The Supreme Court was right to rule that states may apportion legislative districts by total population, rather than total number of voters. And Justice Thomas was right to emphasize that "one person, one vote" is not required by the Constitution at all.
A Maryland court recently became the first appellate court to rule on whether and when use of a cell-site simulator is a Fourth Amendment search. The court held that government use of a cell-site simulator is a search that requires a warrant unless an established exception to the warrant requirement applies. I think that result is plausible, although the reasoning of the opinion has some major weak spots. This post explains why.
Many rights include the right to pay for their exercise -- you can pay to buy a newspaper, to print leaflets, to contribute to a church, to buy a gun, to get an abortion, to buy contraceptives, to send your child to private school. But the court treats sexual rights differently.
Yet another instance of SCOTUS summarily reversing the Sixth Circuit in a habeas case.
The Clinton email story has an encryption mystery at its heart, namely why did she install encryption on her server in March, 2009, two months after the server was up and running? Maybe because Hillary Clinton discovered that her correspondence had been intercepted on her very first trip abroad...
In general, I oppose book burning of any kind. But in this case, I'm with Posner all the way. We should indeed get rid of this massively overgrown guide to legal citation.
"Bill McCammon, a librarian and blogger from Greer, South Carolina, sued HBO and Martin in federal court following the finale of the most recent season of 'Game of Thrones' ... [asserting] a claim for 'negligent artistry,' alienation of affection, and a novel use of laches, which is traditionally an affirmative defense asserted by defendants against plaintiffs accused of unreasonable delay. "
Part of the supposed "harassment" that form the basis for the order: "[Roland] Van Liew sent several mailings in the past year calling [Colleen] Stansfield corrupt and a liar." During a recall election, "Van Liew again called her a liar and corrupt."
A constitutional law lesson for Ed Kilgore, the Clarion-Ledger and others who mistake federalism for "nullification."
