http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/occupy-the-docket-how-the-supreme-court-selects-the-1/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/occupy-the-docket-how-the-supreme-court-selects-the-1/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:47:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134576 Circuit Splits Blog: Assuming this trend continues and all other things being equal, a petitioner is more likely to read about the discovery of life on Mars by the end of the year than to read the words “certiorari granted” next to their case—at least according to a website that bills itself as “the world’s leading prediction market.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/occupy-the-docket-how-the-supreme-court-selects-the-1/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/is-justice-ginsburg-risking-the-future-of-the-supreme-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/is-justice-ginsburg-risking-the-future-of-the-supreme-court/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 14:42:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134548 Daily Beast: The calls for her retirement started last year—she’s nearly 80 and a two-time cancer survivor—but Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t going anywhere. Chris Geidner looks into the tricky world of politicking and the court. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/is-justice-ginsburg-risking-the-future-of-the-supreme-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/a-way-out-of-the-same-sex-marriage-mess-ny-times/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/a-way-out-of-the-same-sex-marriage-mess-ny-times/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 14:39:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134546 NY Times: The Supreme Court, which will almost certainly have to take up the issue, should hold that while states may refuse to authorize same-sex marriages, they may not void — that is, refuse to recognize — gay marriages lawfully conducted in other states. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/a-way-out-of-the-same-sex-marriage-mess-ny-times/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/the-public-trial-of-justice-roberts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/the-public-trial-of-justice-roberts/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 19:27:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134490 Washington Post: Novelist John Grisham could hardly spin a more provocative fiction: The president and his surrogates mount an aggressive campaign to intimidate the chief justice of the United States, implying ruin and ridicule should he fail to vote in a pivotal case according to the ruling political party’s wishes. If only it were fiction. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/the-public-trial-of-justice-roberts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/clinton-era-roadless-rule-headed-to-the-supreme-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/clinton-era-roadless-rule-headed-to-the-supreme-court/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 17:33:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134196 Findlaw: Colorado Mining Association President Stuart Sanderson wants the Supreme Court to reverse the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision. Sanderson claims, "If allowed to stand, the roadless rule will effectively prevent future mining operations on roadless lands, leading to a decrease in mineral and coal production, job losses and sharp decreases in taxes and revenues from the coal mining industry that are critical to local governments and public school systems," the Denver Post reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/clinton-era-roadless-rule-headed-to-the-supreme-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/justices-will-decide-the-fate-of-gay-marriage-upi/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/justices-will-decide-the-fate-of-gay-marriage-upi/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 15:36:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134166 UPI: The president proposes, but the Supreme Court disposes: The apparent consensus in the legal writing community is that the issue of gay marriage will be fought out eventually on the battleground of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the justices will have the final say. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/justices-will-decide-the-fate-of-gay-marriage-upi/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/scotus-children-conceived-after-fathers-death-not-covered-by-social-security/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/scotus-children-conceived-after-fathers-death-not-covered-by-social-security/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 15:27:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134158 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/scotus-children-conceived-after-fathers-death-not-covered-by-social-security/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/crooks-target-supreme-court-justice-breyer-for-second-time-in-three-months/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/crooks-target-supreme-court-justice-breyer-for-second-time-in-three-months/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:57:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134047 Fox News: Less than three months after he was robbed at his vacation home in the Caribbean, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has been targeted again -- this time by burglars at his Washington, D.C., house. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/crooks-target-supreme-court-justice-breyer-for-second-time-in-three-months/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/is-campaign-disclosure-heading-back-to-the-supreme-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/is-campaign-disclosure-heading-back-to-the-supreme-court/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:28:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133947 Slate: The news this week that a federal appeals court has refused to block a lower court ruling requiring the disclosure of more funders of campaign ads has campaign finance reformers tasting their first victory in a long time. “It's the first major breakthrough in overcoming the massive amounts of secret contributions that are flowing into federal elections," Fred Wertheimer of Democracy 21 told the Los Angeles Times. