E. Jean Carroll received $5.63 million from Donald J. Trump on Monday, July 13, 2026, three years after a jury found Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation. Read More.
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The Second Circuit rejected claims by members of the Amish community that the lack of a religious exemption violated free exercise and related rights under the First Amendment. Read More.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Knows What 1776 Meant
The New York Times, July 18, 2026
The revolutionary meaning of the Declaration of Independence did not elude her.
Are We Still Supposed to Take This Conservative Legal Theory Seriously?
The New York Times, July 17, 2026
Has the court learned nothing?
The Board of Immigration Appeals Poses an Arresting Question: Is it Bound by Supreme Court Constitutional Precedent?
Justia's Verdict, July 17, 2026
Cornell Law professor Michael C. Dorf discusses the Board of Immigration Appeals’ request for amicus briefs on whether it must follow U.S. Supreme Court and circuit precedent on constitutional questions even when doing so would require finding a statute or regulation unconstitutional, a power agencies otherwise lack. Professor Dorf argues that while the two obligations can often be reconciled through careful distinctions (such as those between facial and as-applied challenges), he warns that a BIA now dominated by Trump appointees may exploit this tension in bad faith to consistently rule against immigrants, leaving the courts to correct any opportunistic or inconsistent application of these principles.
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Supreme Court of the United States, July 1, 2026
Justices strike down campaign finance law
SCOTUSblog, June 30, 2026
A 1987 Proposal Could Help Hold ICE to Account for Constitutional Violations
The New York Times, February 2, 2026
A proposal in a 1987 law review article could address a gap that makes it all but impossible to sue federal officials for violating the Constitution.
