Trump v. Anderson has been decided by a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on the question of whether the Supreme Court of Colorado erred in requiring GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump to be excluded from the primary ballot. The Supreme Court,…
Suppose that you owned a manufacturing business for which the government prescribed certain production regulations, and suppose, further, that the government demanded you provide office space for a federal observer to monitor your operation. Finally, suppose that the government now…
Retired Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor died Dec. 1 in her home state of Arizona, at the age of 93. Justice O’Connor was the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, a signal…
In its last three terms, the Supreme Court has received a great deal of public attention — both positive and negative — due to its decisions on human sexuality (Bostock, Zarda) and abortion (Dobbs). This term, going relatively unnoticed, were…
In January 2019, Gerald Groff resigned from his mail carrier position at the Holtwood Post Office in the small rural community of Holtwood, Pennsylvania. He knew that he was inching closer and closer to being fired, as he had endured various…
In 1950, Eileen Barton’s rendition of “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake” hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Until 2012, that song might well have been Colorado baker Jack Phillips’ favorite. But that year, his…
Should the race of a minority student who is applying to a college or university give him or her an advantage over other applicants? This is the question that a group of college-bound students and their parents are asking the…
The Supreme Court’s October term has begun. The previous term yielded some blockbuster decisions, and the new term is likely to produce more of the same. One case that will be consequential is 303 Creative v. Elenis. Lorie Smith, doing…