Showing posts with label Commerce Clause. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Commerce Clause. Show all posts
Monday, October 03, 2022

Certiorari Denied In Scientology Arbitration Case and Falun Gong Leafleting Case

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Today's 48-page Order List  from the U.S. Supreme Court on its opening day of the term includes the denial of review in two cases of int...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Court Refuses To Dismiss Indictment In Tree of Life Synagogue Case

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In United States v. Bowers , (WD PA, Oct. 15, 2020), a Pennsylvania federal district court refused to dismiss an indictment under the federa...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Workplace Hate Crime Meets Commerce Clause Threshold

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In United States v. Hill , (4th Cir., June 13, 2019), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that the federal Hate C...
Sunday, April 14, 2019

DOJ Drops Appeal In FGM Case; Proposes Amendments To Federal Statutory Ban

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AP reports that the Department of Justice has dropped its appeal of the court's decision in  United States v. Nagarwala. In the case, a...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Court Holds Federal Female Genital Mutilation Statute Unconstitutional

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A Michigan federal district court today held, on federalism grounds, that the federal Female Genital Mutilation statute, 18 USC 116 , is unc...
Monday, June 04, 2018

FACEA's Protection of Churches Does Not Violate Commerce Clause

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In Zhang v. Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance ,  (ED NY, May 30, 2018), a New York federal district court held that Congress did not exceed i...