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1A: Supreme Court OK’s political messages on clothing at polling places; case based on ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ T-shirt
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-down-polling-place-dress-codes-n872536 10A, Executive Power: Trump admin asks Supreme Court to strike down 7th Circuit’s national injunction against enforcing new conditions on federal grant funding for sanctuary cities http://thehill.com/regulation/392816-trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-issue-sanctuary-cities-order 14A: Supreme Court punts on partisan gerrymandering cases in Wisconsin and Maryland; still no standards to know when gerrymandering goes too far http://thehill.com/homenews/news/392758-supreme-court-rules-against-wisconsin-democrats-in-key-gerrymandering-case 14A: federal judge knocks down Kansas law requiring proof of citizenship to vote; appeal to be filed. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/judge-rules-against-kris-kobach-kansas-proof-of-citizenship-law_us_5b282ee1e4b05d6c16c652a0 1A: U of Washington to pay College Republicans $127,000 to settle denial of free speech case. https://freedomxlaw.com/seattle-times-uw-to-pay-127000-in-legal-fees-in-settlement-with-college-republicans-over-free-speech/ 8A: Supreme Court to hear Excessive Fines case http://reason.com/volokh/2018/06/18/supreme-court-will-decide-does-the-exces 1A: federal judge nixes private enforcement of Colorado’s campaign finance laws; had become “tool for corruption and speech suppression” http://ij.org/press-release/federal-court-rules-that-colorados-abuse-prone-campaign-finance-enforcement-violates-first-amendment/ 1A: Missouri’s 30-day formation deadline for campaign committees is unconstitutionally overbroad, federal appeals court rules http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/18/06/171314P.pdf 1A: Supreme Court green lights citizen’s suit against city council for arresting him in retaliation for his opposition to a development plan, but sets high bar of proof https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/18/florida-man-wins-second-supreme-court-case-speech/594594002/ 1A: white nationalist’s suit against Twitter for suspending account survives motion to dismiss; issue whether social media are ‘public forums’ will not be fully resolved any time soon https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2018/06/17/important-free-speech-case-involving-twitter-moves-forward/ 1A: it took 30 years, but Teamsters finally pay couple $3,000 in forced union dues case http://freebeacon.com/issues/after-three-decades-couple-prevails-over-union/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=2eb78b419c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_18_01_00_COPY_62&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-2eb78b419c-45628225 1A Freedom of Religion: Florida Court of Appeals rules Catholic priest cannot be compelled to testify about what a penitent said in confession even though the penitent waives confidentiality http://www.5dca.org/Opinions/Opin2018/061118/5D18-194.op.pdf Freedom of Religion: “Canada’s Top Court Rules Christian College Can’t Promote Biblical View of Sexual Behavior on Campus” #FascistsToTheNorthOfUs http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/15/canadas-top-court-rules-christian-college-cant-promote-biblical-view-of-sexual-behavior-on-campus/ 2A: Illinois Court guts ban on guns within 1,000 feet of schools, but more tailored bans may be possible http://reason.com/volokh/2018/06/18/illinois-court-strikes-down-ban-on-carry 2A: Temporary injunction issued against Illinois town’s assault weapons ban that imposed $1,000/day fines on weapons not turned in; ban “puts the lie to claims by anti-gunners that ‘nobody is coming to take your guns.'" http://freebeacon.com/issues/illinois-judge-grants-gun-rights-groups-temporary-injunction-deerfield-assault-weapons-ban/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=24362a856e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_14_12_42_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-24362a856e-45628225 2A: man arrested, charged with a dozen felonies after trying to comply with California’s complicated registration law redefining assault weapons http://freebeacon.com/issues/california-man-home-raided-guns-confiscated-trying-register-firearm/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=890ecd6f2d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_15_06_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-890ecd6f2d-45628225 4A: police cannot rely on Google Translate to get consent to search from someone who doesn’t speak English, Kansas court rules https://qz.com/1306830/a-us-court-rejected-google-translate-as-a-means-of-providing-consent-to-a-cop/ 4A: coaxing a suspect out of his house does not relieve police of duty to get a warrant to search the house, per federal appeals court http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/16-2009P-01A.pdf 8A Cruel and Unusual Punishment: state law defining intellectually disabled with obsolete IQ standard for purposes of the death penalty is unconstitutional, Kentucky Supreme Court rules https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/14/kentucky-supreme-court-ruling-mental-competency/702539002/ Penumbras and Emanations: Illinois county, after aspiring to become a gun rights sanctuary, might also become abortion-free sanctuary http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/15/first-ever-resolution-would-make-this-county-an-abortion-free-sanctuary-for-the-unborn/ Nullification: New York to cut arrests for smoking marijuana in public in half despite drug still being a federally controlled substance. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/nyregion/nypd-marijuana-arrests-new-york-city.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news 14A: the ugliness of affirmative action – Harvard is suppressing Asian-American admissions and NYC will destroy its best public schools that have produced Nobel prize winners http://www.libertylawsite.org/2018/06/15/discrimination-against-asian-americans-reveals-the-ugliness-of-racial-selection-harvard-lawsuit-drew-gilpin-faust/ 14A Due Process / Commerce Clause: North Carolina court holds income taxation of out-of-state trust unconstitutional https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/income-taxation-of-out-of-state-trust-69813/ Amendments: Can there be ‘unconstitutional’ constitutional amendments? E.g., an amendment to overturn Citizens United even though it would offend free speech principles. http://www.libertylawsite.org/2018/06/19/unconstitutional-constitutional-amendments-democracy-originalism-progressivism/ Magna Carta 800 years old – it may only have benefitted nobles and not have declared natural rights for all like the Declaration of Independence, but it still represents an important development in the history of liberty http://www.insidesources.com/magna-carta-u-s-founding-documents-keys-civilization-liberty/ + https://www.claremont.org/crb/article/magna-carta-and-us/ A socialist wrote the Pledge of Allegiance to help immigrants become assimilated http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/parsing-the-pledge-of-allegiance-supreme-court-anniversary-324462/ Only you can prevent constitutional decay – “democratic self-government should not be taken for granted. Our experiment in liberal constitutionalism is just that — an experiment that can fail if not properly sustained.” https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/american-classical-liberalism-response-to-radical-catholics/ ‘Juneteenth’ – slaves in Texas didn’t learn they were free until 2 months after the Civil War ended https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/18/juneteenth-is-about-the-triumph-of-american-freedom-over-slavery/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTm1RNE5HVTBNVEk1TVdVNCIsInQiOiJnR3JVT1BpQ0pFV1FxeHd4Z01wVmRoNDZZVGJ2S3hvU21ibWlLSWdNRlBUaVhNaVwvYjBLbzRTWUh5SDZLTit0VDBueGF5SjJTb1BjMlV4MTRyY29mSlVsbFZSeUZjSGdXVnZZOEFiRnpoNTF1c29XY1dDQ1JlTEo2NVY1MVl4ZHUifQ%3D%3D “Hawaiian judge orders released US detainees back to N.Korea” (satire) http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/hawaiian-judge-orders-released-us-detainees-back-to-n-korea-t20112.html Kudos: President Trump hugs U.S. flag after speech. Can you imagine Barack Obama doing that? I can’t. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/06/president-trump-hugs-american-flag-after-speech-liberals-triggered/ Shame! NY legislator whose ‘heroes are America’s enemies’ takes knee to protest resolution honoring Flag Day. You don’t have to cash that paycheck, you know. http://freebeacon.com/culture/new-york-legislator-kneels-protest-resolution-honoring-flag-day/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=8528fab36c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-8528fab36c-22312337 Comments are closed.
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