Constitutional Law Litigation Statute Washington 
JonathanTurley
JULY 12, 2021
After a slew of lawsuits against the gun industry on a variety of different claims, Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005, giving gun sellers and manufacturers immunity from liability arising out of the criminal misuse of firearms. It failed on both grounds in 2013 before the U.S. In City of New York v.
Broadcast Law Blog
JUNE 22, 2017
What does this mean for businesses in general, including, in particular, broadcasters and the Washington DC National Football League franchise? The PTO also stated that it was bound by a 1981 precedent issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, holding that the statute was constitutional.
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JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Those politicians publicly thumped their chests about going to the Supreme Court with the law and limiting the Second Amendment precedent; professing absolute confidence, they litigated the law, and, again, the 2nd Circuit supported the dubious statute. You can find his updates on Twitter @JonathanTurley.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 31, 2022
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 lost both of those cases, but he notched plenty of victories, including in Washington v.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 19, 2021
At its passage, New York officials pounded their chests and promised they were certain of the constitutionality of the law and would litigate it all the way to the Supreme Court. New York leaders had forced costly litigation only to pull the law at the last minute to avoid a likely finding of unconstitutionality.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 15, 2022
Share Under established constitutional law, states may generally not tax or regulate property or operations of the federal government. Washington. A 1936 federal law waives federal immunity from state workers’ compensation laws on federal land and projects. Washington implicitly contemplates such situations.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
Newsom cited the kidnapping statute but apparently failed to read it or the underlying cases. While civil litigation is ongoing, the supposedly clear criminal charges have not been brought by Democratic prosecutors clearly motivated to do so. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.
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