes, black boys fare worse than white boys in 99 percent of the U.S., finds a study led by researchers at Stanford, Harvard and the Census Bureau, the New York Times...