Calling New Patent Law Professors
Patently O
AUGUST 11, 2022
Note that top ranked law schools rarely advertise for particular subject matter areas. The new hire then starts work the following summer.
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SCOTUS Ends February Sitting With Oral Arguments in Six Cases
Constitutional Law Reporter
MARCH 21, 2024
A pair of cases challenging Texas and Florida’s controversial social media laws took center stage. However, a divided panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that NetChoice was unlikely to succeed in any of its challenges to the Texas law, H.B. NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton and Moody v. McIntosh v.
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Fifth Circuit Blocks Texas SB 4 and Rejects the Invasion Theory Under State War Clause
JonathanTurley
MARCH 28, 2024
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has blocked border enforcement by the state under Texas’s SB 4. Many of us had predicted this result given the prior precedent of the Supreme Court on the federal preemption of state immigration laws. ‘Removal is a civil, not criminal, matter.’
The Cuties and the “Younger” Doctrine: Netflix Prevails in Key Federal Ruling Over Controversial Movie
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Now, federal Judge Michael Truncale (left) has issued a preliminary injunction in the Eastern District of Texas to stop the prosecution of the company. I previously wrote a column opposing calls by GOP members for a federal investigation of Netflix and the movie “Cuties” (or Mignonnes).
“The Framers Weren’t Perfect, but They Weren’t Fools”: Biden Administration Loses Another Gun Rights Case
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
District Judge David Counts in Midland, Texas also struck down a firearms law that banned individuals under felony indictment from buying guns. Notably, this court also relies on Barrett’s dissent in Kanter v. Barr , 919 F.3d 3d 437, 451–53 (7th Cir. 2019) (Barrett, J., dissenting). In September, U.S.
Texas Supreme Court Lifts Restraining Order Protecting Democratic Legislators from Arrest
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 11, 2021
Last night, the Texas Supreme Court lifted the temporary restraining order. The earlier discussion noted that the authority of the Texas legislature to compel the appearance of members (which is the same as the provision in U.S. Constitution) is expressly stated in the state constitution. Ted Cruz (R.,
California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic. First, let’s look at the law. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.
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