Federal court strikes down Ohio congressional maps

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You can see that he never posted in any of the threads about the Maryland case.

Scotus 1/5/2019 - 4 new certiorari grants & 2 appeals jurisdiction postponed

The first four are today’s certiorari grants: Issue : Whether Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act’s prohibition on the federal registration of “immoral” or “scandalous” marks is facially invalid under the free speech clause of the First Amendment. My expectation is that the Supreme Court will strike down the Lanham Act provision at issue. As it clearly and obviously should. Issue : Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit correctly held, in express disagreement with five other co…

Supreme Court finished with arguments for the term now we wait for decisions

The Supreme Court held its final oral arguments of the term this morning. They released one opinion this morning, ruling that ambiguous arbitration agreements cannot be held to compel class certification of arbitration. And yes, this year’s cases, on the whole, have been a bit less interesting and more technical than in recent years, but there are some high profile matters due for decision. Decisions days are April 29, May 13, 20, 28, June 3, 10, 17, 24. All those days are Monday’s, except f…