Category Archives: Current Events

July 11, 2020 · 8:22 pm

Reforming patterns of unconstitutional policing: Enforcement of 34 U.S.C. § 12601


Brief:
Reforming Patterns of Unconstitutional
Policing: Enforcement of 34 U.S.C. § 12601
April J. Anderson,
Legislative Attorney

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July 6, 2020 · 10:21 pm

Federal police oversight: Criminal civil rights violations under 18 U.S.C. § 242


Brief:
Federal Police Oversight: Criminal Civil
Rights Violations Under 18 U.S.C. § 242
Joanna R. Lampe,
Legislative Attorney

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· 8:41 pm

States may enforce an elector’s pledge to support their political party’s nominee


Opinion:
PETER B. CHIAFALO, ET AL.
v.
WASHINGTON

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· 1:43 pm

FBI accuses Black Lives Matter organizer of targeting local businesses in Venmo extortion scheme


Criminal complaint:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
DEVONERE JOHNSON

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July 5, 2020 · 11:27 am

Policing the police: Qualified immunity and considerations for Congress


Report:
Policing the Police: Qualified Immunity
and Considerations for Congress
Whitney K. Novak,
Legislative Attorney

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July 4, 2020 · 7:44 pm

Montana Department of Revenue rule prohibiting families from using state scholarships at religious schools violates Free Exercise Clause


Opinion:
KENDRA ESPINOZA, ET AL.,
v.
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE,
ET AL.

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· 11:29 am

Structure of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violated separation of powers doctrine, but agency will continue operating with it’s director serving at will of the President


Opinion:
SEILA LAW, LLC
v.
CONSUMER FINANCIAL
PROTECTION BUREAU

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· 12:55 am

Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 extends to employees terminated based solely on their homosexual or transgender status


Opinion:
GERALD LYNN BOSTOCK
v.
CLAYTON COUNTY,
GEORGIA

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· 12:03 am

Factual challenges to an immigration judge’s order denying an alien relief under the Convention Against Torture may be brought in a federal court of appeals


Opinion:
NIDAL KHALID NASRALLAH
v.
WILLIAM P. BARR,
ATTORNEY GENERAL

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July 3, 2020 · 9:59 pm

Appointments Clause doesn’t bar the President from appointing members to Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board without the Senate’s consent


Opinion:
Financial Oversight and Management
Board for Puerto Rico
v.
Aurelius Investment, LLC,
et al.

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