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11 Nov, 2011

More on Jones–the Supreme Court’s GPS Monitoring Case

Shon R. Hopwood2019-03-18T18:47:50-05:00November 11th, 2011|Tags: Adam Liptak, Christopher Danzig, Dahlia Lithwick, David Savage, Fourth Amendment, Jim Harper, Joan Biskupic, Lyle Denniston, Mike Sacks, Orin Kerr, United States v. Jones|

SCOTUS news was dominated this week by the oral arguments United States v. Jones, No. 10-1259. In that case, the Court must decide whether law enforcement can conduct GPS monitoring sans warrant without violating the Fourth Amendment’s prescription of unreasonable searches and seizures. A lot was written about the oral arguments, but [...]

SCOTUS Coverage

Shon R. Hopwood2019-03-18T18:47:53-05:00October 5th, 2011|Tags: Dahlia Lithwick, Erwin Chemerinsky, Five Chiefs, Justice Stevens, Mike Sacks, Supreme Court|

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, in this ABA Journal post, makes the case that this Supreme Court term will be a momentous one for the Kennedy Court. He notes that: Once more, as it has been for each of the last six years, it will be, from a practical perspective, the Anthony Kennedy Court. In ideologically divided [...]

New York Times Discusses the Necessary and Proper Clause

Shon R. Hopwood2019-03-18T18:48:10-05:00December 29th, 2010|Tags: Affordable Care Act, Mike Sacks, Necessary and Proper Clause, New York Times, Obamacare|

Kevin Sack at the New York Times has an intersting article on the shift of public debate regarding the Affordable Care Act. Whereas that debate begins with the Commerce Clause it may end with the Supreme Court determining the scope of the Necessary and Proper Clause.