Illustration: Lex Villena; Ioannis Syrigos Yesterday, in Ream v. Department of the Treasury, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld an 1868 federal law banning home alcohol distilleries. The court ruled that the…
New Hampshire is not the only state subject to court-ordered commandeering. Next week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit will hear oral argument in Bear Warriors United v. Lambert, in which Florida is…
Home distilling. (NA) Yesterday, in McNutt v. US Department of Justice, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down an 1868 federal law banning home alcohol distilleries. The court ruled that the law exceeded…
Amid bipartisan backlash to AI from federal lawmakers, nearly a dozen states are considering legislation that would prohibit new data center construction for a period of months to years. Maine is poised to be the first state…
Only weeks after designating Anthropic a supply chain risk, the Trump administration is returning to a pro-AI stance with Friday's release of the National AI Legislative Framework. The framework, which was commissioned…
Earlier today I participated in a Federalist Society Forum on the major climate change case on the docket for OT 2026: Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, a case I previewed here. Joining me in the discussion were West Virginia…
Newly-elected Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger is refusing to cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts to detain and deport unlawfully present immigrants, including those with criminal…
Last month, a federal judge in New Hampshire issued an injunction purporting to prevent the state from ending its vehicle emission inspection program. The state legislature had repealed the program, effective January 31. No…
President Donald Trump suggested this week that the federal government should take over certain states' elections, in clear violation of the Constitution. It's a bad idea, just like it was a bad idea five years ago…
NA This article is cross-posted (with permission) from the Brennan Center State Court Report website, where it was originally published: Federal district court Judge Katherine Menendez issued a ruling Saturday denying a…
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