#Courts

Eoin Daly

eoinmauricedaly

have just been getting to grips with this important case now - Ryanair v an Taoiseach (for teaching purposes!). It's basically about the constitutionality of the government's pandemic travel 'advice'.

J.J. Abbott

jjabbott

TODAY: Angry at being held accountable in court, PA Republicans seek retribution with their judicial districts scheme.This constitutional change would destroy the courts and disenfranchise 9 million voters in PA.

Raffi Melkonian

RMFifthCircuit

Here's the deal. There are in fact cases - cases where the Supreme Court law is against you - where your only job is to lose in the lower courts

WoLF

WomensLibFront

THE COURT RULED IT'S DISCRIMINATORY NOT TO TREAT A MAN AS A WOMAN under sex-based policies if he "identifies as transgender." Stephens "wrote a letter [saying he] planned to 'live

Nithya Raman

nithyavraman

Back in April, California closed all eviction courts to keep people safe.Today LA is the global epicenter of the pandemic -- but eviction courts are *open again* and conditions are

Mark R. Levin

marklevinshow

1. This election has exposed the complete collapse of the judiciary as a check on unconstitutional acts by state officials eviscerating legislative authority under our federal constitution (Art. II, Sec.

The Reckoning 💥

sethjlevy

Here’s my question @SenTomCotton, if the Congress’s role is simply to rubber stamp the state certified electoral college then why include in the Constitution a mechanism, specific to the election

Clark Neily

ConLawWarrior

A credible case can be made that the way it was *supposed* to work here is that before govt can do you any significant harm (eg, incarceration, forfeiture, any non-trivial

John Hale

JohnHaleCrimLaw

My most urgent request/New Years wish of @douglasdowney: convince your government to inject funds into @LegalAidOntario (LAO).A crisis is coming. In April 2019 the Ford govt cut its contribution to

Jeremy Gans

jeremy_gans

“During the jury selection process, one of the prospective jurors disclosed on her juror questionnaire that her husband was the trial judge. This was Juror L.E., also known as Juror

Strong Future Maryland

FutureMaryland

Lots on the agenda today!Senate in session now: http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/FloorActions/Media/SenateHousing day in Judiciary at 1:30p:http://youtube.com/channel/UCljsiF5QnMYgaAU6CCuXOjgThe Juvenile Restoration Act is being heard

Jeff Kosseff

jkosseff

Rather than write another long Section 230 thread, I'm going to write a long thread about the topic of my next book - First Amendment protection of anonymity. I write

Eminently 🏳️‍🌈

eminently_me5

For the “DO SOMETHING!” crowd. These are system failures, not people failures (other than voters and their representatives). Thread on addressing people breaking the federal law or committing other transgressions

Mike Dunford

questauthority

So - It's either late or early, I don't know which. I do have some messages and mentions expressing concern about the Commonwealth Court ruling in PA and the new

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

Holy shit—Brett Kavanaugh just endorsed Rehnquist's concurrence in Bush v. Gore, which was too extreme for Kennedy or O'Connor.This is a red alert. I can't believe he put it in

Andy Hessick

AndyHessick

One illustration of the way in which our legal system favors law and order over liberty is in the difference between qualified immunity and the rule of lenity. Both doctrines

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