Trump administration loses another sanctuary city grants case (Constitution news round-up)

Trump administration loses another sanctuary city grants case; executive cannot place conditions on federal grants (separation of powers) or commander state employees to enforce federal law (10A)
http://reason.com/volokh/2018/10/06/yet-another-federal-court-rules-against

2A: Misdemeanor DUI not enough to justify life-long gun ban; federal judge restores gun rights to nonviolent offender
https://freebeacon.com/issues/federal-judge-restores-non-violent-offenders-gun-rights-following-landmark-case/
 
14A: New California law requires certain corporations to meet quota of women on their boards; companies lost value under similar law in Norway; wrinkle here is gender identity, not biological sex
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/blog-posts/is-california-s-corporate-boards-quota-bill-constitutional

Returning to Congressional rather than judicial government will lower the stakes and avoid future bitter nomination fights.
https://www.lawliberty.org/2018/10/08/avoiding-the-next-50-48-vote-disempower-the-court/

Free expression: Leaked Google document - tech firms have lost their free speech culture and moved toward censorship
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/10/09/the-good-censor-google-document-admits-breitbart-news-is-number-one-for-free-speech/

1A: gaming company personnel cannot be prohibited from making political contributions on the grounds that a legal industry is corrupt, federal judge in Pennsylvania rules
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/blog-posts/pennsylvania-ruling-affirms-that-campaign-finance-prohibitions-must-be-justified
 
1A Religion: St. Louis can’t compel religious groups “to employ or house individuals who advocate for or perform abortions” contrary to their beliefs,  federal judge rules
https://www.lifenews.com/2018/10/04/judge-strikes-down-law-making-st-louis-a-sanctuary-city-for-abortion/
 
2A: CDC admits its gun injury data is unreliable, publishes it anyway; downward trend found by other researchers casts doubt CDC estimates
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-cdc-is-publishing-unreliable-data-on-gun-injuries-people-are-using-it-anyway/
 
Eminent Domain: Supreme Court hears arguments in case testing precedent that takings plaintiffs must exhaust state remedies before filing in federal court
http://www.scotusblog.com/2018/10/argument-analysis-weighing-federal-court-access-for-local-takings-plaintiffs/

14A Discrimination: Study shows ‘Ban the Box’ laws protecting ex-offenders harm the chances of young black men getting a job
http://reason.com/volokh/2018/10/10/the-unintended-consequences-of-ban-the-b

Dormant Commerce Clause: Wisconsin butter-grading statute is burdensome on Amish small-batch producers, but OK because it does not discriminate against out-of-state products, 7th Circuit rules
http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2018/D10-03/C:18-1520:J:Flaum:aut:T:fnOp:N:2228758:S:0

Dem Senator filed for injunction to block Kavanaugh vote; argued that failure to provide documents related to nominee’s tenure in the Bush administration hampered Senator’s duty to advise and consent
https://bwcentral.org/2018/10/resist-democrat-senator-filed-an-injunction-to-block-final-kavanaugh-vote/

Be inspired: “Life-Long Cubs Fan With Down Syndrome Fulfills His Dream to Sing National Anthem”
https://www.lifenews.com/2018/10/03/life-long-cubs-fan-with-down-syndrome-fulfills-his-dream-to-sing-national-anthem/