This week, the Supreme Court decided Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, a case centered around free speech on college campuses. While the court focused on legal technicalities including the standing of petitioners who seek only nominal damages,…
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High school cheerleader’s Snapchat swearing case makes it to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court could soon see one of the more interesting free speech cases involving a high school student, her school’s cheerleading team coach, and her school district. Law and Crime suggested that the case…
LSU Law Professor: Democrats Should Sue GOP Leader McConnell over Judicial Nomination Process
Louisiana State University law professor Ken Levy suggested that Democratic politicians should sue Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the Senate judicial confirmations process to hold them accountable for stalling Obama’s nominee in 2016.
Scholar: America’s Constitution isn’t about “Inventing New Rights”
Don’t expect the Senate hearings on prospective Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch to get into the question of natural law, not because it isn’t worth it but because it is. Really relevant questions are anathema…
Have Law Schools Doomed SCOTUS?
Here’s why good Supreme Court justices, or, for that matter, attorneys in general, let alone attorneys general, are going to keep getting harder to find: Law schools going the way of the Modern Language Association…
Phyllis Schlafly: A Woman Worth Studying
Here’s the key problem with women’s studies: They ignore the women most worthy of study. Into this category falls the dear—and she was—departed author and activist Phyllis Schlafly. She crammed more achievements into one lifetime…
What It Takes to be a Supreme Court Reporter
Should you really “write what you know” as the age-old saying goes? Sure, if you studied law and a little bit of Latin. But who benefits from that? Cui Bono? Journalists covering the Supreme Court of the…
WATCH: Reactions of Protesters at SCOTUS over Texas Abortion Clinics Case
Accuracy in Media’s Amanda Florian interviews several people from both sides of the political spectrum, asking them how they felt after hearing about the Supreme Court decision concerning a 2013 Texas abortion law.
Social Justice VS. America’s Founding Principles
The eloquent Justice Clarence Thomas recently warned the class of 2016 in a commencement address at Hillsdale College that since “the rising tide of social justice demands run afoul of this nation’s founding principles,” this…
Conservative, Libertarian Law Students at Georgetown Unhappy with Professor’s Criticism of Scalia
Professor Gary Peller was critical of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who was a Georgetown undergraduate, and now some law students are intimidated by his anti-Scalia bias. How will they freely participate in…