JCN Bench Memo Archive
- ‘Big Business’ and Genesis HealthCare Corp v. Symczyk
May 22nd, 2013 - Re: Texas Legislators Make it Easier to Target Conservatives
May 22nd, 2013 - New Lawsuit Against Obamacare
May 20th, 2013 - Texas Legislators Make it Easier to Target Conservatives
May 17th, 2013 - Amicus Brief in Bond v. U.S.
May 17th, 2013 - Justice Ginsberg on Roe vs. Wade
May 16th, 2013 - Re: On the IRS Scandal
May 15th, 2013 - AEI on Dodd-Frank and Big Banks
May 10th, 2013 - The Left’s Intimidation Campaign over Shelby v. Holder
May 2nd, 2013 - Amicae Curiae Brief in McCullen v. Coakley
April 30th, 2013 - Jeb Hensarling on Richard Cordray
April 24th, 2013 - Governor Brownback Signs Judicial-Selection Reform
March 27th, 2013 - Perez’s Double Standard
March 21st, 2013 - Ammon Simon on DOJ’s Attacking Religious Liberty
March 21st, 2013 - Republican State Attorneys General and the EPA
March 20th, 2013 - Representative Hensarling on the CFPB
March 14th, 2013 - Re: The Left’s Last Hurrah in Wisconsin
March 13th, 2013 - Linda Greenhouse and the Voting Rights Act, Part 2
March 13th, 2013 - Justice Kennedy on the Politicization of the Court
March 12th, 2013 - Harry Reid’s Selective Memory
March 12th, 2013 - Linda Greenhouse and the Voting Rights Act, Part 1
March 12th, 2013 - When the CFPB Makes the Rules
March 11th, 2013 - Tennessee House to Vote on Judicial-Selection Amendment
March 8th, 2013 - The Continuing Problem of Over-Criminalization
March 1st, 2013 - Voting Rights Act Oral Argument Recap
February 27th, 2013 - Re: The Pro Hominem Insult
February 26th, 2013 - Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Is Unconstitutional
February 26th, 2013 - No, the CFPB is Not Good for Consumers
February 25th, 2013 - Good News From Wisconsin
February 21st, 2013 - Tennessee Senate Votes on Judicial-Selection Amendment Next Week
February 14th, 2013 - Dodd-Frank Constitutional Challenge Gaining Momentum
February 13th, 2013 - The New York Times and Big Banks
February 12th, 2013 - Paul Krugman and the CFPB
February 8th, 2013 - Iowa’s Fatally Flawed Judicial Nominating System
February 7th, 2013 - North Carolina Considering Partisan Labels in Judicial Races
February 5th, 2013 - Severino Scoffs at Slanted Scolding of Scalia
January 31st, 2013 - The CFPB’s True Debilitating Uncertainty
January 30th, 2013 - Former Justice Diane Hathaway Pleads Guilty
January 30th, 2013 - Kansas Court Unilaterally Increases State Education Funding
January 25th, 2013 - Some Great Quotes from the D.C. Circuit’s Opinion
January 25th, 2013 - D.C. Circuit Unanimously Strikes Down NRLB Appointments
January 25th, 2013 - Kansas’s Judicial Nominating Commission Under Fire
January 24th, 2013 - Todd Zywicki on the CFPB’s ‘Policy-Based Evidence-Making’
January 24th, 2013 - Dallas Federal Reserve on Too Big to Fail
January 22nd, 2013 - Michigan Supreme Court Justice Hathaway Charged
January 21st, 2013 - Geithner’s Too-Big-to-Fail Legacy
January 17th, 2013 - Kansas Judicial-selection Reform Picking Up Steam
January 17th, 2013 - The Constitutional Challenge to Judicial Selection in Kansas
January 15th, 2013 - Congratulations to Elbert Lin and Lawrence VanDyke
January 15th, 2013 - Over-criminalization and the Tragic Case of Aaron Swartz
January 15th, 2013 - Dodd-Frank in an Age of Uncertainty
January 14th, 2013 - Michigan Supreme Court Justice Hathaway to Retire
January 10th, 2013 - Congratulations to Governor Pat McCrory
January 9th, 2013 - More on Dodd-Frank and Community Banks
January 8th, 2013 - The Battle for Judicial Selection Reform in Kansas
January 4th, 2013 - Jeffrey Toobin’s Anti-eulogy of Judge Bork
January 2nd, 2013 - Wal-Mart and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
December 21st, 2012 - Supreme Court Hands DOJ Another Unanimous Defeat
December 10th, 2012 - Pharmacist Conscience Rights Under Attack
December 5th, 2012 - North Carolina Update
December 3rd, 2012 - Kansas Update
December 3rd, 2012 - Stacking the Deck for Dodd-Frank
December 3rd, 2012 - FBI Closing in on Michigan Supreme Court Justice
December 3rd, 2012 - Michigan Supreme Court Candidate Admits She Represented A Terrorist
December 3rd, 2012 - Survey of State Supreme Court Races and Retention Elections
December 3rd, 2012 - Media Matters Recycles Weak Argument That Dodd-Frank Challenge Is Just Another Non-delegation Case
December 3rd, 2012 - The DOJ’s Partisan Disparate-Impact Litigation Agenda, Part 2
October 24th, 2012 - The DOJ’s Partisan Disparate-Impact Litigation Agenda, Part 1
October 24th, 2012 - C. Boyden Gray and Adam White on Too-Big-To-Fail
October 24th, 2012 - Finally a Candidate Mentions the Supreme Court!