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/is-campaign-disclosure-heading-back-to-the-supreme-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/teresa-collett-a-constitutional-and-wise-way-to-protect-the-unborn-a-response-to-paul-linton/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/teresa-collett-a-constitutional-and-wise-way-to-protect-the-unborn-a-response-to-paul-linton/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:58:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133939 Public Discourse: Paul is simply wrong as to his first point. The Court has never directly addressed whether preventing the pain of the unborn is an adequate independent basis for limiting abortions. It has, however, repeatedly noted that changes in medical knowledge and technology may require changes in its approach to abortion ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/teresa-collett-a-constitutional-and-wise-way-to-protect-the-unborn-a-response-to-paul-linton/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/scalia-turns-advocate-against-obama-as-queries-criticized/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/scalia-turns-advocate-against-obama-as-queries-criticized/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:57:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133815 Bloomberg: Scalia’s approach is fueling the perception that the biggest cases this term, including health care, may be influenced by politics, rather than the legal principles that he and other justices say should be their guide. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/scalia-turns-advocate-against-obama-as-queries-criticized/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/paul-benjamin-linton-the-pain-capable-unborn-child-protection-act-unconstitutional-and-unwise/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/paul-benjamin-linton-the-pain-capable-unborn-child-protection-act-unconstitutional-and-unwise/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:17:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133781 Public Discourse: The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act does not deserve the support of the public because it is unconstitutional and represents poor public policy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/paul-benjamin-linton-the-pain-capable-unborn-child-protection-act-unconstitutional-and-unwise/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/court-says-farmers-must-pay-bankruptcy-tax/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/court-says-farmers-must-pay-bankruptcy-tax/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:16:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133506 AP: The high court on Monday voted 5-4 for the IRS in its fight with Lynwood and Brenda Hall over their bankruptcy sale of their 320-acre farm in Willcox, Ariz. | Hall v. United States ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/court-says-farmers-must-pay-bankruptcy-tax/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/leading-democratic-primary-candidate-for-senator-from-maine-calls-for-court-packing/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/leading-democratic-primary-candidate-for-senator-from-maine-calls-for-court-packing/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 20:43:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133346 Volokh Conspiracy: An article by Will Tuell (who apparently is or was a local town selectman) in the Downeast Coastal Press reports that State Senator Cynthia Dill — seemingly the leader in the Democratic primary, though not necessarily a strong competitor to Independent candidate and former Governor Angus King — endorses Court-packing . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/leading-democratic-primary-candidate-for-senator-from-maine-calls-for-court-packing/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/supreme-court-justice-urges-civility-in-legal-talk/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/supreme-court-justice-urges-civility-in-legal-talk/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 17:53:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132703 Las Vegas Sun: Then Kennedy leaned forward to the lectern to urge those schooled in what he called "the language of the law" to set a good example for the rest of the world with "rational, quiet, thoughtful, respectful discussion and debate." "The verdict on freedom is still out in over half the world, and the rest of the world is looking at us," Kennedy said. "They see the current dialogue and discourse and they are horrified by it." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/supreme-court-justice-urges-civility-in-legal-talk/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/will-scotus-stamp-out-montanas-constitutional-mischief-corporate-campaign-expenditures/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/will-scotus-stamp-out-montanas-constitutional-mischief-corporate-campaign-expenditures/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 17:33:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132697 Findlaw: In February, the Supreme Court stayed the Montana decision, (now called American Tradition Partnership v. Bullock), pending a petition for writ of certiorari. Justice Ginsburg, joined by Justice Breyer, issued a statement supporting the stay in light of stare decisis, but expressing an interest in re-examining Citizens United. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/will-scotus-stamp-out-montanas-constitutional-mischief-corporate-campaign-expenditures/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/scotus-for-law-students-what-does-the-solicitor-general-do-sponsored-by-bloomberg-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/scotus-for-law-students-what-does-the-solicitor-general-do-sponsored-by-bloomberg-law/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 15:45:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132669 SCOTUS Blog: After the oral arguments in the health care cases in March, much attention was focused on the oral advocacy by Solicitor General Donald Verrilli. But who, exactly, is the Solicitor General and what does his office do? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/scotus-for-law-students-what-does-the-solicitor-general-do-sponsored-by-bloomberg-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/ken-klukowski-analysis-supreme-court-may-split-decision-arizona-immigration-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/ken-klukowski-analysis-supreme-court-may-split-decision-arizona-immigration-law/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:01:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132217 Breitbart: “What does sovereignty mean if it does not include the ability to defend your borders?” That question by Justice Antonin Scalia goes to the heart of the Supreme Court’s blockbuster immigration case, Arizona v. United States. