Supreme Court

The dangers of judicial cherry-picking

The dangers of judicial cherry-picking

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This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

Cari Jackson is director of spiritual care and activism for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and earned a J.D. and Ph.D. in Christian social ethics.

Throughout my life, I have observed scriptural cherry-picking used as a strategy by Christian religious leaders to control the moral behaviors and lives … Read the rest

Civil Law

Salmonella contamination not unusual in chicken

One-third of samples tested by Consumer Reports showed Salmonella contamination of ground chicken, including product from one of the nation’s largest producers.

The investigation by the non-profit consumer watchdog group included testing of 75 samples of ground chicken from Perdue and other companies. Purdue sells under its own brand and supplies chicken to Trader Joe’s and Wholesome Pantry. Consumer Reports also found Salmonella in samples from Isernio’s, Walmart and Whole Foods. Overall, no single brand stood out as being statistically … Read the rest

Supreme Court

Cherry-picked history and ideology-driven outcomes: Bruen’s originalist distortions

Cherry-picked history and ideology-driven outcomes: <em>Bruen</em>’s originalist distortions

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This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.

Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther chair in American history at Fordham University and adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School.

The majority opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen invokes the authority of history but presents a version of the past that is little more than an ideological fantasy, … Read the rest

Civil Law

PTAB to Address Reopening Plans Thursday

In-Person Hearing are Back

This Thursday (Noon – 1PM(EST)), the next Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Boardside Chat webinar will be conducted to discuss plans to re-establish in-person PTAB hearings and tips from judges for successfully arguing in different environments (connect here)

Topics and speakers for this event include:

  • In-person options for PTAB hearings starting in mid-July – Lead Administrative Patent Judge Christopher Kaiser and PTAB Chief Clerk Erica Swift
  • Tips for successful hearings in remote and in-person environments
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Supreme Court

Another gun case waits in the wings

Another gun case waits in the wings

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The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

On Thursday, the court issued its first major ruling on the Second Amendment in over a decade, striking down a New York gun regulation and holding that the right to bear arms extends outside the home. Fourteen years earlier, the court’s modern jurisprudence on guns began with the decision in … Read the rest

Civil Law

District Court Orders USCIS to Process New I-526 Petitions Throughout Previously Authorized Regional Centers

On March 11, 2022, Congress passed the “EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act” as part of the Omnibus spending bill. See blog post here. On April 11, 2022, USCIS posted an interpretation of the legislation that would nullify all 600-plus designated regional centers and require all entities to be re-designated in order to be authorized to file petitions under the new law pursuant to provisions effective May 14, 2022. This interpretation was challenged in the U.S. District Court for the Northern … Read the rest