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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Sitting With Oral Arguments in Three Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Texas : The case involves gaming activities on Native American land in Texas. Texas , 36 F.3d 1994) (“Ysleta I”) granted Texas regulatory jurisdiction over non-prohibited gaming activities on the Tribes’ lands. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. 3d 1325 (5th Cir. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians , 480 U.S.

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

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Dobbs is also the only example of a case where a complete draft of the majority opinion was leaked prior to the publication of the final draft. Politico’s release of an early draft of the opinion in Dobbs sent a whirlwind across the nation. The long lapse between Feb. Dobbs opinion vs. Dobbs leak.

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Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Newsom Calls For Gun Ban Modeled on Texas Abortion Law

JonathanTurley

Gavin Newsom thrilled many this weekend by saying that his administration will model a new law on Texas’ abortion ban that would let private citizens sue anyone who makes or sells assault weapons or ghost guns. First, the Texas law was quickly found to be unconstitutional, as would the California law.

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Cherry-picked history and ideology-driven outcomes: Bruen’s originalist distortions

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Here is what Thomas says about Texas, a state whose robust gun laws, he reluctantly concedes, undeniably support New York’s approach to public safety. But the Texas statute, and the rationales set forth in English and Duke , are outliers.” Justice Samuel Alito recognized this fact in McDonald v. June, 2022).

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Supreme “Stench”: How Politics Replaced Principle in the High Court

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in USA Today on the leaking of the draft opinion in Dobbs v. While denouncing what they see as the Court abandoning its principles, they are celebrating someone who violated every ethical and professional principle in leaking this draft opinion. The draft opinion, if left unchanged, would sweep away Roe v.

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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. This week, Texas Gov. The Biden Administration has already indicated that it will oppose such efforts. United States.

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Supreme Court Hears Trump v. Anderson: What To Expect

JonathanTurley

Justice Edwin Reade of the North Carolina Supreme Court later explained , “[t]he idea [was] that one who had taken an oath to support the Constitution and violated it, ought to be excluded from taking it again.” He is a Texas lawyer who has previously argued before the Court. Conversely, in my view, Jan.

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