Today’s decision in Gilliam v. Gerregano (Tenn. Ct. App.) so holds (in an opinion by Judge Kristi Davis, joined by Judges Frank Clement and Neal McBrayer). This means that any restrictions on such plates can’t be viewpoint-based or too vague, though clear viewpoint-neutral but content-based restrictions might be permissible. Whether plaintiff can keep her 69PWNDU plate was … Read more
Thanks very much, again, to The Volokh Conspiracy for inviting me to blog about my recent paper on Justice Breyer’s decisions and votes in Establishment Clause cases. In this post, I sketch a second distinguishing feature of his work, namely, the fact that he regularly rejected the argument that church-state cases could or should be … Read more
Welcome to the Law Firm Disrupted, a briefing from Law.com editor Dan Packel that surveys new competitive pressures on law firms and how their managers are coping, plus insights on the tactics and tech employed by would-be disruptors. Have an opinion? Email me here. Want to be alerted to this dispatch in your inbox every Thursday? Sign up here. At the … Read more
Touting that Washington state is receiving more than double what it would have received in the multistate Google settlement, Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the company will pay $39.9 million over allegations that the tech giant used “deceptive” and “misleading” location tracking of users. “Google denied Washington [state] consumers the ability to choose whether the … Read more
Welcome back to Higher Law, our weekly briefing on all things cannabis. I’m Cheryl Miller, reporting for Law.com from Sacramento. This week we’re looking at: Michigan’s warning to licensees: Pay your bills. Wiggin and Dana’s cannabis practice launch. Vicente’s timely new Minnesota counsel. Minnesota’s new adult-use cannabis law. Jessica Owl, weighs recreational marijuana, during packaging … Read more
The judges of the Eighth Circuit courts will host a judicial conference from July 11 to 14 at the Radisson Blu Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, for judges and members of the bar. The conference will discuss the business of the courts and address matters of importance to the administration of justice in the … Read more
The State Bar of Michigan has announced that applications are being accepted for judicial vacancies for the state’s Allegan County and Manistee County probate courts. To be considered for these positions, applicants must be a State Bar of Michigan member who meets the legal qualifications for this office and must reside within the judicial district. Source … Read more
This case involves the extent of parents’ constitutional rights when a public school permits a teacher to inculcate the teacher’s beliefs about transgender topics in first-grade students over the objections of their parents. As noted in this court’s October 27, 2022 opinion (the “first motion to dismiss opinion”), this case is not about treating all … Read more
This afternoon, Judge Aiken on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon revived Juliana v. United States, aka the “Kids Climate Case,” by granting the plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaint, some two years after the motion was filed. This is a remarkable order because the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth … Read more
Readers may remember failed Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who was twice removed from the bench for failing to comply with federal court orders. When Moore ran for Senate, I wrote a piece for The Weekly Standard (now available on the Washington Examiner website) detailing Moore’s failure … Read more