NY Judge (ret); Law Professor (ret); Law Commentator; Covering SCOTUS & other legal news; Occasional tweets about MLB, a passion since I was a kid.

Staten Island, NY
Joined July 2013
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to permit the continuing construction of a border wall in the southwestern region of Texas. It argues that a district court ruling pausing construction is not only wrong but unprecedented.
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Louisiana's Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal has reversed a state court’s ruling that the New Orleans Catholic Archdiocese was liable for the off-campus suicide of a 17-year-old student. (Brannon v. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans)
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association has initiated suit against Ohio Governor Richard DeWine challenging a recent executive order requiring state universities to allow ineligible college athletes to play one more season, contrary to NCAA rules.
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he Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to decide if and when a federal court can throw out an agency’s action or rule in its entirety. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/2…
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Many parents who want to send their children to Catholic schools, or who already do, will soon be able to tap into the billions of dollars in tuition aid in what the U.S. bishops are calling a “transformative” expansion of school choice across America. ncregister.com/news/catholic…
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The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is invoked regularly in federal lawsuits by those who argue that the government is excessively burdening their religion. Here's an excellent analysis of the law and its use. ewtnnews.com/world/us/ewtn-n…
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Scholars at the Charlotte Lozier Institute found the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “lacked sufficient evidence” to remove the in-person abortion pill dispensing rule, and that its studies didn’t reflect real-world conditions of the pill's use.ewtnnews.com/world/us/study-…
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Generac Power Systems, a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of generators, will pay a monetary settlement to a former employee and update its religious workplace rules after it reportedly failed to fully adhere to “reasonable accommodation” rules in the dispute. ewtnnews.com/world/us/wiscon…
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The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to permit the government to deport noncitizens to countries that are not identified in their removal orders (The procedure is often referred to as “third-country removals.”
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In a declaration led by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, Christian leaders are calling on lawmakers to ban the abortion drug mifepristone. hawley.senate.gov/wp-content…
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The Los Angeles District Attorney's office has announced that it will not seek the death penalty against Nick Reiner, who is charged with killing his parents, including actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner.
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The Supreme Court has denied a request from the Trump administration to allow the U.S. Postal Service to enforce parts of a new rule on mail-in voting. supremecourt.gov/opinions/25…
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JURIST extolls itself as "a non-profit news organization that highlights rule-of-law issues around the globe and empowers tomorrow’s legal leaders." What it actually is, however, is an anti-United States, left-wing propaganda organ.
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American colleges are ripoffs, generating huge #StudentDebt, fueling an escalating #StudentLoanCrisis, and jeopardizing #StudentWellbeing in a lawless DormLife punctuated by disgusting communal bathrooms. All calculated to further colleges’ bottom line. danielleddylaw.com/commentar…
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