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Fundamental Rights and PIL after the German Federal Constitutional Court Decision on the Act to Combat Child Marriages

Conflict of Laws

In May, the Hamburg Max Planck Institute organized an online panel to discuss implications from the German Federal Constitutional Court Decision on the Act to Combat Child Marriages rendered just prior.

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Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of State Social Media Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

The justices recently granted certiorari in two cases challenging state laws that restrict social media companies’ ability to moderate content on their platforms. The key issue before the Court is whether the Texas and Florida laws violate the First Amendment. Facts of the Cases The two cases before the Court, Moody v.

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Supreme Court Decides Key Elections Law Case

Constitutional Law Reporter

The Supreme Court went on to find that Smagin was injured in the United States “because his ability to enforce a California judgment, confirming an international arbitration award, was impaired by racketeering activity that largely occurred in or was direct from and targeted at California.”

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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring corporations operating within their borders to consent to personal jurisdiction when they register to do business in those states. According to the Court, such laws do not offend the Constitution’s Due Process Clause. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. ,

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Supreme Court Upholds California Animal Welfare Law

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to a California animal welfare law that requires pork sold in the state to come from humanely raised pigs. According to the Court, the law did not violate the dormant commerce clause in regulating the pork industry outside California.

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13 Ways Overturning Roe v. Wade Affects You (even if you think it doesn’t)

LLRX

Wade has been settled law during her entire career. In this article Biehl succinctly and expertly identifies how the upcoming Supreme Court decision in Dobbs V. Kathy Biehl is a lawyer licensed in two states, as well as a prolific multidisciplinary author and writer.

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The art of justice: Re-examining landmark Supreme Court cases through expressionist paintings

SCOTUSBlog

Share Tired of reading jargon-filled law review articles with hundreds of footnotes? The perfect antidote is Painting Constitutional Law: Xavier Cortada’s Images of Constitutional Rights , edited by Professors M.C. Cortada’s painting reminds us that Gideon’s petition started a constitutional debate that is still ongoing.

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