10th Amendment Front and Center: Friction in Federal-State Relations (Constitution news round-up)

Coronavirus Restrictions and the Constitution (Liberato.US on the Rob Schilling Show - start 11:57)
https://soundcloud.com/1070wina/the-schilling-show-33120-hour-2-chris-wright-sharon-salomon-daren-bakst

10A: First Circuit rules Trump administration can’t impose conditions on law enforcement grants without congressional authorization (decision leaves contrary 2nd Circuit opinion an outlier)
https://reason.com/2020/03/25/first-circuit-rules-against-trump-administration-in-sanctuary-cities-case/

10A: Tennessee asks Supreme Court to rule feds can’t force it to pay refugee resettlement costs after state exercised its right to drop out of the program
https://commonsensepost.com/2020/03/22/tenth-amendment-issue-state-refusing-to-pay-for-refugee-program-it-quit/

10A: 5A Eminent Domain: federal judge requires U.S. to justify how federal bump stock ban falls within state police power exception to requirement government must pay just compensation upon taking property
https://reason.com/2020/03/31/district-court-finds-bump-stock-ban-may-constitute-a-taking-because-the-federal-government-lacks-a-police-power/

Discrimination: Supreme Court raises bar in contract discrimination cases - plaintiffs must show race was the determining factor, not just a partial motivation, for refusal to award contract (Comcast case)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/489028-supreme-court-raises-bar-for-racial-discrimination-claims-in
 
Discrimination: Justice Department sides with girls who don’t want to be forced to compete against transgender boys
https://justthenews.com/nation/culture/justice-department-sides-female-athletes-who-do-not-want-compete-against-biological#.XnwV07u2B5J.facebook
 
Discrimination: Idaho passes law against forcing girl athletes to compete against transgender boys
https://freebeacon.com/politics/idaho-bars-biologically-male-athletes-from-competing-in-all-female-sports/
 
5A: Supreme Court rules Kansas does not have to adopt the ‘moral incapacity’ flavor of insanity defense to comport with Due Process
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-6135_j4ek.pdf
 
11A: Supreme Court rules state sovereign immunity trumps copyright in case against North Carolina for using video of Blackbeard pirate ship recovery without the videographer’s permission
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/24/820381016/in-blackbeard-pirate-ship-case-supreme-court-scuttles-copyright-claims
 
1A: Tesla owner fights to keep ‘FKGAS’ license plate state now deems offensive
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/24/fkgas-vanity-license-plate-tests-free-expression/

Free Expression: Comic Ricky Gervais sharing why he doesn’t apologize for his jokes - “You mustn’t, because that’s the end. The end of satire and the erosion of freedom of speech based on people’s feelings will have a catastrophic effect.”
https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/7-amazing-quotes-free-speech-ricky-gervais/

1A: ICYMI 11th Circuit rules Pensacola cross can stay, in light of Bladensburg cross case (‘Lemon test is dead for religious display cases’)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/03/09/a-ghoul-is-dead-sort-of-in-bayview-cross-case/

4A: police can conduct Terry stops for misdemeanors (6th Circuit)
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/20a0088p-06.pdf
 
4A: Inching towards ‘show me your papers’ tyranny? Police can demand identification and run warrant checks during Terry stops (7th Circuit)
http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2020/D03-23/C:19-1347:J:St__Eve:aut:T:fnOp:N:2490838:S:0