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Lengthier opinions and shrinking cohesion: Indications for the future of the Supreme Court

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Share When the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. The Dobbs majority opinion was the third-longest Supreme Court opinion since the beginning of the 1946-47 term, according to our analysis. Both trends could further diminish perceptions of a collegial and productive court.

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SCOTUS Fails to Identify Leaker of Dobbs Opinion

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court has failed to discover who leaked a draft of the Court’s opinion in Dobbs v. According to the Court’s investigatory report, the Court “has to date been unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence.” Below is a brief summary of the issues before the Court: Perez v.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Sitting With Oral Arguments in Three Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court recently returned to the bench for its February sitting. The issues before the Court involved Native American law and immigration. Below is a brief summary of the cases before the Court: Denezpi v. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. New York , No.

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Foreign Child Marriages and Constitutional Law – German Constitutional Court Holds Parts of the German Act to Combat Child Marriages Unconstitutional

Conflict of Laws

Yesterday, on March 29, 2023, the German Constitutional Court published its long-awaited (and also long) decision on the German “Act to Combat Child Marriage” ( Gesetz zur Bekämpfung von Kinderehen ). 1 EGBGB ) – regardless of whether the marriage is valid under the normally applicable foreign law. That was a long time ago.

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

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During his time as an associate justice from 1877 to 1911, he broke with his colleagues in some of the most consequential – and infamous – rulings that the court has ever issued. Yet his record is not unblemished: He distrusted immigrants from China and even voted to deny citizenship to their U.S.-born born children.

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Invasion or Evasion? Crisis at the Border is a Political, not a Constitutional Problem

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on the effort to declare an “invasion” along the Texas border to allow the state to take greater control along the border to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. Greg Abbott signed an order allowing Texas law enforcement to return illegal immigrants apprehended in the state back to the U.S.

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Biden’s Bad Run: Is The Biden Administration Doing Worse Than The Trump Administration In The Courts?

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on the growing number of losses by the Biden Administration in courts around the country, including a particularly embarrassing loss before the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court later upheld the core elements of the travel ban and rejected the general claims raised against it.)

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