Sandy Hook victims lawsuit against gun manufacturer to proceed (Constitution news round-up)

Liberato.US on the radio: Popular Sovereignty Amendment, facial recognition, free speech, pushback on ‘the flag is a rag’ (radio archive - 1st hour)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/americanstatesman/2019/03/13/american-freedom-watch-radio--communism-vs-americanism

2A: Connecticut allows lawsuit by Sandy Hook victims against gun manufacturer to proceed
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/14/703439924/lawsuit-by-sandy-hook-victims-against-gun-manufacturer-allowed-to-move-forward

5A Due Process:  Supreme Court allows indefinite immigration holds after criminal aliens serve their sentences; dissent argues due process, not statutory interpretation, at issue.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/19/politics/supreme-court-detain-immigrants-criminal-records/index.html

1A,14A: Supreme Court turns away appeal from Hawaii bed and breakfast that refused to serve lesbian couple
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/supreme-court-rejects-hawaii-b-b-refused-serve-lesbian-couple-n984376

1A: Attorney General asserts state secrets privilege in Twitter’s lawsuit asking to publish more details about the National Security Letters and surveillance orders it receives
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/17/william-barr-state-secrets-twitter-1224508

Emoluments: oral arguments heard in Trump hotel case; judges seem skeptical of foreign influence claims
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/trump-hotel-emoluments-case-is-at-federal-appeals-court-as-president-asks-for-it-to-be-thrown-out/2019/03/18/520c10bc-473e-11e9-90f0-0ccfeec87a61_story.html

1A Religion: federal court permits 3 Native Americans to grow long hair in prison (‘hair is an extension of the soul’)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/native-american-inmates-texas-don-t-have-cut-hair-court-n985236

Electoral College: Colorado passage gives National Popular Vote Compact 181 of 270 electoral votes needed to bypass Electoral College; Compact passes Delaware House
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/colorado-democrat-governor-signs-bill-into-law-that-favors-popular-vote-over-electoral-college/
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/delaware-house-passes-bill-to-give-states-electoral-college-votes-to-national-popular-vote-winner/

Electoral College: challenge to National Popular Vote Compact may have to await a presidential election, observers say
https://freebeacon.com/politics/challenge-to-national-popular-vote-must-wait-until-compact-becomes-active/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=791b5a7cd5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_15_07_47_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-791b5a7cd5-45628225

1A: Lafayette city bus system settles abortion ad suit; will allow ads and change policy on political advertising
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/03/15/pro-life-group-wins-court-battle-to-run-ads-saying-unborn-babies-are-human-beings/
 
Free Expression: “UK: Stepdad Called ‘Racist Bigot’ For Opposing Daughter’s Homework Assignment to Write Letter to Her Family About Converting to Islam”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/uk-stepdad-called-racist-bigot-for-opposing-daughters-homework-assignment-to-write-letter-to-her-family-about-converting-to-islam/
 
Free Expression: “Putin signs bill banning ‘blatant disrespect’ for Russian state online”
https://www.axios.com/putin-signs-bill-banning-fake-news-censorship-81f2a1ca-5d48-4a09-89c1-2d4779f81fd5.html
 
4A: Supreme Court is asked to take case testing whether the Fourth Amendment allows the police to stop a criminal suspect without reasonable suspicion on the ground that the stop is merely "information-seeking"
http://reason.com/volokh/2019/03/19/new-cert-petition-does-the-fourth-amendm

Double Jeopardy: Manafort’s best shot might be to argue double jeopardy under New York constitution and statute
https://www.nbc-2.com/story/40140325/us-constitution-may-give-manafort-a-way-out-of-new-york-indictment
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https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/434711-new-york-prosecutors-throw-out-constitution-to-charge-manafort

14A Due Process: the words “acquire”, “receive”, and “transfer” in Indiana statue prohibiting sale of aborted baby parts are ubiquitous in the law and not unconstitutionally vague (7th Circuit)
http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2019/D03-14/C:18-1146:J:Easterbrook:aut:T:fnOp:N:2308370:S:0

6A: Supreme Court will hear case testing whether jury verdicts must be unanimous in state criminal cases; Jury Trial Clause is only ‘partially incorporated’ against the states at the moment
http://reason.com/volokh/2019/03/18/does-the-constitution-require-unanimous

“GOP rep to introduce constitutional amendment to limit Supreme Court seats to 9”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/434772-gop-rep-to-introduce-constitutional-amendment-limiting-supreme-court-seats-to

“State Constitutions? Why Would Each State Need Its Own Constitution? Part 2”
https://constitutingamerica.org/state-constitutions-why-would-each-state-need-its-own-constitution-part-2-guest-essayist-gary-porter