SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 27, 2022

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.

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Above The Law

JULY 8, 2022

If You Can't Stand The Heat, Get Out Through The Kitchen : Morton's Steakhouse helped Brett Kavanaugh run away through the back door when protesters arrived at a restaurant and then offered its own hilariously bad take on constitutional law. — See Also appeared first on Above the Law. Because that's the logic here.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Paxton , involves the constitutionality of a Texas law that requires any website that publishes content one-third or more of which is harmful to minors to verify the age of every user before permitting access. They contend that the law impermissibly encroaches on their First Amendment rights. New York , 390 U.S.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 14, 2022

Police commissioner Keechant Sewell said the officers had been through “an extensive amount of vetting,” and other top police officials said that each officer would complete seven days of training on subjects that included the use of force, constitutional law and community interactions.

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Patently O

AUGUST 11, 2022

Every year, law schools advertise open faculty positions via a Faculty Appointments Register sponsored by the American Association of Law Schools (AALS). Note that top ranked law schools rarely advertise for particular subject matter areas. The new hire then starts work the following summer. by Dennis Crouch.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 12, 2021

Below is my column in the Hill newspaper on the declaration of a gun violence emergency by New York Gov. The centerpiece of Cuomo’s plan is a new law to allow victims of gun violence to sue gun manufacturers under a nuisance theory. It has failed repeatedly in various states, including New York. Of the $138.7

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Constitutional Law Reporter

AUGUST 13, 2024

Supreme Court upheld a federal law that prohibits individuals subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a gun. While Rahimi’s case was on appeal, the Supreme Court decided New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., In United States v. Rahimi , 602 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Bruen , 597 U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 23, 2022

As predicted , the Supreme Court handed down a momentous opinion in favor of Second Amendment rights today in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f) ” New York Gov. ” New York Gov. Hochul added “This is New York. We don’t back down.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

In a solo dissent, Thomas criticized what he characterized as the majority’s “surprising and misplaced reliance on New York Times v. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court. The post Justices throw out Colorado man’s stalking conviction in First Amendment dispute appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2022

Share This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Esther Sanchez-Gomez is the senior litigation attorney with Giffords Law Center. Justice Samuel Alito’s concurrence makes a similarly unscientific rebuke of data-driven analyses, but with an extra callous flair.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 5, 2023

Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to a California animal welfare law that requires pork sold in the state to come from humanely raised pigs. According to the Court, the law did not violate the dormant commerce clause in regulating the pork industry outside California. New York State Liquor Authority , 476 U.S.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

New York State Rifle Association v. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f) Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f) Lower courts have upheld the New York law, but there are ample constitutional concerns over its vague standard, such as showing that you are “of good moral character.”

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Below is my column in the Hill on the makings of a blockbuster case in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. The court will soon take up New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. The new case concerns concealed-carry restrictions under N.Y. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f)

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 12, 2021

In their guest essay for the New York Times Chemerinsky and Edlin declare any such successful recall would be unconstitutional as a denial of the principle of “one person, one vote.” At that point, Newsom was neither governor nor a candidate under California law after the first round. Sanders and Reynolds v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

We have been discussing ( here and here and here ) the Supreme Court challenge in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f) Lower courts have upheld the New York law, but there are ample constitutional concerns over its vague standard, such as showing that you are “of good moral character.”

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In the wake of the country’s most recent mass shooting, the justices considered a case that could overturn a federal gun law. Rahimi, challenges a federal law prohibiting the possession of a firearm by anyone who is the subject of a domestic violence restraining order. The case, United States v. Bruen , 597 U.S. _ (2022). 1681 et seq.,

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JonathanTurley

MAY 21, 2021

The New York Times is reporting that a Rutgers Law Professor and law student are under fire after the student reluctantly read the n-word in a 1993 legal opinion. That triggers a petition from students to demand action from the law school and apologies from both the professor and the student.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 25, 2024

Facts of the Case As set forth in the Court’s opinion, DFS regulates insurance companies and financial services institutions doing business in New York, and has the power to initiate investigations and civil enforcement actions, as well as to refer matters for criminal prosecution. Lockton and Chubb subsequently suspended Carry Guard.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The second case centers on whether a “bump stock” – an attachment that converts a semiautomatic rifle into a fully automatic weapon – qualifies as a “machinegun” under federal law. The post SCOTUS Adds Two Additional Gun Rights Cases to Docket appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Vullo The NRA alleges that Maria T.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 22, 2021

