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Jun 26, 2024 · Justia's Verdict, June 24, 2024. UC Davis Law professor Vikram David Amar and Illinois Law professor Jason Mazzone examine the current term of the U.S. Supreme Court, addressing common criticisms that the Court has become a partisan, far-right institution aggressively pushing a conservative agenda.
Topics | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia. Trending. Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Decision “Will Live in Infamy”. By Austin Sarat. United States v. Rahimi: Let’s Cheer the Supreme Court’s Result But Boo Its Ever-Stranger Standard. By Albert W. Alschuler.
Apr 1, 2024 · Trump’s campaign to intimidate judges, prosecutors, and others involved in his legal troubles has coincided with a dramatic escalation in threats of violence directed against those he criticizes. So far, the judges whom Trump has insulted have not found an effective way to control him.
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The leaked draft that Politico published last month shows staple marks and was thus likely handed over as hard copy rather than as a computer file. In theory, anyone working at or with access to the Court’s restricted areas, including cleaning staff or even an invited guest, could have obtained a printout of the draft from an unmonitored desk or el...
So far as I am aware, the leak violated no law. Attorney Mark Zaid, who has represented leakers, confirmed that view to the Washington Post last week. Supreme Court draft opinions are not, after all, classified. Nonetheless, the leak was a clear breach of a very strong norm. I recall that when I started my year as a law clerk at the Court thirty-on...
The difficulty is that the leak investigation seems to be intensifying the very harm that the leak itself presents. With law clerks “freaking out”about the investigation and considering hiring attorneys to represent them, the atmosphere at the Court can hardly be harmonious or even conducive to the regular conduct of business. Moreover, the request...
Nov 15, 2022 · Donald J. Trump: The Prosecution of a National Security Case. Sometime within the next six months, former President Donald J. Trump will be indicted for violating the Espionage Act arising from his possession of classified documents following his departure from the White House.
Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia. Cornell Law professor Michael C. Dorf discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 6-3 decision in Garland v. Cargill, which invalidated a federal regulation banning bump stocks by finding that they do not fall under the statutory definition of a machinegun.
