At the Lectern
APRIL 17, 2024
State of California the Supreme Court is expected to decide the validity of Proposition 22 , the 2020 initiative — heavily financed by Uber and Lyft — that classifies app-based drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. Supreme Court cases (see here and here ) and a number of other California Supreme Court cases as well.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the prosecution in a case of illegal gun possession by a person with a nonimmigrant visa must prove he knew of his legal status, and the inquiry courts should follow in deciding to close the courtroom to the public.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 2, 2022
On November 22, 2022, sixteen municipalities of Puerto Rico filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in Puerto Rico seeking to hold coal, oil, and gas companies liable for losses resulting from storms during the 2017 hurricane season and ongoing economic losses since that time. . By Korey Silverman-Roati and Maria Antonia Tigre.
JURIST
JANUARY 2, 2021
On Thursday the US Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the temporary restraining order on President Trump’s proclamation banning entry to immigrants without health insurance needs to be lifted. In a 2-1 decision, the court said the initial proclamation was within the authority of the president.
JURIST
DECEMBER 12, 2021
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday overturned a decision allowing the United States Justice Department to withhold records concerning former Acting U.S. EO-1 was challenged in federal district court by multiple states, and a nationwide temporary restraining order was implemented.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
The US president is empowered by the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to determine whether the entry into the US of certain immigrant or non-immigrant noncitizens is detrimental to the national interest, and can subsequently bar them from entering the country based on that finding.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 13, 2022
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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