JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 5, 2021
The United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (and the later denial of a motion for consideration ) in rejecting the much touted lawsuit to give residents a vote in Congress. Absent retrocession, there remains only statehood.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in the District Court for the District of Columbia has caused a bit of a stir after a hearing in a criminal case where she called for briefing on the alternative grounds for the right to an abortion. Bangerter , 61 F.3d 3d 1505, 1514-15 (10th Cir.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
JUNE 3, 2022
District Court for the District of Columbia. Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the only other current justice with experience as a judge in the trial or district courts. She will begin hearing cases when the Court’s new term begins in October. Jackson Can Make Her Mark Despite Liberal Minority.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
AUGUST 4, 2021
The intermediate appellate court held that the defendant was not entitled to present the defense because he had “reasonable legal alternatives” to trespass and obstruction even if those alternatives were not effective. BP p.l.c. , Two amicus briefs were filed in support of the companies, one by the U.S.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
The Attorney General of the United States may be one of the most perfectly tailored case for major Supreme Court decision. Indeed, the only thing lacking from the 2-1 decision is a mailing label directly to Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008).
JonathanTurley
APRIL 19, 2021
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine then thrilled many by declaring that he was investigating Trump for a possible incitement charge. As I have previously written , these statements ignored both the elements of that crime and controlling case law. If we don’t, we cannot go away.”.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Three Republican senators – Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Lee of Utah, and Ted Cruz of Texas – write that a precedent can be unworkable due to “a history of confusion in the lower courts, an unstable pattern of Supreme Court decisions, and a persistent lack of judicially manageable standards.”
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