On Thursday federal judges threw out Michigan’s congressional and state legislative maps, calling them unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. Politico reports that the case is on hold till the outcome of cases already pending at the Supreme Court which will likely determine whether Michigan redraws its districts before the 2020 election. A … [Read more...]
Will Gun Control Survive Brett Kavanaugh and the Court’s Absolutist Bloc?
The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: ‘A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” The Supreme Court has refused to hear a Second Amendment case for nearly a decade since it decided in two watershed cases … [Read more...]
Pence Defends Trump’s Citizenship Plan to Change Constitution
If at any time Trump feels like he is losing supporters in politics, he can always count on Vice President Mike Pence to stand by his side. On Tuesday Pence said the executive order that President Donald Trump is considering to curb birthright citizenship may not conflict with the U.S. Constitution. Reuters reports, in an interview with … [Read more...]
Two Court Rulings Re-Shape Ability to Sue Out-of-State Companies in Pennsylvania
Two rulings from the Pennsylvania Superior Court have re-affirmed Pennsylvanians' right to sue out-of-state companies that register as “foreign corporations” in Pennsylvania. The two cases, Webb-Benjamin v. International Rug Group and Murray v. American LaFrance, were decided in June and September of this year, respectively. Attorneys in the … [Read more...]
Texas Wins Again in Lawsuit Over Campus Carry
Three professors at the University of Texas at Austin suffered another legal defeat in August in their longshot campaign against a Texas law allowing concealed weapons on college campuses. A three-judge panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the state of Texas, upholding the now three-year-old law that prevented … [Read more...]
Decades Old Election Law Overturned
New Hampshire local vote moderators can no longer throw out absentee ballots just because they don’t like the look of the signature on the ballot. On August 16, 2018, a federal judge said the 40-year-old election law that allowed absentee ballots to be thrown out is unconstitutional. Why, exactly, were these absentee ballots thrown out and not … [Read more...]