University of San Diego Law Professor Thomas Smith has been put under investigation for the use of an offensive term in a column criticizing the Chinese government and its role in the pandemic. A core value of the University of San Diego School of Law is that all members of the community must be treated with dignity and respect.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 23, 2024

The opinion by Judge Duane Benton upholds a lower court in striking down a Minnesota law limiting gun permits for persons 21 years old. Minnesota has joined states like New York and Illinois in advancing weak arguments to the benefit of gun rights advocates. They are clearly “people” under the Constitution.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Generally there is no duty to rescue or to call police under the common law. The law covers violent crimes, sexual assault, and assault of a child. I am unaware of such a law in Pennsylvania, but these laws are rarely enforced. Some states have moved to penalize those who do not call police.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 23, 2022

As various states move to pass controversial new gun control laws after the decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, one such law was just enjoined by a federal court in Colorado. and Wyoming, correctly found that the law clearly ran afoul of the controlling precedent.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Now Lamberth has cleared the way for claims for damages by as many as 4,500 people similarly arrested under the law the courts overturned in 2014. The city could appeal and argue that, at the time of the arrests, it was not clear that the underlying law was unconstitutional. Those rising costs do not seem to register with the D.C.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Supreme Court delivered a surprising blow to pandemic restrictions on house of worship in a late night order barring the enforcement of New York Gov. If Ruth Bader Ginsburg was still on the Court, this would have gone 5-4 in favor of New York. Here is the order: ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 10, 2022

The issues before the Court involved Native American law and immigration. United States : The case involves the Constitution’s double jeopardy clause and how it applies toa prosecution in the Court of Indian Offenses. New York , No. Supreme Court recently returned to the bench for its February sitting. 20- 449 (U.S.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

New York: The case centers of the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause and its relationship to a rule of evidence known as “door opening,” under which a litigant’s argumentation or introduction of evidence at trial is often deemed to “open the door” to the admission of responsive evidence that would otherwise be barred by the rules of evidence.

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NewYorkCourtWatcher

JULY 1, 2023

Wilson, Opening RemarksSenate Confirmation Hearing, April 17, 2023 At Columbia Law SchoolIn previous posts in this series, we reviewed Rowan Wilson's eventual selection to sit on New York's highest court in 2016 by then-Governor Andrew Cuomo, and his nomination to be Chief Judge this past April by Chief Judge Rowan D.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Rahimi, will decide whether a federal law banning the possession of guns by individuals who are subject to domestic violence restraining orders is constitutional. Supreme Court decided New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. The case, United States v. While that petition was pending, the U.S.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MAY 13, 2022

In January 2014, petitioner Larry Thompson was living with his fiancée (now wife) and their newborn baby in an apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Thompson’s sister-in-law, who apparently suffered from a mental illness, called 911 to report that Thompson was sexually abusing the baby. Facts of the Case.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 14, 2023

I will be joined on the panel with a distinguished group of experts: Phil Kiko, Principal, Williams & Jensen; former Chief of Staff and General Counsel, House Judiciary Committee; former Chief Administrative Officer, House of Representatives Gene Schaerr, General Counsel, Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability Elizabeth Goitein, Senior (..)

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 16, 2017

The music battle continues over the question of whether state laws provide a public performance right in pre-1972 sound recordings. The Florida case has been referred to that state’s highest court for an advisory ruling on the state of the state’s law on the issue, and earlier this week, the same thing happened in California.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

New York , 595 U. Both the New York Appellate Division and the Court of Appeals affirmed Hemphill’s conviction. The post <strong>Supreme Court Rejects “Door Opening Rule” Exception to Confrontation Clause</strong> appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. In Hemphill v.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2021

It features: Christian Kohler , Honorary Professor at the University of Saarland, Limiting European Integration through Constitutional Law? Recent Decisions of the German Bundesverfassungsgericht and their Impact on Private International Law (in English).

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 23, 2021

The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision over 50 years ago in New York Times v. The New York Times had run an advertisement referring to abuses of civil rights marchers and the arrest of Martin Luther King Jr. seven times. seven times.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Missouri does not appear to have a formal retraction law, but it is still considered a necessary step. Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote that “although the article drips with disapproval of Wilkow’s (and the judges’) conduct, an author’s opinion about business ethics isn’t defamatory under Illinois law.” In New York Times v.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 31, 2021

Some have called for the change to increase diversity in the schools, particularly after California voters refused to change the long ban on affirmative action in education under state law. Here is the column: The Supreme Court will decide early next month whether to take a new case on the use of race in college admissions.

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