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Ballot Law: The first challenge to “Citizens United”?
Jul 27, 2011 By: Jeremy Byellin
Three Minnesota groups are suing the state for laws they claim violate the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC ruling. Will this be Citizens United Part 2?
Ballot Law: The constitutionality of voter ID laws
Jul 20, 2011 By: Jeremy Byellin
A 2008 Supreme Court plurality upheld voter ID laws that require voters to have state-issued photo IDs. But are such laws always valid?
Ballot Law: Arizona’s unconstitutional matching-funds law
Jul 13, 2011 By: Jeremy Byellin
Last month, the Supreme Court decided Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Bennett, which invalidated an Arizona law that provided funds matching a private candidate’s expenditures to his publicly-funded opponents.
Immigration Litigation: Can states criminalize being in the U.S. unlawfully?
Jun 22, 2011 By: Jeremy Byellin
Many states, including Georgia, are following Arizona’s lead in criminalize the act of being in the country unlawfully. But is that constitutional?
EastLaw: Korematsu and Japanese Internment
May 25, 2011 By: Jeremy Byellin
Korematsu v. U.S. ruled Japanese Internment during World War II constitutional. But could internment happen again?
Today in 1996: Romer v. Evans is decided
May 20, 2011 By: Jeremy Byellin
Today in 1996, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Romer v. Evans, a case significant for several reasons. To constitutional law buffs, the…
EastLaw: Wong Kim Ark and the children of illegal immigrants
May 18, 2011 By: Jeremy Byellin
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. During the month of May, we’ll be looking at important legal landmarks in…
EastLaw: How laundry laws brought a huge civil rights leap
May 11, 2011 By: Jeremy Byellin
Yick Wo v. Hopkins came about from a Chinese challenge to a laundry regulation ordinance, and it became a huge advance in civil rights law.
Legally Green: Get your gases out of my state!!
Apr 27, 2011 By: Jeremy Byellin
The Supreme Court just heard oral arguments on a case which several states are suing power companies for greenhouse gas emissions on common law nuisance claims.
Obama on DOMA defense: Can he really do that?
Apr 25, 2011 By: Jeremy Byellin
President Obama’s unprecedented decision to halt the Justice Department’s legal defense of the Defense of Marriage Act may result in the law’s invalidation.
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