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Cherry-picked history and ideology-driven outcomes: Bruen’s originalist distortions

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Share This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther chair in American history at Fordham University and adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School. Bruen does mark a new low for the court.

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Lengthier opinions and shrinking cohesion: Indications for the future of the Supreme Court

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Dobbs is also the only example of a case where a complete draft of the majority opinion was leaked prior to the publication of the final draft. Politico’s release of an early draft of the opinion in Dobbs sent a whirlwind across the nation. The long lapse between Feb. Dobbs opinion vs. Dobbs leak.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Sitting With Oral Arguments in Three Cases

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In 1987, following years of negotiation and drafting, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas secured restoration of their trust relationships with the federal government through the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act (Restoration Act). New York , No.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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This spring, after POLITICO published a draft opinion of Dobbs and revealed that the court was poised to overturn Roe , Beckwith praised the leak. I’m still enough of a reporter to say the more information out there, the better,” he told The New Yorker. Among her victories was New York Telephone Company v.

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New York’s Circular Firing Squad: Gun Groups Sue Over Latest Legislative Misfire on Gun Control

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on New York’s latest gun control measure — and the latest challenge to a New York law. What is most striking in reviewing the line of gun cases coming out of New York is that the Empire State has done more for gun rights than any “pro-gun” state.

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New Mexico Loses Another Key Fight Over Ban on Concealed Weapons in Public Parks

JonathanTurley

The rejection of the challenge to the injunction suggests that the appellate court is equally unimpressed by the legal and historical arguments put forward by the state. ” While the Supreme Court in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. ” While the Supreme Court in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v.

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The Post-Roe World: A Reality Check on the Implications of the Leaked Supreme Court Opinion

JonathanTurley

The map by Saul Steinberg showed civilization largely ending at the New Jersey border with a vast wasteland between New York and the Pacific Ocean. Recently the editors of the New York Times seriously warned that some states likely would outlaw interracial marriage if Roe v. Contraception.