Category Archives: Courts


Court invalidates VA nomination laws

October 2, 2007 – 3:46 pm

This is sort of interesting. In Virginia, incumbents are allowed to pick the process by which nominations for their seat are made. A part of that law was struck down. There is also no party registration. The 4th Circuit said that the law is unconstitutional, as applied, when the incumbent picks a primary as the […]

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Guns back on the agenda

September 4, 2007 – 4:59 pm

Finally, the Republicans catch a break. SCOTUS will be considering and deciding a case on gun rights once the debate is focused on the nominees. This is no-lose for Republicans,

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SCOTUS allows WI RTL ads

June 25, 2007 – 11:32 am

Today, the Supreme Court overruled a district and appellate court and allowed issue ads within the "window". Stated intelligibly, issue ads will not be regulated. However, it looks like a fairly narrow ruling:
The Court issued its fifth ruling of the day, concluding that a Wisconsin abortion rights group had a First Amendment right to aid […]

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