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In habeas case, the liberal justices try to untangle a complex statute

SCOTUSBlog

Hendrix , a case that exemplifies the Gordian knot that is the federal habeas corpus statute. Under Section 2255(h), a prisoner can bring a second or successive petition based only on facts that clearly demonstrate actual innocence or a new rule of constitutional law that the Supreme Court has made retroactive.

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SCOTUS hears oral arguments in bankruptcy amendment, Washington workers’ compensation law cases

JURIST

After the Amendment took effect on January 1, 2018, Circuit City, a US chain of electronics retail stores, refused to pay the increased fees and brought suit in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, claiming that the 2017 Amendment, which creates nonuniform bankruptcy laws, was unconstitutional.

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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

Facts of the Case Robert Mallory worked for Norfolk Southern as a freight-car mechanic for nearly 20 years, first in Ohio, then in Virginia. After he left the company, Mallory moved to Pennsylvania for a period before returning to Virginia. Along the way he was diagnosed with cancer. Supreme Court’s Decision The Supreme Court reversed.

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Supreme Court Hears Challenge to EPA’s Good Neighbor Rule

Constitutional Law Reporter

Ohio, Indiana, and West Virginia filed suit, arguing that EPA’s rulemaking process circumvented the Clean Air Act’s cooperative-federalism mandate by forcing its own top-down control over state-level air-pollution reduction, and moved to stay the federal plan pending judicial review. Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

JonathanTurley

In a major but likely controversial victory for free speech, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned the conviction of a retired Air Force Colonel for using a racial epithet at the shoe store on the Marine base at Quantico in Virginia. Bartow was charged under Virginia Code § 18.2-416, Winston , 199 S.E.2d

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The Supreme Court Marshal Calls on States To Crackdown on Protesters

JonathanTurley

Larry Hogan, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, and Virginia Gov. The letter seeks to use state laws to achieve what the Justice Department has clearly rejected under federal law. In a rare move, Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley has sent letters to Maryland Gov. However, the timing is particularly interesting.

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

JonathanTurley

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.

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