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14A Equal Protection: Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban, rejects claim of anti-Muslim bias
https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-upholds-trump-travel-ban-142008850--politics.html National Injunctions: Supreme Court refuses to rule on nationwide injunctions in travel ban case, but Justice Thomas calls them ‘historically dubious’ https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2018/06/26/clarence-thomas-alone-asserts-national-injunctions-are-historically-dubious/?slreturn=20180526170320 National Injunctions: federal appeals court panel confines sanctuary city grants injunction to Chicago; full court to hear case https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/26/trump-sanctuary-cities-grants-678721 National Injunctions: the law is all over the lot, but the Gill case is glide path to ending the practice http://reason.com/volokh/2018/06/26/the-big-national-injunction-case Commerce Clause: Supreme Court OKs state sales taxes on online purchases https://finance.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-rules-states-online-sales-tax-case-142423168--finance.html 4A: Supreme Court rules police must obtain a warrant to search cell-site location data (Carpenter) http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/393629-supreme-court-rules-law-enforcement-needs-warrant-to-search 1A: Supreme Court rules public sector union employees can no longer be compelled to pay union dues related to cost of collective bargaining (Janus) https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2018/06/27/justices-overturning-precedent-restrict-labor-union-power-to-collect-fees/ 1A: flurry of class actions already filed by public sector employees to recover mandatory union dues paid against their will http://freebeacon.com/issues/class-action-suits-target-unions/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=55fa851847-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_24_11_41_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-55fa851847-45628225 1A: Supreme Court rules pro-life pregnancy centers cannot be compelled to provide free advertising for the abortion industry http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDetail/9990 Separation of Powers: federal judge rules structure of CFPB unconstitutional (independent agency with a single director); conflicting decisions mean Supreme Court will probably take up the issue https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/06/21/christmas-comes-early-for-mulvaney-federal-judge-rules-cfpbs-structure-is-unc-n2493146 1A Religion: federal appeals court blocks abortion chain’s demands for private communications of Texas bishops http://freebeacon.com/issues/court-rejects-abortion-giants-demand-church-emails/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=0dbf08efe2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_20_09_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-0dbf08efe2-45628225 1A: Supreme Court sends Christian florist case back to lower court for reassessment in light of Masterpiece decision https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/06/25/supreme-court-wont-take-up-case-of-christian-florist-who-refused-services-for-gay-wedding-n2494229 “Killing Free Speech” video shows what Antifa, extremist Muslim groups, and Canadian government officials have in common: The truth is hate speech - shut it down! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5qHTxKBdro&feature=player_embedded Islamist censorship (now playing out in the Michigan Governor’s race) is incompatible with the First Amendment, expert warns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npN4CDOHSrE&t=8s “The ACLU is no longer a free speech organization.” Supports campaign finance restrictions, abortion clinic speech buffer zones, etc. http://freebeacon.com/blog/aclu-no-longer-free-speech-organization/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=24d24789ee-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_21_10_05_COPY_64&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-24d24789ee-45628225 Public forum, state action, and adoption of foreign speech codes are theories to watch as law forms around speech issues on social media https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/06/isnt_there_some_way_that_facebook_and_twitter_can_be_forced_to_stop_excluding_conservatives.html 1A Establishment of Religion: suit by New Jersey mom against Muslim proselytization by public schools survives motion to dismiss https://gellerreport.com/2018/06/islam-is-school-lawsuit.html/ 2A: New Jersey Governor wants 2,400% tax increase on guns. Time to dust off the ‘undue burden’ arguments from abortion rights cases. http://bwcentral.org/2018/06/nj-governor-pitches-2400-tax-increase-on-firearms/ 2A: gun rights group fighting New Jersey’s confiscation of 10-round magazines http://freebeacon.com/issues/gun-rights-group-files-motion-block-enforcement-new-jersey-ammunition-confiscation-scheme-lawsuit-proceeds/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=24d24789ee-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_21_10_05_COPY_64&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-24d24789ee-45628225 2A: sorry, data from other countries does not support assertion that gun control laws reduce homicide rates https://mises.org/wire/gun-control-what-happened-england-ireland-and-canada 2A: UN up to its old tricks, pushing international gun control http://bwcentral.org/2018/06/round-2-un-continues-their-push-to-disarm-americans/ Property Rights: activist gaining ground against UN-directed encroachment, e.g., received invitation to speak to state landlord’s group https://mailchi.mp/americanpolicy/do-you-want-to-shake-up-this-election-1253217?e=d08e7ded69 5A Due Process: consenting to a separate trial negates double jeopardy claim, Supreme Court rules https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/supreme-court-decides-against-double-jeopardy-appeal 5A: Dallas officials skirt eminent domain, rezone property and order shop owner to move without compensation. Case on appeal. City would prefer Starbucks which just closed 150 stores. Very far-sighted, Dallas! #RememberKelo http://ij.org/press-release/hingas-automotive-will-take-its-case-to-the-texas-supreme-court/ 8A: multiple life sentences for D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo must be reevaluated in light of later Supreme Court cases on sentencing juveniles http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/176746.P.pdf 14A Equal Protection: federal district court panel strikes Virginia legislative districts for racial gerrymandering, orders redistricting plan http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/394275-judge-panel-strikes-down-virginia-state-house-districts-as 14A Equal Protection: availability of single-occupancy facilities overrides student objections to transgenders in bathrooms and locker rooms, federal appeals court rules http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/173113p.pdf Equal Protection: affirmative action – which was supposed to be temporary – has outlived its usefulness. Sufficient classroom diversity could now be achieved solely with merit-based admissions. http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/06/is-this-the-sandra-day-oconnor-moment.php Political bias in public accommodations is a growing problem, as Chicago bar bans MAGA hats .#RedHen https://gellerreport.com/2018/06/leftists-maga-ban.html/ Deference: agency interpretation not entitled to deference when clearly against the federal statute, Supreme Court rules in deportation case https://reason.com/blog/2018/06/21/scotus-rules-8-1-for-undocumented-immigr Appointments Clause: federal judge denies constitutional challenge to Robert Mueller appointment https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-25/cohen-s-new-defense-manafort-s-alone-time-trump-legal-update-jiu9tzd6 Appointments Clause: Supreme Court holds that SEC administrative law judges should be appointed by someone with more authority than SEC staffers https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/court-says-administrative-law-judges-subject-to-appointments-clause State Constitutions: Arkansas may proceed with medical marijuana program, state Supreme Court rules; state’s process held to interfere with voter-approved constitutional amendment https://apnews.com/6bd01b9ce6a5455ab540325de660ddcf/Arkansas-court-clears-way-for-medical-pot-program's-launch State Constitutions: Massachusetts court keeps millionaire’s tax amendment off November ballot because it was the product of ‘logrolling’ – pairing unrelated popular proposals with unpopular proposals https://www.bna.com/massachusetts-high-court-n73014476606/ Article V Convention: Left-wing PAC raising money to unseat anti-convention legislators. (Also, apparently, advocates are trying to sneak pro-convention planks into state GOP platforms, continuing pattern of sneakiness) https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/29346-wolf-pac-raising-money-to-unseat-anti-con-con-legislators Progressive movement has perverted the Constitution, transferring power from republican self-government to an untouchable Supreme Court http://www.libertylawsite.org/liberty-classic/the-basic-decency-of-republican-self-government-george-carey-defense-constitution/ Comments are closed.
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