Political and Legal Law

While it is clear that funding would end eventually if the law is thrown out, there is no precedent for exactly how the money would be unwound since no law of this size has been invalidated in recent history. Legal … Continue reading →

Federal Election Commission, striking down a federal ban on corporate political spending, did not control the constitutionality of a very similar Montana law.  There were dissenting judges on the state court, and one of those dissenters wrote that …

Remember too that there is scant evidence in modern political history of voters viewing a presidential … Confronted with a major Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s immigration law, Romney’s campaign repeatedly declined to take a position on the …

They seem perfectly content to make nation-rattling changes to the law with 5-4 votes, in spite of Chief Justice Roberts’ empty confirmation-hearing promises to the contrary. But the biggest evidence that the Roberts Court is playing politics is …

Pictures of protests for and against the Arizona immigration law. Here’s a key point to keep in mind when considering the political impact of Monday’s Supreme Court decision on the Arizona immigration law. Why this issue resonates to a lot … Continue reading →

Law Blog pointed out last month that both Gov … which struck down limits on corporations’ spending in political campaigns. Amendments have already been proposed in Congress, and President Obama offered his support for an amendment …

And that just causes a lot of confusion.” The Supreme Court’s decision took the teeth out of the Arizona law by banning cops from arresting people on minor immigration charges, but it allows them to continue to check a suspect’s … Continue reading →

But Montana aggressively defended its 1912 law against a challenge from corporations seeking … Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock called the nation’s high court just “another political body,” while Gov. Brian Schweitzer says the Supreme …

“Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done,” he said, according to a report on PoliticsPA.com, a Web site that covers political news. When Pennsylvania passed a law this year requiring voters to … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court is upholding the first federal regulations to reduce the gases blamed for global warming. The rules, which were challenged by industry groups and states, will reduce emissions of six heat-trapping gases …