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Solicitor General: It’s Never Too Late to Get a Statute Right
In the course of her oral argument today (in yet another case styled United States v. Texas), Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar declared: “I […]
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Thinking Through Moore v. Harper, Part 3
In advance of next Wednesday’s oral argument in Moore v. Harper, I offer a few concluding (and admittedly inconclusive) observations on top of my […]
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 29
Objecting to governing law on homosexuals in the military, many law schools restricted the access of military recruiters to their students.
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 28
President Gerald Ford nominates Seventh Circuit judge John Paul Stevens to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by retired Justice William O. […]
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 26
In Doe v. Trump, federal district judge Michael H. Simon (District of Oregon) issues a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting the Trump […]
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Judicial Pronoun Police Issue Warning to Prosecutors
As authority for what the offense of ‘misgendering’ consists of, the court does not invoke any provision of California law.
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 25
In a wild administrative ruling (in In re Fonberg), the three-judge Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit Executive Committee concludes that an […]
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 24
Be grateful that the secular activists in the judiciary weren’t dominant when Washington was president, or we’d never have this great, and deeply […]
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Thinking Through Moore v. Harper, Part 2
Continuing from my Part 1 post to try to work my way through the issues in this case
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Georgia Supreme Court Ruling Reinstates Heartbeat Law
Georgia’s law against post-heartbeat abortions is back in effect.
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 23
The Georgia supreme court instead itself eager to continue its supposed legacy of being a ‘pioneer in the realm of the right of privacy.’
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 22
It’s monkey business as usual at the Ninth Circuit.
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 21
By a 52-48 vote (with all Republicans and three Democrats voting no), the Senate abolishes the filibuster—the 60-vote cloture threshold—for […]
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 20
Never mind the Supreme Court’s warning just three years earlier that ‘expanding the Bivens remedy’ . . .
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 19
Federal district judge Cynthia Bashant enters her own preliminary injunction barring DHS from enforcing the Rule against a supposed class of some […]
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Georgia Files Emergency Motion to Block Lower-Court Ruling Voiding Abortion Law
I’m pleased to highlight that the state of Georgia has today filed in the Georgia supreme court an emergency motion asking that the court block […]
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Lessons for Pro-Lifers Post-Dobbs
I’m very pleased to highlight two excellent new essays that present valuable and encouraging political lessons for pro-lifers.
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 18
By a vote of 4 to 3, the Massachusetts supreme court (in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health) imposes same-sex marriage on the benighted […]
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An Inside Look at the Work of Tennessee’s New Attorney General
I recently sat down with Jonathan to discuss his new job and, of course, the Constitution.
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More on Georgia Judge’s Void Reasoning in Abortion Ruling
I offer some additional points illustrating how incoherent Georgia superior court judge Robert McBurney’s extension of the void ab initio concept […]
