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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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California Sued Over New “Deepfake” Law

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The Kohls complaint argues that the law flips the burden to creators to establish a defense. One of the more interesting legal issues is how the law defines “malice.” ” The legislators lifted the definition from New York Times v. In 1967, the Supreme Court handed down Time, Inc.

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Previewing the US Supreme Court’s October Sitting

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New York: 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. The post Previewing the US Supreme Court’s October Sitting appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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New York To Sue Bus Companies … For Busing People

JonathanTurley

New York City Major Eric Adams announced on Thursday that he is suing bus companies for over $700 million for busing undocumented persons to the state. It is a frivolous lawsuit based on an absurd law motivated by raw hypocrisy. New York City politicians have long heralded their status as a sanctuary city.

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Locked and Loaded: Supreme Court is Ready for a Showdown on the Second Amendment

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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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Term limits emerge as popular proposal at latest meeting of court-reform commission

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Share The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court reconvened on Tuesday to hear from a new set of experts on various ideas for Supreme Court reform. Like the last meeting , various legal experts testified and answered questions from commissioners in a series of panels spread throughout the day.

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

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During an illustrious career as a constitutional law scholar and a top Supreme Court advocate, Walter Dellinger argued 24 times before the court, including in some of the biggest cases of the past 30 years. Dellinger was a longtime faculty member at Duke Law School, and he founded the appellate practice at O’Melveny & Myers.

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