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/ken-klukowski-analysis-supreme-court-may-split-decision-arizona-immigration-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/chief-justice-roberts-%e2%80%9cit-seems-to-me-the-federal-government-just-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-to-know-who%e2%80%99s-here-illegally/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/chief-justice-roberts-%e2%80%9cit-seems-to-me-the-federal-government-just-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-to-know-who%e2%80%99s-here-illegally/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:23:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132122 Washington Times: “It seems to me the federal government just doesn’t want to know who’s here illegally,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said at one point. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/chief-justice-roberts-%e2%80%9cit-seems-to-me-the-federal-government-just-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-to-know-who%e2%80%99s-here-illegally/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/u-s-supreme-court-justice-samuel-alito-says-pragmatism-stability-should-guide-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/u-s-supreme-court-justice-samuel-alito-says-pragmatism-stability-should-guide-court/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:25:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132089 Columbia Law School: Addresses Jurisprudence at Law School Conference on Burkean Constitutionalism ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/u-s-supreme-court-justice-samuel-alito-says-pragmatism-stability-should-guide-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/high-court-seems-favorable-to-arizona-immigration-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/high-court-seems-favorable-to-arizona-immigration-law/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:41:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132079 The Hill: The ideologically diverse group of justices pummeled Solicitor General Donald Verrilli with a morning full of questions, expressing serious doubts to the government’s claim that Arizona cannot require state law enforcement officials to verify a person’s legal status when they’re stopped on suspicion of committing a separate offense. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/high-court-seems-favorable-to-arizona-immigration-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/scotus-hears-az-immigration-case-today/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/scotus-hears-az-immigration-case-today/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:20:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132027 here and here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/scotus-hears-az-immigration-case-today/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/sen-dick-lugars-challenger-richard-mourdock-ill-be-more-conservative-on-supreme-court-nominees/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/sen-dick-lugars-challenger-richard-mourdock-ill-be-more-conservative-on-supreme-court-nominees/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:21:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131947 NY Times: Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana has argued that he voted for Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagen and Sonia Sotomayor because other nominees would have been more liberal, said Richard Mourdock, state treasurer and Lugar's Republican primary challenger on Monday afternoon at a Federalist Society candidate forum. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/sen-dick-lugars-challenger-richard-mourdock-ill-be-more-conservative-on-supreme-court-nominees/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/supreme-court-is-political-by-design/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/supreme-court-is-political-by-design/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:03:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131930 Philadelphia Inquirer: But, unfortunately for the president, the justices have an incentive to defer to sitting House majorities, not the majorities that enacted the laws being considered. A defeated party can expect little sympathy from the court for its past policy victories. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/supreme-court-is-political-by-design/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-rent-control-challenge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-rent-control-challenge/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:29:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131779 NY Times: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of New York City’s rent regulations. As is customary, the court’s order gave no reasons, and there were no noted dissents. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-rent-control-challenge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/fcc-asks-supreme-court-to-uphold-fine-for-super-bowl-wardrobe-malfunction/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/fcc-asks-supreme-court-to-uphold-fine-for-super-bowl-wardrobe-malfunction/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:11:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131539 The Hill: The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to review whether the FCC has the authority to fine CBS for broadcasting a split-second glimpse of singer Janet Jackson’s bare breast in 2004. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/fcc-asks-supreme-court-to-uphold-fine-for-super-bowl-wardrobe-malfunction/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/chemerinsky-arizona-immigration-case-closes-a-momentous-court-term/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/chemerinsky-arizona-immigration-case-closes-a-momentous-court-term/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:48:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131520 ABA Journal: The issue before the court is whether key provisions of Arizona's statute SB 1070—which calls on state and local law enforcement to aggressively enforce federal immigration laws—are preempted by federal law. The case poses basic questions about the allocation of power between federal and state governments and does so in a context that arouses deep emotion on both sides. