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Covid at the Court: South Bay United Pentecostal

2/6/21  //  Quick Reactions

South Bay United Pentecostal Church confirms that the Supreme Court is on a path to abandon Employment Division v. Smith.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

October Arguments, By The Numbers

10/19/20  //  Commentary

A quick recap of how the October arguments went in the Supreme Court, by the numbers.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Religious Discrimination And Racial Discrimination

6/30/20  //  Quick Reactions

The Court’s decision in Espinoza is similar to the trajectory of the law of racial discrimination in some respects, it also offers a striking contrast in others

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

June Medical As The New Casey

6/29/20  //  Quick Reactions

As in prior abortion cases, the Chief Justice gave abortion supporters a victory while at the same time laying the groundwork for much weaker protections for abortion rights.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Deferred Reaction To the Courts

6/22/20  //  Commentary

Democratic and Republican responses to the DACA decision illustrate the different focus the two parties put on the federal courts.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

The SDNY Debacle And The Supreme Court

6/20/20  //  Quick Reactions

The Trump administration's apparent desire to force out the U.S. Attorney for SDNY could have implications for several major Supreme Court cases this term.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Voting & Guns

4/27/20  //  Quick Reactions

The dissenters in the New York gun case confirm that their reasoning in RNC v. DNC was a makeweight shell game.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Healthcare & Guns

4/27/20  //  Quick Reactions

On what the Supreme Court's opinions today suggest about next term's challenge to the ACA.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Ten Thoughts On Ramos v. LA

4/20/20  //  Quick Reactions

Ten thoughts on Ramos v. LA

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

The Blame Game

2/18/20  //  Commentary

The administration often tries to foist blame on the courts for its politically unpopular policies--or to have the courts effectuate its politically unpopular policies for the administration.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

SCOTUS should hear the ACA case now.

1/15/20  //  Commentary

The government's filings on why the Court should delay hearing the case only underscore the reasons for the Court to end this litigation now.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

On Clerkships & Wasted Opportunities

12/23/19  //  Commentary

An HLS Clerkship Blog encapsulates some of the challenges to the profession in light of Trump’s reshaping of the federal judiciary.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Some Additional Thoughts on The ACA Decision

12/19/19  //  Quick Reactions

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit just gave the Republican Party a huge and unjustified gift.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

A Tale of Two Neil Gorsuches

10/8/19  //  Quick Reactions

It seems just last month Justice Gorsuch was saying his rule was not to “make it up" and was to "follow the law.” The Title VII cases allow us to see whether that's the case.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

When The Government Asserts An interest In Discrimination

10/7/19  //  Commentary

The Trump Department of Justice has recently started asserting that the federal government has an interest in discrimination, rather than in preventing discrimination

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School