October 15th, 2012 - State Attorney General Races to Watch
October 9th, 2012 - Florida Update
October 9th, 2012 - Wall Street Journal on Over-Criminalization
October 9th, 2012 - Missouri Update
October 9th, 2012 - State Attorneys General Challenge Title II of Dodd-Frank
September 24th, 2012 - Pennsylvania’s State Tort-Liability Ranking
September 13th, 2012 - More on 2012 and the Court
September 13th, 2012 - Over-criminalization and the GOP Platform
August 31st, 2012 - Justice David Stras
August 30th, 2012 - Pawlenty’s Judges
August 30th, 2012 - Todd Zywicki on the Constitutional Case against the CFPB
August 24th, 2012 - Media Matters Defends the Center for American Progress
August 23rd, 2012 - More Fact-Checking, New York Times Edition
August 23rd, 2012 - Fact-Checking Jeff Toobin and the Center for American Progress
August 20th, 2012 - Re: In Defense of Meaningful Retention Elections
August 20th, 2012 - The American Bar Association and Judicial Nominees
August 10th, 2012 - Justice O’Connor’s ‘Dissent’ in Citizens United
August 8th, 2012 - Missouri Tort Reform Overturned
August 2nd, 2012 - Dodd-Frank at Two: Bad for Business and the Constitution
July 26th, 2012 - 2012 and the Court
July 25th, 2012 - The Battle for Kansas
July 23rd, 2012 - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Separation of Powers
July 16th, 2012 - Open-Minded Justices?
July 13th, 2012 - E. J. Dionne and our Founding Fathers’ True Spirit
July 10th, 2012 - The Chief Justice and Biblical Metaphors
July 10th, 2012 - Upcoming Testimony Before the House Ways and Means Committee
July 9th, 2012 - Post Obamacare Supreme Court Polling
July 3rd, 2012 - Great Quote from the Obamacare Dissent
June 28th, 2012 - Supreme Court Upholds Individual Mandate
June 28th, 2012 - My Predictions for Tomorrow’s Decision
June 27th, 2012 - The Left and Judicial Activism
June 27th, 2012 - Dodd-Frank Is Unconstitutional
June 26th, 2012 - Governor Deal Appoints Keith Blackwell to Georgia Supreme Court
June 26th, 2012 - Previewing the Left’s Attacks on the Supreme Court
June 22nd, 2012 - Supreme Court Victory for the First Amendment
June 22nd, 2012 - Senator Lee on Obamacare, Judicial Activism, and Intimidation of Judges
June 8th, 2012 - More Obamacare Polling
June 8th, 2012 - Chief Justice Roberts’ Moment of Truth?
May 23rd, 2012 - The Supreme Court’s Slippery Slope
May 18th, 2012 - Michigan Justice Diane Hathaway Under Scrutiny
May 14th, 2012 - Too Fast and Too Furious?
May 8th, 2012 - Georgetown Federalist Society Students Win Special Award
May 8th, 2012 - Big Win in Tennessee
April 30th, 2012 - Broken Promises
April 13th, 2012 - In Other News, Missouri Trial Lawyers Still Strong
April 12th, 2012 - Supreme Court Approval Ratings Improve After Obamacare Hearings
April 11th, 2012 - Time Running Out in Tennessee
April 9th, 2012 - Exposing the Left’s Media Spin on Obamacare
April 4th, 2012 - Tennessee Judicial Selection Update
April 3rd, 2012 - More Thoughts on the Health-Care Arguments
April 2nd, 2012 - Will the Real Judicial Activists Please Stand Up?
