Two Supreme Court Justices Favor Zombie Law From 1873 to Ban Abortion

The Comstock Act gets shorthanded as an anti-obscenity law—which it is—but it’s also an anti-abortion law, making it a crime to use the mail to send or receive any device or object that could cause an abortion. Legal scholars have Continue reading Two Supreme Court Justices Favor Zombie Law From 1873 to Ban Abortion

Supreme Court Gives Abbott Free Rein on Controversial Immigration Law

“The only FRAUD in the Peekaboo James case, our failed and disgusting New York State Attorney General, was her convincing ‘Judge’ Arthur Engoron to put a value on Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, of just $18,000,000, when it is worth Continue reading Supreme Court Gives Abbott Free Rein on Controversial Immigration Law

Why Did Two of Judge Aileen Cannon’s Law Clerks Suddenly Quit?

“The amount of the judgment, with interest, exceeds $464 million, and very few bonding companies will consider a bond of anything approaching that magnitude,” wrote attorneys Alina Habba, Clifford Robert, Christopher Kise, and John Sauer. Trump issued his own venom Continue reading Why Did Two of Judge Aileen Cannon’s Law Clerks Suddenly Quit?

Here’s Why Judge Aileen Cannon’s Law Clerks Seem to Have Suddenly Quit

Judge Aileen Cannon used to be a gem to work for, say early former employees. So why did two of her law clerks up and leave their one-year posts a few months ago? According to attorney David Lat, it all Continue reading Here’s Why Judge Aileen Cannon’s Law Clerks Seem to Have Suddenly Quit

The Zombie Law Trump Wants to Use to Ban Abortion Nationwide

Dickson, Mitchell’s partner in Comstock, told Littlefield that such ordinances were “de facto” bans on abortion, achieved by prohibiting clinics  use of the mail. “If an abortion facility cannot receive abortion-inducing drugs or any abortion paraphernalia,” he explained, “then how Continue reading The Zombie Law Trump Wants to Use to Ban Abortion Nationwide

Biden’s Climate Law Will Cost More Than We Thought. Good!

On its own terms, the Inflation Reduction Act seems to be working. But what exactly are those terms? Former National Economic Council head Brian Deese—an influential voice in shaping the IRA—has explained that it was designed with a specific goal Continue reading Biden’s Climate Law Will Cost More Than We Thought. Good!

Trump’s Lawyer at SCOTUS Today Helped Craft Texas Anti-Abortion Law

The ruling was “masterful because it combined so many elements” like “constitutional text, judicial precedent, history, and just sheer logic and the party’s own concessions—Trump’s own concessions—just to make an absolutely cohesive whole opinion that just inexorably leads you to Continue reading Trump’s Lawyer at SCOTUS Today Helped Craft Texas Anti-Abortion Law

Elon Musk’s Odious One-Man War Against Labor Law Just May Succeed

Miraculously, the NLRB’s constitutional deficiencies went unnoticed by the courts for 89 years. They warrant attention now because the NLRB is inconveniencing Musk and his various companies. If these arguments sound familiar, that’s because they’re part of Donald Trump’s war Continue reading Elon Musk’s Odious One-Man War Against Labor Law Just May Succeed

Trump’s Lawyer May Ask for Mistrial Because of … the Law Clerk?

Trump attorney Christopher Kise hasn’t given up on the possibility of having the former president’s New York bank fraud trial thrown out. Kise’s new strategy seems to be threatening to have the case declared a mistrial over complaints—mostly stemming from Continue reading Trump’s Lawyer May Ask for Mistrial Because of … the Law Clerk?

The Purdue Case: Can the Rich Use Bankruptcy Law as Cover?

Upholding the Sackler release “would leave in place a roadmap for wealthy corporations and individuals to misuse the bankruptcy system to avoid mass tort liability,” the solicitor general wrote to the Supreme Court. The justices agreed to hear the case in Continue reading The Purdue Case: Can the
Rich Use Bankruptcy Law as Cover?