Texas, Department of Justice Present Oral Arguments in High-Stakes Immigration Enforcement Claim
Although the Austin-based court overseeing the case has yet to make a decision, Judge David A. Ezra appeared overtly skeptical of Texas’s position, suggesting that letting S.B. 4 remain in place could prompt other states to create their own immigration policies. Attorneys for Texas and the federal Department of Justice clashed in an Austin-based court […]
Biden Moves To Make Podesta the Climate Czar With A Crown… or a Confirmation – JONATHAN TURLEY
Below is my column in the New York Post on the move of the Biden White House to shift work of the “Climate Czar” from the State Department to the White House. John Podesta will now reportedly wield the power without the title and, most importantly, without a confirmation hearing. With the departure of John […]
Towards a Politics of Truth – Aaron Alexander Zubia
Philip Wallach has posed a worthwhile challenge to my argument that a return to the “politics of truth and virtue that built the West” will help us restore our political order. In his Law & Liberty essay, “Do We Need a ‘Politics of Truth,’” Wallach rejects my distinction between a politics of truth and a […]
Crypto Investors Come For Biglaw Firm
(Photo Illustration by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Investors in now-defunct crypto exchange FTX filed a proposed class action lawsuit in federal court against which Biglaw firm? Hint: The Biglaw firm was FTX’s lawyer, and the complaint alleges lawyers at the firm “were eager to […]
Justices debate arbitration exemption for transportation workers
ARGUMENT ANALYSIS By Ronald Mann on Feb 20, 2024 at 8:44 pm The justices heard argument in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC on Tuesday. (Tori Madden) As I explain in my preview, the question in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St. is whether the workers here – truck drivers for the company that […]
Owners of Haitian Food Truck Sue Virginia Town, Claiming Anti-Immigrant Prejudice and Discrimination
“People don’t know how much I have suffered,” said plaintiff Clemene Bastien. “But I have to tell you, I suffered enormously as a result of all of this harassment.” The owners of a Haitian food truck have filed a federal lawsuit against a town councilman in Virginia’s Eastern Shore, claiming that they have been subjected […]
Can Biden Be Removed Under the 25th Amendment? Don’t Bet on It – JONATHAN TURLEY
Below is my column in The Hill on the applicability of the 25th Amendment to remove President Joe Biden in light of the Special Counsel report detailing his “diminished faculties.” Despite the various calls for using the amendment, it is neither practically likely nor factually warranted on the basis of his report. Here is the […]