March 29th, 2012 - Obamacare Arguments Lean Against Severability
March 29th, 2012 - Obamacare Medicaid-Expansion Oral Arguments Positive for States
March 29th, 2012 - Today’s Arguments Tilt Against the Individual Mandate
March 27th, 2012 - Court to General Verrilli: Cut your Losses on Tax Arguments
March 27th, 2012 - Justices Open to Reaching Merits of Obamacare Challenge
March 27th, 2012 - Extremism in the Defense of Big Government
March 27th, 2012 - Media Appearances on the Obamacare Litigation
March 27th, 2012 - Why Liptak Is Wrong on Roberts
March 20th, 2012 - More on the Cloture Votes
March 16th, 2012 - Obamacare Still Unpopular
March 14th, 2012 - Payback for Planned Parenthood
March 12th, 2012 - Bureaucracy Unbound? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
March 12th, 2012 - Judicial Watch Sues for More Kagan Details
February 28th, 2012 - Women Challenging the HHS Mandate Panel Tonight
February 28th, 2012 - University of Texas-Austin’s Incoherent Racial Preferences
February 22nd, 2012 - New York Times: Supreme Court Should Follow Polls
February 22nd, 2012 - St. Paul Abandons Suit for Fear of Winning
February 22nd, 2012 - Senator Kyl’s Bizarre Support for Obama Nominee Andrew Hurwitz
February 22nd, 2012 - A Reasonable Limiting Principle for the Commerce Clause?
February 14th, 2012 - The Ninth Circuit’s Attack on Self Government
February 9th, 2012 - Governor Christie’s Judicial Missteps
February 9th, 2012 - Tennessee Republicans Carry Water for Soros and the Trial Lawyers
February 3rd, 2012 - House to Question CFPB Function Under Cordray
January 24th, 2012 - The ‘Recess’ Appointments: A Crisis of Convenience
January 17th, 2012 - Conservatives Need Not Apply
January 17th, 2012 - Obamacare: Night of the Living Dead
January 11th, 2012 - Re: Chief Justice Roberts and Recusal
January 10th, 2012 - This Is Not About Newt
January 10th, 2012 - Mukasey’s Misconceptions
January 10th, 2012 - Recusal Red Herrings
January 10th, 2012 - Obama to ABA: Keep Your Ratings Off Our Judges
January 10th, 2012 - Lithwick’s Fallacious Musings
January 10th, 2012 - Obamacare Marathon Set for Supreme Court
January 10th, 2012 - I Appreciate the Attention, But Let’s Talk About the Law
January 10th, 2012 - Silberman’s Strange Shift
January 10th, 2012 - See No Evil . . .
January 10th, 2012 - House Gives DOJ Ultimatum on Releasing Kagan Docs
January 10th, 2012 - Updates from the States
November 2nd, 2011 - Tennessee Governor Cozies up to Trial Lawyers
September 22nd, 2011 - One Particular Instance of Senator Alexander’s Independence
September 22nd, 2011 - More on the Living Constitutionalists’ ‘Pledge’
September 22nd, 2011 - The ‘Dog Ate My Homework Act’ Is an Earmark
September 9th, 2011 - Bill Frist Ditches the Individual Mandate, Still Loves Obamacare
August 26th, 2011 - Calling the President’s Bluff
August 18th, 2011 - Bipartisan Eleventh Circuit Panel Devastates the Individual Mandate
August 13th, 2011 - The Debt Limit and the Constitution
August 2nd, 2011 - Wal-Mart v. Dukes Decision Rejects Wild Class-Action Theory
June 20th, 2011 - A Solution in Search of a Problem
June 17th, 2011 - Justice Kennedy: Federalism Exists to Secure Individual Liberty
June 17th, 2011 - O’Connor Meddling in Michigan
June 17th, 2011 - Hoping for Change on the Indiana Supreme Court
June 13th, 2011 - Obamacare: Good Enough for Government Work?
June 9th, 2011 - Calling the Kettle Black
June 2nd, 2011 - Barking Up Wrong Tree on SCOTUS Recusals
May 31st, 2011 - Stubborn Facts about Judicial Elections
May 31st, 2011 - More Thoughts on the NJ Court’s Power-Grab
May 26th, 2011 - New Jersey Supreme Court Usurps State Education Budget
May 24th, 2011 - Hoosier Daddy Mitch Daniels? . . . The Soros Trial Lawyers
May 19th, 2011 - Contra Klein: Challenge to Obamacare Not Just ‘Politics by Another Name’
May 17th, 2011 - Give up and Go Away . . . Even Milwaukee’s Paper Agrees
May 16th, 2011 - Members of Congress Unite to Fight Obamacare
May 12th, 2011 - Time for the Florida Senate to Step Up
May 4th, 2011 - Epstein on Kagan and Obamacare
May 3rd, 2011 - DOMA Defender Quits Law Firm
April 27th, 2011 - Justice Kennedy Gets It Right
April 19th, 2011 - Voting Irregularities in Wisconsin
April 13th, 2011 - Elena Kagan and Obamacare Part III: What Constitutes ‘Involvement’?
