9th Circuit allows climate change suit to proceed (Constitution news round-up)

5A: 9th Circuit allows climate change suit to proceed, sending case back to judge who believes “a climate system capable of sustaining human life” is right there in the Constitution
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/269567/ninth-circuit-strikes-again-joseph-klein

2A: NRA sues to block new Florida gun control measure raising age to 21, etc.
https://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Soon-after-governor-signs-gun-bill-NRA-sues-to-12742743.php

Separation of Powers: “Federal judge allows Trump to withhold grants to California as part of sanctuary city crackdown”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/federal-judge-allows-trump-to-withhold-grants-to-california-as-part-of-sanctuary-city-crackdown/article/2650841

1A: “New Law Bans ’Free Speech Zones’ at Florida Colleges”; tucking speech away in a corner is unconstitutional
https://www.truthrevolt.org/news/new-law-bans-free-speech-zones-florida-colleges
 
1A: Georgia colleges successfully resisting legislation to ban free speech zones; Christian speech tucked away in a corner
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/03/why-wont-georgia-protect-christian-speech-on-campus.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+powerlineblog%2Flivefeed+%28Power+Line%29

1A: Supreme Court deciding whether arrest on probable cause always bars a free speech retaliation claim; plaintiff hauled out of city council meeting in handcuffs
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-ed-us-supreme-court-arrested-for-free-speech-in-florida-20180307-story.html

1A: “Tolerance doesn’t imply that you keep silent about speech that you hate. You challenge it, you mock it, and ridicule it; you criticize it.”
https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/catosletterv15n3.pdf

1A Religion: bill mandating elective course at all West Virginia schools to teach the Bible an unconstitutional sponsorship of religion?
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/gazette_opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-wv-senate-bill-promotes-christian-beliefs-over-others-in/article_e4d3955e-3b70-5a5d-915a-c1501a56a9ab.html
 
1A Association: appellate court upholds power of NY Attorney General to demand nonprofits disclose $5,000 donors to him
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/mark-fitzgibbons/right-private-association-takes-hit-under-nys-schneiderman
 
1A Economic Freedom: North Carolina backs down from requiring make-up schools to get a license and carry useless classes
http://ij.org/press-release/north-carolina-makeup-artists-declare-victory-makeup-police/

2A: rape victim files suit against ban on guns in Illinois public housing
http://reason.com/volokh/2018/03/09/challenge-to-ban-on-guns-in-public-housi
 
2A: Chinese tyranny has midnight searches, arrests without a warrant – and a ban on owning handguns.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2013/09/guns-against-tyranny-lily-tang-williams/
 
5A DP: Supreme Court rules statute does not require periodic bail hearing for detained immigrants; case sent back for consideration of constitutional issues.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/us/politics/no-bail-hearings-for-detained-immigrants-justices-rule.html

5A DP: “US Judge bars revoking DACA work permits without due process”
https://apnews.com/d6e4cd70d273468db45bc203ab4a2582

14A DP: anti-bail movement picks up steam with backing from liberal billionaire Tom Steyer
http://freebeacon.com/politics/steyer-works-end-bail-payments-criminal-defendants-california/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=35fe95160d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-35fe95160d-45628225

Electoral College: suit filed to force states to replace ‘winner-take-all’ approach with proportional allocation
http://dailysignal.com/2018/03/04/progressive-activists-look-courts-undermine-electoral-college/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Top5&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT0RSbU56RTJORFl6T0RFeCIsInQiOiJ5K3RGWERrdmFuamFwMGlRYmhoUHAydXM3UXpxXC9xQzFTYjZPWDJBbjNzV1lTSVMrZ2hHMm9KOTNIdUdTN0NyYTdMZGZcL3ZyUHVOcTlTV09MeWxWbmpwc2VYdlNjVkR0akNRMUVIbThqaDZONUJSY3lDT05pNFRsZXZZUzExbFNJIn0%3D

Separation of Powers: criminal case is an opportunity to revisit nondelegation doctrine; statute arguably defective for giving Attorney General unlimited discretion on a point
http://www.libertylawsite.org/2018/03/08/reviving-the-nondelegation-doctrine/

Library of Congress releases hi-quality scans of Madison’s notes to Constitutional Convention; now easy to check claims made by his detractors
http://www.libertylawsite.org/2018/03/08/madisons-notes-at-last-a-new-and-improved-look/

New book chronicles epic struggle for women’s suffrage
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2018/03/06/book-review-womans-hour-great-fight-win-vote/389537002/