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Biden to create bipartisan commission on Supreme Court reform

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Share President Joe Biden will issue an executive order to create a commission to study potential reforms to the Supreme Court, the White House announced on Friday. In its statement, the White House indicated that the commission will be a bipartisan one, made up of experts “on the Court and the Court reform debate.”

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The Rise of Gotcha Legislation: Newsom and DeSantis are Legislating Soundbites and Voters are Loving it.

JonathanTurley

Newsom’s gun ‘heartbeat’ law. Newsom tapped into the liberal rage after the Supreme Court refused to enjoin the Texas law that allows people to sue anyone who “aids or abets” an abortion performed after about six weeks. I think it’s a big ‘F–k you’ to the Supreme Court.”. But I think it’s quite smart, right?

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The Curious Fraud Case Against Trump Just Got ‘Curiouser’

JonathanTurley

That eagerness could prove the court’s undoing, however. The New York law is unique in allowing massive penalties without the loss of a single dollar by a bank. However, James wants dissolution and crippling damages, and that could trigger a higher-court review. Supreme Court decided a case, BMW of North America v.

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

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During his time as an associate justice from 1877 to 1911, he broke with his colleagues in some of the most consequential – and infamous – rulings that the court has ever issued. He is also a graduate of Columbia Law School. Harlan also joined a unanimous court in 1889 in rejecting a challenge to the Chinese Exclusion Act.

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“I Do Solemnly Swear”: Biden Calls tor Extending the Eviction Moratorium Despite Being Unconstitutional

JonathanTurley

As I discussed yesterday , I was astonished by the remarks of President Joe Biden on his support for extending the eviction moratorium, which was found to be unconstitutional by lower courts. It was later preserved by a divided Supreme Court despite the view of a majority that it was unconstitutional.

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The New Authoritarians: How Professors Are Now Calling for Biden to Simply Defy the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on the call of professors for President Joe Biden to simply defy the Supreme Court and decide for himself what is constitutional and what is not. Here is the column: “ I shall resist any illegal federal court order.” The first is from segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace (D).

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Trumpunity: Sunstein Calls For Broader Use Of Defamation Lawsuit To Curtail “Fake News”

JonathanTurley

The threat to the free press is obvious and was the basis for foundational court decisions. Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. seven times.

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