It’s always of interest when the Supreme Court takes up an issue on which one has expended substantial scholarly ink. Such is the case for me with Trump v. Pennsylvania and its companion, Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania. The Court in this case granted certiorari to address three separate and distinct questions. As […]
The Supreme Court has denied certiorari in Guedes v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, also known as the bumpstocks case. The D.C. Circuit relied on Chevron deference in upholding the regulations banning bumpstocks. In a statement respecting the denial of certiorari, Justice Gorsuch objected to the D.C. Circuit’s reliance on Chevron deference. One […]
The Internet and academia are abuzz about Justice Thomas’s dissent from the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari in Baldwin v. United States. Specifically, Justice Thomas called upon the Supreme Court to reconsider its 2005 decision in National Cable & Telecommunications Ass’n v. Brand X Internet Services. The Court in Brand X held that an administering […]