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Constitutional Law Reporter
AUGUST 28, 2023
Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring corporations operating within their borders to consent to personal jurisdiction when they register to do business in those states. According to the Court, such laws do not offend the Constitution’s Due Process Clause. Washington , 326 U.S.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 5, 2021
The United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (and the later denial of a motion for consideration ) in rejecting the much touted lawsuit to give residents a vote in Congress. ” Obviously, this decision would not impact D.C. statehood.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
JUNE 17, 2022
While the Court did not overrule Bivens , it did emphasize that recognizing a Bivens cause of action is “a disfavored judicial activity.”. Respondent Robert Boule owns a bed-and-breakfast—the Smuggler’s Inn—in Blaine, Washington. Facts of the Case. The inn abuts the international border between Canada and the United States.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
The theory runs against the text, history, and case law of the Thirteenth Amendment. The court came to this question by a rather circuitous route. Lauren Handy and nine other anti-abortion activists were charged last year with conspiring to obstruct access to a Washington abortion clinic on Oct. 480, 484 (1990).
JonathanTurley
MAY 25, 2021
We have been discussing the state laws requiring contractors and employees to swear that they do not support the the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (“BDS”) movement against Israel. I have long maintained that the law is unconstitutional as a limitation of free speech and associational rights. 50-5-85(b). Recently, the U.S.
JonathanTurley
MAY 20, 2021
Supreme Court heard the first arguments in Roe v. Wade , a case that not only would transform constitutional law but political divisions in the United States. Since then, pro-life advocates have launched continuing challenges to try to dislodge the decision. Here is the column: Fifty years ago, the U.S.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 11, 2021
The lack of case law was at the heart of the “fact check” of the PolitiFact. Such fact checks are often challenged as biased, including the well-known fact checking at the Washington Post ( here and here ). Such objections should be distinguished from complaints over distorting backgrounds , history history , or the law.
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