Illegal aliens defy our law and should not be armed, court rules (Constitution news round-up)

2A: illegal aliens defy our law and should not be armed, 9th Circuit says in upholding federal gun ownership ban
http://reason.com/volokh/2019/01/09/ninth-circuit-upholds-federal-ban-on-gun

Equal Protection: federal trial court knocks citizenship question off census, but discrimination claim not proven; appeal expected and 5 other cases pending
https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-trump-administration-cant-add-citizenship-question-to-census

Advice & Consent: Supreme Court turns away challenge to acting AG Whitaker appointment
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/01/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-president-trumps-appointment-of-ag-whitaker/

4A: feds can’t force suspects to unlock their phones with biometrics, federal magistrate rules in likening it to self-incrimination
https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/15/judge-biometrics-unlocking-rule/

14A Equal Protection: religious institutions are exempt from gender identity nondiscrimination ordinance, Wisconsin judge holds
https://freebeacon.com/politics/wisconsin-judge-rules-in-favor-of-religious-freedom/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=6eee1be264-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_14_10_10_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-6eee1be264-45628225

1A: state law preventing removal of Confederate memorials violates local governments’ free speech rights, Alabama state judge rules
http://reason.com/volokh/2019/01/15/alabama-judge-strikes-down-state-law-pro
 
1A 14A: Young Americans for Freedom sues University of Florida for arbitrariness in deciding which student groups get budgeted
http://raisedonhoecakes.com/ROH/university-of-florida-sued-by-conservative-student-group/
 
1A: Christian artists challenge Arizona law imposing jail time for refusing service for same-sex weddings
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/11/29/christian-artists-could-face-jail-az-refusing-service-same-sex-couples?fbclid=IwAR13RdGkXrTgjaojhY4oGBmWyfjXG3D245B2b01YmyZi3xk-x-5dxFzmh3Y
 
2A: Boston mayor wants to force doctors to ask patients about guns in the home
https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/01/10/gun-discussions-drug-treatment-on-mayor-walshs.html
 
2A: The Soviets confiscated guns, the Nazis disarmed the Jews, Cuba and Venezuela... You get the idea
https://mises.org/wire/brief-history-repressive-regimes-and-their-gun-laws
 
2A: Study shows California background checks had no impact on gun deaths. Stupid liberal researchers puzzled.
https://fee.org/articles/california-s-background-check-law-had-no-impact-on-gun-deaths-johns-hopkins-study-finds/?utm_campaign=FEE%20Daily&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68117936&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_gSREwUs0goo_OKzpVYGZi1cGuEXwkmLjkhqmLjdFyJZUevhABFK9l1BdtoHI9hWYJwC1nKF3DDZ7bCuI3ognfTgaBTQ&_hsmi=68117936

5A Takings: Kelo has limits; taking for economic development OK but not ‘take now, decide later’; can’t stockpile land for future whatever (New Jersey case)
https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/appellate/published/a4556-17.pdf

5A Takings: New York Mayor de Blasio threatens to seize buildings belonging to ‘bad landlords’
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-deblasio-state-of-the-city-address-20190110-story.html

Article II: President Kamala Harris declares national climate change emergency – do you like the sound of that?  Reconsidering Trump and the border wall.
http://reason.com/volokh/2019/01/11/some-conservatives-recognize-the-risks-o
+ http://reason.com/volokh/2019/01/10/my-op-ed-on-trump-emergency-powers-and-t

Economic Freedom: new Ohio law sunsets all state licensing boards every 6 years and forces them to justify their existence
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2019/01/09/new-ohio-law-takes-aim-at-occupational-licenses-which-cost-state-6-billion/?fbclid=IwAR2LWKKMvMRkwQEz0bgNW8CTofAy_9hPtdc26Ob0m7PR0NqzciMrHXnHx7Y#299da3f96e95

Electoral college a bulwark against direct democracy’s mob rule
https://www.teapartypatriots.org/news/why-the-electoral-college-matters-today/?mid=39034&id=T15OuHulZKxtwhqSTA

Electoral college doing its job, giving voice to small states and preventing presidential elections from being decided by two cities (see towards the end)
https://video.foxnews.com/v/5987082589001/?fbclid=IwAR1Gqag2xKNyWLTVtPD5Dme_XuVrvdgB7i30dc2JswjKNHHfQ381FUwGWQ4#sp=show-clips

National injunctions: both sides have lots to fear from nationwide orders from lower courts and should be able to agree to rein them in
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/congress-should-restrict-national-orders-from-district-judges

Article V Convention – phony petition signatures alleged in Idaho (It’s not the first time Con Con advocates have been accused of fraud)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30573-alex-newman-dorothy-moon-exposes-fraud-by-con-con-peddlers?fbclid=IwAR0msB_8fyvgBm3j2QnREg6qsU-SXY-IVsn4yBy1kiQtNSVW3cTISO67ZF4

Shame! Nancy Pelosi says the Constitution considers her the equal of the President when it clearly does not
https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-the-constitution-considers-me-trumps-equal/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=15a6de3c8b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_11_05_43_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-15a6de3c8b-45628225

Shame! Wharton prof proposes blatantly ignoring Article V and passing a law depriving states of their equal suffrage in the Senate without their consent
https://freebeacon.com/blog/no-the-atlantic-you-cant-reapportion-the-senate-with-an-act-of-congress/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=94b5cec881-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_03_10_41_COPY_139&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-94b5cec881-45628225