Guam Has a Racist Voting Law. The Justice Department Is Finally Helping to Fight It
It looks like Arnold Davis is finally getting some justice.
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Case: Davis v. Guam
December 1, 2017
National Review
November 29, 2017
Guam Daily Post
Justice: Guam law racially biased
The U.S. Department of Justice has inserted itself into the legal battle over Guam’s self-determination.
Read More →Case: Davis v. Guam
November 29, 2017
Pacific Daily News
Justice Department supports Dave Davis in plebiscite appeal
The U.S Department of Justice urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to uphold a court ruling that found Guam’s self-determination plebiscite law was race-based and thus unconstitutional.
Read More →Case: Davis v. Guam
October 31, 2017
The Crime Report
Does the Constitution Protect Stun Guns?
Since its landmark 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court has largely left it to lower courts to decide how far the government can go in regulating firearms.
Read More →Case: Martel v. Healey
September 28, 2017
Forbes
Compelled Union Dues Are Back At The Supreme Court: What Happens Next?
This morning, in one of its first actions after returning from summer recess, the Supreme Court announced it will hear Janus v. AFSCME, a case that challenges compulsory union dues. Janus will be one of the most influential cases of this term. Twenty-three states currently compel all public employees to
Read More →September 28, 2017
World Net Daily
Gorsuch in spotlight as Supremes review mandatory dues for leftist politics
Conservatives across America who are forced to pay dues to employee unions to fund left-leaning activities – even speech to which they object – are getting another chance to escape that burden. Read More →September 28, 2017
Washington Examiner
Union leaders criticize Supreme Court for taking dues case
The leaders of four major public-sector unions slammed the Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to take up the case of Janus vs. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
Read More →September 28, 2017
Washington Examiner
Supreme Court will hear challenge to public-sector union fees that could rewrite union law
In Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the Supreme Court will look to determine the constitutionality of a 1977 high court ruling — Abood v. Detroit Board of Education — that said public-sector employees who do not belong to a union can still be forced to
Read More →August 21, 2017
Forbes
Why Compulsory Union Dues Violate The First Amendment
Later this month, thousands of teachers will return to the classroom and in 22 states they will be forced to pay union dues as a condition of their employment. Every summer, the Nevada Policy Research Institute and the Association of American Educators sponsors Employee Freedom Week, a week-long campaign to raise
Read More →July 28, 2017
The Washington Post
Massachusetts stun gun ban challenge in federal district court
As I’ve noted, many jurisdictions have repealed their bans on stun guns. People v. Yanna (Mich. Ct. App. 2012) struck down one such ban on Second Amendment grounds, and in Caetano v. Massachusetts, the Supreme Court rejected some of Massachusetts’s arguments in favor of the stun gun ban. The court
Read More →Case: Martel v. Healey