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the  simpsons  and  the   constitution  (news  round-up)

1/31/2018

 
1A: Justice Department issues statement of concern that UCal Berkeley violates free speech with selective enforcement of hi-profile speaker policy
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-statement-interest-california-college-free-speech-case
 
1A: students are not supposed to be expelled for odious views, even for posting N*word videos
http://reason.com/volokh/2018/01/19/university-of-alabama-student-expelled-f

14A: lawsuit filed challenging Dallas cash bail system as unconstitutionally discriminating against poor people.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-county/2018/01/21/poor-people-locked-longer-rich-violating-constitution-dallas-lawsuit-alleges

1A: True the Vote targeting case Consent Decree: viewpoint discrimination by the IRS violates free speech (para. 50)
https://www.scribd.com/document/369806983/True-the-Vote-v-IRS-Consent-Order-Jan-21-2018
 
4A: Supreme Court rules police had probable cause to arrest partygoers because probably lacked permission to be in house.
http://reason.com/volokh/2018/01/23/we-have-opinions-from-scotus

Supreme Court takes up internet sales tax case which tests whether states can regulate commerce (‘negative Commerce Clause’)
http://reason.com/volokh/2018/01/20/supreme-court-takes-up-internet-sales-ta

Electoral College is supposed to be undemocratic; coastal states cannot run roughshod over rest of the nation
http://www.oaoa.com/editorial/columns/opinion_columnist/article_f30f2422-fe2e-11e7-9423-fb925a3c1e1b.html

Electoral College helps prevent voter fraud; hard to predict which states will be decisive
http://dailysignal.com/2017/10/26/electoral-college-helps-protect-voter-fraud/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTm1Wa1l6VmxaRFpqTVRJeCIsInQiOiJvUWdFc0dnNG96dm43OWsxXC8yMEVYN3VpM05lK0JFbnpDTjF5SnduM1RKeU5WeHViblwvOWY0THEwbjdUbHJzXC9VUTQ5WkQ4RHlxT2d5VlcyaHJITWlVeWNGRmlCMGtKb1dxNGlydlN3eWpwQWRTSEdwTDdTMGt3V3VVcWlDNlJFbyJ9

Federal judge: don’t end nationwide injunctions from a single court, but do require 3-judge panels to issue them
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/sites/nationallawjournal/2018/01/26/federal-appeals-judge-dont-end-nationwide-injunctions-but-heres-a-plan-for-them/?slreturn=20180027081543

Supreme Court takes case on constitutionality of SEC administrative law judges
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/sites/nationallawjournal/2018/01/12/supreme-court-takes-up-dispute-over-sec-judges/?kw=Supreme%20Court%20Takes%20Up%20Dispute%20Over%20SEC%20Judges&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20180112&src=EMC-Email&pt=Afternoon%20Update&slreturn=20180013080700

Separation of Powers: proposal for expert Article III courts to hear administrative cases; answerable to President and Senate, not agency
http://www.libertylawsite.org/2017/12/27/limiting-the-judicial-power-of-agencies/

Discussion of most famous footnote in Supreme Court history – Carolene Products ftn 4 – and differing scrutiny of economic v. non-economic legislation
http://www.libertylawsite.org/2018/01/29/crony-capitalism-and-the-trouble-with-heightened-judicial-review/

“[T]he Left rejects the natural rights theory of the American Founding at the core of our tradition.”
https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-problem-of-identity-politics-and-its-solution/

D'oh! The Constitution as seen through 28 years of The Simpsons - “It guarantees all of the basic freedoms- speech, religion, the right to a speedy trial," Lisa explains.
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/what-we-can-learn-about-the-constitution-from-the-simpsons

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