Constitution
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Andrew E. Busch is associate director and professor at the Institute of American Civics in the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is also a frequent contributor to…
The forgotten lawyer who fought Jim Crow
In the early months of 1927, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two cases that might not initially appear to share anything in common. In Tyson and Brother v. Banton, the Supreme Court struck down a New York law forbidding the…
Missouri town to pay $500k to settle lawsuit over deputy shooting blind and deaf dog
A small Missouri town will pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man whose 13-pound blind and deaf shih tzu dog was shot and killed by a police officer. It is one of the largest settlements of its kind, an animal rights…
Heat index inside South Florida prison hit 119 degrees, report says
Prisoners inside a sweltering South Florida prison were subjected to dangerously high temperatures this summer—peaking at a "real feel" of 119 degrees in one area—according to a recent expert report filed in a class…
New York landlords call vacancy caps unconstitutional in new lawsuit
Landlords are once again suing over New York's rent stabilization law. On Wednesday, rental property owners filed a lawsuit in U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York against New York City and its Rent…
Republican Plans to Stop Foreigners From Abusing Surrogacy
China and other foreign adversaries are abusing American birthright citizenship to have American children through surrogacy. But one Republican senator has a plan to criminalize the growing surrogacy industry for foreigners.…
Why does SCOTUS hear so few Second Amendment cases?
The Second Amendment occupies a curious place in American legal history. It has been sitting right there in the Bill of Rights since those amendments were first added to the Constitution in 1791. Yet it was not until the 2008…
Brandenburg v. Ohio protects your right to controversial speech
On a Sunday evening in June 1964, about 20 men gathered at a farm in Ohio for a Ku Klux Klan rally. The event featured a cross burning, some stray racist and antisemitic remarks, and a short, desultory speech by a TV…
There is no Constitution [With Comment by John]
You may have thought that there was one, but there isn’t. Perhaps at one time, but not anymore. A single federal district judge in Rhode Island, one of 677 across America, is now running the U.S. government. Despite the clear…
On tariffs, it was Gorsuch vs. Trump at SCOTUS
It's always unwise to predict the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court case based solely on what happened during oral arguments. So let's go ahead and attempt it anyway. You’re reading Injustice System from Damon Root…
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