I wouldn't accuse any of the justices of voting in voting rights cases based on a conscious calculation of what's best for the Republican or Democratic Party. But an inference of at least subconscious bias certainly fits the facts.
The Campaign Finance violations trial of John Edwards for encouraging the payment of hush money to his paramour resulted in a hung jury. Is that a helpful precedent for Michael Cohen and Donald Trump in a potential Stormy Daniels case?
Korematsu holds that in a case like this one the obligation to strictly scrutinize invidiously discriminatory policies remains even when the government asserts a facially plausible national security justification.
Should Congress adopt a permanent fix to DACA in the coming days, the preliminary injunction will prove unimportant. But given deep divisions within and among the parties, that is hardly a sure thing. Accordingly, the ruling warrants careful study.
Can the author or publisher of a book be held liable for inducing the breach of a nondisclosure agreement (NDA)? Spoiler alert: The answer is almost certainly no.
I did not expect that a federal district judge would simply fail to apply the law that currently binds him. Yet that's more or less what Judge Daniels did in dismissing the CREW emoluments case.
