The New York Times: “A federal appeals court in Manhattan ruled on Monday that federal civil rights law bars employers from discriminating based on sexual orientation. The case, which stemmed from the 2010 dismissal of a Long Island sky-diving instructor, was a setback for the Trump Justice Department, whose lawyers found themselves in the unusual… Continue Reading
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Redacted unclassified Democratic memo rebutting GOP narrative of Russia investigation
After a two week delay by the White House, on February 24, 2018 Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee released an unclassified and redacted memorandum titled “Correcting the Record on the Russia Investigations” strongly rebutting Republican claims that FBI and DOJ officials had abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) process to mislead the… Continue Reading
Thomas, conservatives impatient at Supreme Court’s inaction on 2nd Amendment
CNN – What’s the Supreme Court done about the 2nd Amendment lately? Not much, to the deep frustration of Justice Clarence Thomas. “Thomas, joined by two of his colleagues, the National Rifle Association and many gun rights supporters believe that lower courts are thumbing their nose at a landmark 2008 Supreme Court opinion holding that… Continue Reading
Jump in Federal Civil Environmental Litigation
“The latest available data from the federal courts show that during January 2018 the government reported 172 new environmental civil lawsuits filed. This is the third month in a row in which an unusually large number of new environmental matters were filed, bringing the latest quarter to a total of 745 new cases. According to… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Can You Do That? Filing Amicus Curiae Briefs in Other Countries
Via LLRX – Can You Do That? Filing Amicus Curiae Briefs in Other Countries – Law Librarian Lora Johns shares her response to “I would like to see an amicus brief filed by Alliance Defending Freedom in Slovakia.” For all of us who did not consider that Americans might want to—or even could—file friend-of-the-court briefs… Continue Reading
Federal Judge Says Embedding a Tweet Can Be Copyright Infringement
EFF: “Rejecting years of settled precedent, a federal court in New York has ruled [PDF] that you could infringe copyright simply by embedding a tweet in a web page. Even worse, the logic of the ruling applies to all in-line linking, not just embedding tweets. If adopted by other courts, this legally and technically misguided… Continue Reading
CRS – D.C. Circuit Upholds as Constitutional the Structure of the CFPB
D.C. Circuit Upholds as Constitutional the Structure of the CFPB – Part I. Todd Garvey, Legislative Attorney; Jared P. Cole, Legislative Attorney. February 12, 2018. “The entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) issued a potentially important decision on January 31, upholding the structural design of the Consumer Financial… Continue Reading
U of M crowdsourcing project transcribes Supreme Court justices’ handwritten notes
University of Minnesota News: “…If you have ever wanted to be a fly on the wall during deliberations by U.S. Supreme Court justices or travel back in time to witness Supreme Court decisions, a new crowdsourcing project led by researchers at the University of Minnesota and Michigan State University allows you to do just that.… Continue Reading
NYT – On Tour With Notorious R.B.G., Judicial Rock Star
Her fans call her Notorious R.B.G., a nod to the rapper Notorious B.I.G., and Justice Ginsburg embraces the connection: “They say that Bob Dylan, 76, is on a never-ending tour. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is eight years older and has a day job, seems to have acquired Mr. Dylan’s taste for the road. In… Continue Reading
CRS – Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends
Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends. March 30, 2006 – September 24, 2014. 97-589. “The exercise of the judicial power of the United States often requires that courts construe statutes to apply them in particular cases and controversies. Judicial interpretation of the meaning of a statute is authoritative in the matter before the court.… Continue Reading
Paper – Of Judges and Robots
Capeta, Tamara, Of Judges and Robots (June 4, 2017). Liber amicorum Marko Ilešič – Challenges of Law in Life Reality, Univerza v Ljubljani, Pravna fakulteta, Ljubljana, 2017, 129-142 . Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3109512 – “In this contribution, I develop my thoughts on how we can use knowledge about our fears of replacing human judges by… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Caged Humanity: Conditions of Confinement and Death in Custody
Via LLRX – Caged Humanity: Conditions of Confinement and Death in Custody – Unseen, confinement is where society’s unspent rage takes its toll on human lives. It reduces existence to a room that grows smaller with each degradation. A house of pain and trauma, its concrete walls and steel doors enclose people in jails and… Continue Reading
