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Why Trump’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won’t hold up in court

The Trump administration has decided that destroying the habitat of endangered species is not harmful.

The Conversation

10 Big Supreme Court Cases To Go

Plus: The Kelo debacle turns 21.

Reason

New age-gating laws aimed at making the internet safer actually threaten free speech

The United Kingdom recently launched a broad system of age verification that requires any platforms that host pornography or other “harmful” content to ensure their users are 18 or older.

The Conversation

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David Souter obituary

Former US supreme court justice nominated by George HW Bush who consistently voted with its liberal wing

The Guardian - UK

Not Guilty but Punished Anyway

Sentencing defendants based on acquitted conduct violates basic notions of justice.

Reason

Our Amicus Brief Urging the Supreme Court to Hear Case on Overruling Kelo v. City of New London

The brief is on behalf of the Cato Institute and myself.

Reason

Supreme Court Can Protect Property Owners From Eminent Domain Abuse

A Utica, New York, land grab offers the justices an opportunity to revisit a widely criticized precedent.

Reason

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The Government Took a Developer's Land and Gave It to a Competitor. In New York, That's Business As Usual.

The case gives the Supreme Court an opportunity to revisit a widely reviled decision that invited such eminent domain abuses.

Reason

Pornhub Halts Texas Operations in Response to State's Age-Verification Legislation

A 5th Circuit's temporary stay mandates age verification and health warnings on porn sites

Latin Times

Pornhub suspends site in Texas due to state’s age-verification law

Legal experts say a 5th Circuit decision to uphold part of a Texas law regulating adult entertainment websites conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent regarding minors’ access to obscene material online.

The Texas Tribune

Sandra Day O’Connor obituary

First female justice of the US supreme court who cast the deciding vote in many of its most controversial cases

The Guardian - UK

Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies

Sandra Day O'Connor was called "the most powerful woman in America" during her quarter of a century as a Supreme Court justice.

WEKU

State-Licensed Pot Suppliers Say Federal Prohibition Is Unconstitutional As Applied to Them

A federal lawsuit argues that it is time to reassess the Commerce Clause rationale for banning intrastate marijuana production and distribution.

Reason

Here Is Why Trump's 'Contingent' Electors Say They Did Nothing Illegal

Republicans who participated in the scheme say they relied on legal advice grounded in historical precedent.

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How the Supreme Court's conservative majority came to be

The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump's term, but its roots go back to the Bushes and the political circumstances of 1991 and 2005.

WEKU

How the Supreme Court's conservative majority came to be

The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump's term, but its roots go back to the Bushes and the political circumstances of 1991 and 2005.

Reason

Justice Scalia's Unpublished Dissent in Kelo v. City of New London

Its existence was revealed when Justice John Paul Stevens' papers were made public earlier this week.

Reason

What I Learned From Justice Stevens' Papers on Kelo v. City of New London

There are several interesting revelations, including an unpublished dissent by Justice Antonin Scalia.

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What I Hope to Learn from Justice Stevens' Papers on Kelo v. City of New London

The author of one of the Supreme Court's most widely hated rulings left us extensive files on the case, which have just been made public. They could help shed light on key unanswered questions about.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court Justice Stevens' private papers open to public

A massive selection of papers that belonged to liberal Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is opening to researchers at the Library of Congress

Reason

Justice Stevens's Papers Will Be Released While Justices O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, and Breyer Are Still Alive

First stop for reporters: the Grutter and Gratz files.

Reason

Justice Stevens Papers Through 2005 To Be Made Available Starting Tomorrow

This should be interesting.

The Independent UK

Biden at 80: A 'respecter of fate' mulls 2nd White House bid

The oldest president in U.S. history is hitting a milestone birthday

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: The shooting at Roxborough High and the absurd state law that limits local gun safety measures

It should come as no surprise that Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney's executive order banning guns and other deadly weapons at city recreation centers and playgrounds did nothing to prevent a 14-year-old boy from getting murdered Tuesday after a football scrimmage outside Roxborough High School.

Reason

For Legal Conservatives, Six Decades Of Folding, Followed By Sixteen Years To Draw A Full House

On the plus side, we had Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. On the down side, we had Roberts, Souter, Kennedy, O'Connor, Powell, Blackmun, Burger, Stewart, Whittaker, Brennan, and Warren.

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