Tag Archives: court
Update in Nordyke
Yesterday the 9th Circuit panel issued an order: Before: ALARCÓN, O’SCANNLAIN and GOULD, Circuit Judges. The parties are ordered to file supplemental briefs addressing: (1) the impact of McDonald v.
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The Chronicle of Higher Ed has added an editor’s note to the end of the article. Their investigation led to the conclusion that the student whose brother had supposedly been killed in Iraq made the story up, and fed it to Bellesiles
Full StoryElana Kagan’s sole footprint on the Second Amendent
Actually, more like a toeprint, and a light one at that .
Full StoryBrady Center muffs an amicus brief
David Codrea documents the flub . Brady was out to file an amicus in the Montana case over its Firearms Freedom Law. Brady gets permission for itself to file an amicus, but files one on behalf of itself and two dozen other groups
Full StoryColo. Ct of Appeals rules in favor of on-campus carry
News story here . It appears that the Court of Appeals ruled that the Statewide pre-emption statute covered universities, and requires that CCW permittees be allowed to carry.
Full StoryCase with implications for DV misdemeanor pleas
Padilla v. Kentucky , handed down this morning. Defendant was a lawful permanent resident, and pleaded guilty to transporting a large load of marihuana
Full StoryMcDonald v. Chicago
Just got back from oral argument. Short form: I think we have five votes.
Full StoryAmusing recollection
I just had a recollection– you’ve got to understand that after each day of trial, the clerk prepares, and the judge edits, a “Minute Entry.” It’s not a transcript, just a series of notes about motions made and rulings given. Some months ago, at the courthouse, a prosecutor told me “I never knew Judge ____ had a sense of humor, but now I know he does.” I asked how he knew
Full StoryQuick analysis of reply briefs
I read Alan Gura’s brief last night while waiting to meet with my surgeon (1. I will live. 2.
Full StoryBalkanization goes to town on Chicago’s brief
Right here . A few samples: “In the city’s attempt to preserve its weapons ban, it proves too much, essentially urging the Supreme Court to find that protection of the Bill of Rights and other fundamental liberties against state infringement has no basis in constitutional text or history, and is instead achieved solely by judicial implication. To make matters worse, Chicago’s brief makes common cause with precedent that has been properly labeled by civil rights leaders as “among the most misdirected in the history of the Court” and celebrates a post-Civil War Court that looked the other way while Jim Crow perpetuated decades of discrimination and violent rights suppression.” “Chicago’s repeated deference to these decisions of the post-Civil War Court—beyond merely respecting them as precedent, the city’s brief calls them a “venerated” line of decisions—is disconcerting.
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