13+ hour, 36+ min ago   (298+ words) Authored by the powerful Jay Sekulow of the ACLJ and Alex Haberbush of the Constitutional Counsel Group, the 53-page brief argued that Eastman was disbarred for exercising core political speech. Strict scrutiny requires a compelling interest in order to punish…...

20+ hour, 7+ min ago   (505+ words) In less than a month, the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts will hear oral arguments in a case that could determine whether local licensing officials can continue to use (and abuse) their own discretion in deciding who is "suitable" to…...

23+ hour, 6+ min ago   (341+ words) Plaintiffs residing outside of New York are challenging a Manhattan regulation that limits carriers to a single firearm. The challenge was raised in the District Court of Southern New York. The case Hendrick et al. v. New York City was filed…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (428+ words) If, as expected, the Supreme Court strikes down bans on so-called assault weapons when it issues its verdict in Viramontes v. Cook County next year, the gun control lobby isn't just going to give up on its efforts to make AR…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (669+ words) That provision, which Congress enacted as part of the Gun Control Act in 1968, applies to anyone who has been convicted of a crime punishable by more than a year of incarceration. The original version made it a felony for such…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (206+ words) Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has fired a rhetorical shot across the bow of San Jose's City Hall, warning officials that a lawsuit is coming if the city doesn't take immediate steps to bring down the outrageously high fees the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (287+ words) On Wednesday, the dispute over congressional redistricting in Missouri returned to the Supreme Court’s interim docket, when opponents of the state’s new map, which favors Republicans, once more asked the justices to prevent it from being used in November’s elections....

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (338+ words) We've been waiting for years for something like Viramontes to come before the Supreme Court. While a few years ago, the outcome might have been more in doubt, the Supreme Court of today looks little like the one that decided…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (133+ words) Sarah Isgur and David French discuss Supreme Court updates on two cases: preferred advertising rates for political committees and Missouri’s congressional districts. Then, Judge Jeff Sutton, chief judge of the 6th Circuit and No. 1 AO judicial crush, and Neil Weare, co-director…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (12+ words) Supreme Court’s VanDerStok decision didn’t resolve the vagueness and Second Amendment challenges....