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What Can We Learn From an Amicus Brief in NYSRPA v NYC
Several U.S. Senators filed an Amicus (friend of the court) Brief in the case NEW YORK STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSOCIATION, INC., v. CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NYSRPA v NYC). The senators make some interesting points, some good not not so good. There is however a lot we can learn, not only about the constitutional issue, but the state of our political discourse.
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What’s wrong with California’s new election law? It’s probably not what you think
You may have heard about the new California election law that requires presidential candidates to release their tax returns before they will be allowed on the primary ballot. While many have pointed out problems with this legislation, we’ll take a look at the actual Constitutional issues next, on The Constitution Study.
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Blind Man’s Bluff
Guillermo Robles, a blind man, sued Domino’s Pizza because their website is not accessible to the blind. We’ll discuss the Constitutional issues next on The Constitution Study.
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SCOTUS Comes to the Right Decision on Bladensburg Cross, but Mostly for the Wrong Reasons
If you’ve been following the case of the Bladensburg Cross, or religious freedom in general, you may have rejoiced when this opinion was released by the supreme Court. However, while the ends were correct, the logic behind the opinion was extremely flawed for all but one justice.
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Supreme Tyranny
People have been talking about the supreme Court opinion in the case about the citizenship question on the census, but almost nobody noticed the judicial tyranny the court displayed.
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Melissa Klein’s Fight Continues
The Kleins must feel like they’re trapped in a recurring nightmare, like the one in the movie Groundhog Day. They finally get their case before the supreme Court, only to have it sent back to be heard again by the Court of Appeals of Oregon. The legal questions placed before the court seem simple enough,…
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Texas AG Stands up to Congress
In a letter to chairmen Elijah Cummings and Jamie Raskin, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fulfills the role of protecting the citizens of his state. He does this by standing up to an over-reaching congressional committee by simply telling them no.
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Georgia Free Speech?
I found an article about a North Carolina man arrested in Helen, GA for cursing in public. As you may imagine, there was a lot of discussion about this violation of the man’s right to free speech, but all of the discussions I found were constitutionally wrong. I think this is a very good time…
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