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/chemerinsky-arizona-immigration-case-closes-a-momentous-court-term/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/ronald-dworkin-if-obamacare-is-stricken-our-eighteenth-century-constitution-is-not-the-enduring-marvel-of-statesmanship-we-suppose-but-an-anachronistic-crippling-burden/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/ronald-dworkin-if-obamacare-is-stricken-our-eighteenth-century-constitution-is-not-the-enduring-marvel-of-statesmanship-we-suppose-but-an-anachronistic-crippling-burden/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:28:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131514 Why the Mandate Is Constitutional: The Real Argument, : If the Court does declare the act unconstitutional, it would have ruled that Congress lacks the power to adopt what it thought the most effective, efficient, fair, and politically workable remedy—not because that national remedy would violate anyone’s rights, or limit anyone’s liberty in ways a state government could not, or be otherwise unfair, but for the sole reason that in the Court’s opinion our constitution is a strict and arbitrary document that denies our national legislature the power to enact the only politically possible national program. If that opinion were right, we would have to accept that our eighteenth- century constitution is not the enduring marvel of statesmanship we suppose but an anachronistic, crippling burden we cannot escape, a straitjacket that makes it impossible for us to achieve a just national society. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/ronald-dworkin-if-obamacare-is-stricken-our-eighteenth-century-constitution-is-not-the-enduring-marvel-of-statesmanship-we-suppose-but-an-anachronistic-crippling-burden/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/scotus-takes-close-look-at-nyc-rent-control-petition-that-challenges-police-powers-scope/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/scotus-takes-close-look-at-nyc-rent-control-petition-that-challenges-police-powers-scope/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:30:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131413 SCOTUS Blog reports that the Court is taking a closer look at the cert. petition in Harmon v. Kimmel. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/scotus-takes-close-look-at-nyc-rent-control-petition-that-challenges-police-powers-scope/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/private-lawyers-hired-by-local-governments-get-same-immunity-as-public-employees/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/private-lawyers-hired-by-local-governments-get-same-immunity-as-public-employees/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:02:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131262 AP: The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that private individuals hired temporarily by local governments have the same protection against civil rights lawsuits as public employees. | Opinion: Filarsky v. Delia ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/private-lawyers-hired-by-local-governments-get-same-immunity-as-public-employees/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/ideologues-in-robes-the-major-theories-about-interpreting-the-constitution-serve-competing-schools-of-activism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/ideologues-in-robes-the-major-theories-about-interpreting-the-constitution-serve-competing-schools-of-activism/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:05:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131173 Wall Street Journal: J. Harvie Wilkinson's "Cosmic Constitutional Theory" departs from those well-rehearsed patterns. The author, a highly regarded federal judge, writes not to praise any particular constitutional school of thought but to bury them all. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/ideologues-in-robes-the-major-theories-about-interpreting-the-constitution-serve-competing-schools-of-activism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/u-s-supreme-court-wont-hear-appeal-over-ministerial-exception/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/u-s-supreme-court-wont-hear-appeal-over-ministerial-exception/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:41:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131166 AP: The Supreme Court won't let a woman sue a Maryland church for retaliation after she complained of sexual harassment from its pastor. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/u-s-supreme-court-wont-hear-appeal-over-ministerial-exception/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/todays-supreme-court-order-list-6/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/todays-supreme-court-order-list-6/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:10:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131158 Here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/todays-supreme-court-order-list-6/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/scotus-for-law-students-what-happens-now-in-the-health-care-cases-sponsored-by-bloomberg-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/scotus-for-law-students-what-happens-now-in-the-health-care-cases-sponsored-by-bloomberg-law/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:08:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131063 SCOTUS Blog: But from the study of the papers of past Justices (to which I will link throughout this post to help illustrate the process), books about the Court, and articles in law reviews, it is possible to describe the process ongoing behind the scenes. This description should be of interest to students in constitutional law, seminars on the Court, federal courts, health law classes and many others following the debate over the health care cases. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/scotus-for-law-students-what-happens-now-in-the-health-care-cases-sponsored-by-bloomberg-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/justice-scalia-defends-view-of-the-constitution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/justice-scalia-defends-view-of-the-constitution/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:07:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130933 Daily Trojan: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia discussed his philosophy of Constitutional originalism and how it can be applied to modern cases at the Gould School of Law’s 2012 Justice Lester W. Roth Lecture on Tuesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/justice-scalia-defends-view-of-the-constitution/feed/ 0