gerrymandering – Binding the Law

30 August 2018

United States Supreme Court holds a warrant is required to obtain cell phone location data; holds it has appellate jurisdiction over the courts martial system and rejects a challenge to court martial conviction based on dual office holding by a military appellate judge; rejects a double jeopardy challenge to a felon in possession conviction; rejects antitrust challenge to credit card antisteering provisions; rejects most of a challenge to Texas redistricting plan; rejects challenge to entry ban on certain countries; holds certain crisis pregnancy center disclosures violated the centers’ free speech rights; remands water rights dispute between Georgia and Florida for further proceedings; and overrules precedent to hold compulsory nonmember union fair share fees for public employees are unconstitutional.

by William Gaskill

20 July 2018

United States Supreme Court held plaintiffs in Wisconsin gerrymandering case lacked standing; held Ohio’s procedure to remove inactive voters complies with federal law; allows states to require out of state merchants to collect sales tax; held defective notice did not stop the physical presence clock for immigration purposes; and held the appointment process for SEC administrative law judges was unconstitutional.

by William Gaskill