Federal judge rules Trump can’t block Twitter followers in opinion with broad implications (Constitution news round-up)

1A: federal judge rules Trump can’t block Twitter followers in opinion with broad implications designating his account a public forum
https://www.law.com/2018/05/23/trump-cannot-block-twitter-users-from-his-account-court-finds/?kw=Trump%20Cannot%20Block%20Twitter%20Users%20From%20His%20Account%2C%20Court%20Rules&et=editorial&bu=Law.com&cn=20180523&src=EMC-Email&pt=AfternoonUpdate&slreturn=20180423170814

1A: Trump Twitter ruling is uncharted territory – should the non-Left get its own forums or work to declare all of social media a public forum where viewpoint discrimination is not allowed?
http://www.cfact.org/2018/05/27/all-public-forums-should-be-open-and-uncensored/

Penumbras and Emanations – Supreme Court lets Arkansas abortion restrictions stand for the moment, but the case is not over
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/us/politics/supreme-court-wont-hear-challenge-to-restrictive-arkansas-abortion-law.html

State Constitutions: California appeals court lets stand lower court ruling knocking down state’s assisted suicide law; confusion reigns as case proceeds
http://freebeacon.com/issues/appeals-court-rejects-bid-save-assisted-suicide/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=30034f635f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_09_04_COPY_57&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-30034f635f-45628225

State constitution figures in state lower court striking down California’s assisted suicide law as outside the scope of a legislative special session
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/05/15/judge-overturns-california-law-legalizing-assisted-suicide-rules-it-unconstitutional/

Privacy:  federal judge rules NRA must name its Jane and John Doe teenage plaintiffs challenging new gun sale age restriction; constitutionally-embedded presumption of openness in judicial proceedings outweighs threat of harassment
https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AD%5FavESKq2sH%5FMs&cid=6070784EAEAE6B36&id=6070784EAEAE6B36%21162&parId=6070784EAEAE6B36%21143&o=OneUp

1A: basic point – the NFL is not the government, so the First Amendment doesn’t apply to its football games.
http://www.libertylawsite.org/2018/05/29/the-nfl-is-within-is-rights-and-right/
 
1A: ICYMI – Obama judges sidestep Supreme Court precedent in finding forced dues for union advocacy constitutional (p. 6)
https://nrtwc.org/nl/nl201805.pdf
 
Free Speech – Britain arrests Tommy Robinson for telling the truth about a Muslim grooming gang facing child rape and other sex charges
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/tommy-robinson-arrested-while-filming-outside-grooming-trial-in-leeds-a3848486.html

Free Speech – CAIR Michigan forces resignation of local official critical of Islam. 
http://www.macombdaily.com/government-and-politics/20180524/american-islamic-relations-group-applauds-warren-officials-swift-resignation#disqus_thread
 
1A Religion: federal appeals court dismisses challenge to ‘In God We Trust’ on currency, but lingering statutory question may prompt Congress to act to save motto.
http://reason.com/volokh/2018/05/29/divided-sixth-circuit-panel-rejects-lega
 
4A: Supreme Court rules ‘automobile exception’ to the 4th Amendment doesn’t apply if the car is in the driveway (Collins v. Virginia)
http://reason.com/volokh/2018/05/29/collins-v-virginia-and-a-thought-on-curt
 
4A: federal appeals courts now disagree on border cell phone searches, but the Supreme Court might not want to resolve the circuit split
http://reason.com/volokh/2018/05/23/eleventh-circuit-creates-circuit-split-o
 
Takings: South Africa’s ruling ANC to test whether farm land can be confiscated without compensation under existing law instead of seeking a constitutional amendment.  So superior to our own Constitution, right RBG?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-land-explainer/south-africas-anc-to-test-constitution-on-land-expropriation-idUSKCN1IN1LP

14A Equal Protection: Affirmative action discriminates against Asian students, comparing Harvard v. Cal Tech enrollment shows
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/22/asian-students-underrepresented-harvard/?print=1#comments_controls

14A Equal Protection: federal court allows Virginia transgender student to sue for use of preferred bathroom on theory ‘gender stereotyping’ already prohibited by 1988 Supreme Court case
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/05/23/federal-court-sides-with-trans-student-barred-from-preferred-school-bathroom/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CapitolBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT0dKaVpqbGpObUkwTW1FNSIsInQiOiJDbmJxRmlGVmFTRkZhUTdxV2R3RnJNMkJNTnFOWmlmZDdyN3ZoQ3JPMTM3d2FYajBseUtSZkVjSmhJSFcxaUgxRkZHaTBBb3Nad3prXC8wRVwvY29mNUhPQVpwN1Rtc3o3cmtoOW5aVnNzK3lMNW5iN1UzRjBPUTBcLzNZMUZcLzZBZmgifQ%3D%3D

14A Equal Protection: Pennsylvania students lose appeal to keep transgenders out of their bathrooms and locker rooms; losing parties weighing their options.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/05/24/school-can-force-students-to-share-bathrooms-with-transgender-students-federal-court-rules/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CapitolBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTUdKalpERmxOak14WlRFMyIsInQiOiJFZGV5cDFZZHprXC9IUHBQWjV3S2xIMmpveE13ZEdDekVTZHVySFdsTkVNSjVTdWZ2Sm04VVBuQkFGRFIzK2R6QzNSWUthQ1wva3NRdFJzRVRyUFI1Y1JRWk5wc2QraXNKbWVSUXZ6MVJmbEhSVlRGcHZKYmMyQ1oyT0M3N0dGRnZYIn0%3D

14A Due Process: locales relying on heavy ticketing for nuisance violations to raise revenue spawn due process concerns – do we really want financially self-interested gangster government?
https://www.curbed.com/2018/5/24/17382120/tickets-fees-fines-criminal-justice-ferguson

Some state high courts issue advisory opinions without a case before them – should the Supreme Court?
http://www.libertylawsite.org/2018/05/29/some-states-embrace-an-advisory-role-for-their-high-courts/

Americans should remember we are not ruled by judges. Courts have redrawn an electoral map, ordered a tax increase, released prisoners due to ‘overcrowding’, etc. Not good.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/05/22/the-hubris-of-judges-threatens-our-ability-to-govern-ourselves/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CapitolBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTUdKalpERmxOak14WlRFMyIsInQiOiJFZGV5cDFZZHprXC9IUHBQWjV3S2xIMmpveE13ZEdDekVTZHVySFdsTkVNSjVTdWZ2Sm04VVBuQkFGRFIzK2R6QzNSWUthQ1wva3NRdFJzRVRyUFI1Y1JRWk5wc2QraXNKbWVSUXZ6MVJmbEhSVlRGcHZKYmMyQ1oyT0M3N0dGRnZYIn0%3D

Hey hey ho ho, legal positivism has got to go. Three cheers for natural law – “the separation of law from morals violates human nature”
http://www.libertylawsite.org/liberty-classic/the-recurring-natural-law-heinrich-rommen/

Shame! New York Jets CEO will pay the fines for players who protest the national anthem. #ToolOfTheLeft
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2018/05/24/jets-ceo-promises-not-to-punish-anthem-protesters/