April 12th, 2011 - Elena Kagan and Obamacare Part II: Dodging the Record
April 11th, 2011 - Wisconsin Sends a Message
April 7th, 2011 - Another Round in the Obamacare Court Battle
April 5th, 2011 - Elena Kagan and Obamacare Part I: Pre-Nomination, Pre-Lawsuit Strategizing
April 2nd, 2011 - Dueling Ads in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race
April 1st, 2011 - New Documents about Justice Kagan’s Involvement with Obamacare
March 31st, 2011 - State Courts Update
March 16th, 2011 - All Eyes on Kansas
March 11th, 2011 - Why Whelan Is Right about Liu
March 4th, 2011 - Obmacare Decision Clarified and Stayed, for Now
March 4th, 2011 - Kudos to Governors Brownback and Branstad
March 2nd, 2011 - Obama’s Constitutional Epiphany
February 24th, 2011 - Branstad Should Follow Brownback’s Lead
February 24th, 2011 - Part 2: “How We Can Get Around the Iowa Constitution”
February 23rd, 2011 - Iowa Judicial Vacancies Hang in the Balance: Part I
February 22nd, 2011 - New Jersey Senate Does Governor Christie a Favor
February 19th, 2011 - House to Hold Hearing on Constitutionality of Obamacare
February 16th, 2011 - There He Goes Again: Obama Renominates Activist Judges
February 16th, 2011 - Re: Mitch Daniels and the Missouri Plan
February 15th, 2011 - A Recusal Red Herring
February 11th, 2011 - Thiessen to Republicans: Don’t Take the Bait
February 9th, 2011 - In Re: Garnett’s Defense of Governor Daniels
February 8th, 2011 - Obamacare Declared Unconstitutional: Highlights from Judge Vinson’s Ruling
February 7th, 2011 - Iowa’s Crazy Judges, Part II
January 24th, 2011 - Common Cause’s Baseless Accusations
January 21st, 2011 - Iowa’s Judges Gone Wild, Part I
January 21st, 2011 - Good News for the Michigan Supreme Court
January 12th, 2011 - Public Financing in Judicial Elections: A Lesson from Wisconsin
January 11th, 2011 - Henry Waxman Endorses Judicial Supremacy
January 5th, 2011 - Surprise, Surprise
January 4th, 2011 - Summary Judgment Arguments in the Florida Obamacare Case
December 18th, 2010 - New Jersey ‘Traditions’
December 17th, 2010 - A Double Standard on Judicial Confirmations
December 15th, 2010 - First Readthrough of the Virginia Health-Care Decision
December 14th, 2010 - Restoring Constitutional Authority
December 3rd, 2010 - Activist Judges on the Docket for Lame Duck
November 18th, 2010 - Why State Courts Matter
November 12th, 2010 - Could the Three Judges Fired in Iowa Impact 2012?
November 8th, 2010 - 2010 State Court Election Roundup
November 5th, 2010 - The End of Michigan’s Short Experiment in Liberal Judicial Activism
November 4th, 2010 - 2010 State Court Election Preview
November 2nd, 2010 - Cross Examination for Justice O’Connor
October 29th, 2010 - Video Killed the Robocall Star
October 28th, 2010 - Does Justice O’Connor Need to Resign Another Judgeship?
October 27th, 2010 - Good News from Georgia
October 22nd, 2010 - More on the Obamacare Ruling
October 16th, 2010 - Heart over Head in the Obamacare Battle
October 13th, 2010 - Rasmussen Poll: Judges should follow Constitution
October 7th, 2010 - Another Liberal End-Run Around the Constitution?
October 4th, 2010 - District Judges Matter, Too
September 30th, 2010 - A Citizen’s Warning about the Legitimacy of Justice Breyer
September 30th, 2010 - The Judicial Rumble in New Jersey
September 27th, 2010 - An Officer by Any Other Name . . .
September 23rd, 2010 - Mitch’s Merit
September 21st, 2010 - Happy Constitution Day
September 18th, 2010 - Florida Argument Recap: Obamacare in the Crosshairs
September 15th, 2010 - The Blame Game
September 13th, 2010 - Take Justice O’Connor… Please!
September 11th, 2010 - A Less ‘Politicized’ Judiciary? Hardly
August 31st, 2010 - Scott Brown’s Home Run
August 6th, 2010 - From Bad to Worse to What, I Wonder . . .
August 5th, 2010 - Kagan’s Unimpressive Victory
August 5th, 2010
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