by Scott Cosenza | Jun 13, 2016 | Blog
Two Days, two hits to concealed carry from federal appellate courts. Thursday the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled en banc that challenges to laws based upon the Second Amendment should be held to intermediate scrutiny, and that laws giving local law enforcement...
by Scott Cosenza | Mar 21, 2016 | Blog
Today the Supreme Court announced it would not rule on Colorado’s marijuana legalization laws. The Court ruled it would not hear the case and thus, Nebraska’s and Okalahoma’s forays into fair weather federalism are over for the moment. They had wanted the Supreme...
by Scott Cosenza | Feb 16, 2016 | Blog
The Constitution is dead, and so now is the leading proponent of such a view. Antonin Scalia was the best known and most eloquent proponent for deciding the rule of law absent the preferences of the decider. That’s what made him a great Justice – that and his...
by Scott Cosenza | Jul 1, 2015 | Blog
The Supreme Court didn’t stop with important rulings last week. Before they excused themselves for summer vacation, they ruled on several more cases. In Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency, Justice Scalia wrote the Court’s 5-4 opinion. Scotusblog reports:...
by Scott Cosenza | Jun 30, 2015 | Blog
In the City of Los Angeles v. Patel, the Supreme Court struck down a Los Angeles law which had required hotels to make their guest registries “available to any officer of the Los Angeles Police Department for Inspection” without the need for a warrant. Link In a...
