...issues a pardon to an aide for all completed federal campaign-finance offenses committed during the prior year. State prosecutors later charge the aide under state bribery law based on the same facts, and Congress contin...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. II, sec. 2, Ex parte Garland
...lyze ripeness and mootness, including voluntary cessation and capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review. This essay tests ripeness, pre-enforcement review, mootness, voluntary cessation, and capable-of-repetition-yet-evad...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. ICC, Roe v. Wade
...e campaign events. The ordinance also requires a permit for any group of more than 25 people using amplified sound after 8 p.m. The permit official may deny a permit if the official believes the event would be "inconsist...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Perry Education Association v. Perry Local Educators' Association, Ward v. Rock Against Racism, Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement
...in annual sales to State C customers, whether or not the retailer has offices, employees, or inventory in State C. The tax is measured by receipts from State C customers only. A separate provision gives a 50 percent cred...
Citations: Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., Comptroller of the Treasury v. Wynne, U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3
The record contains mixed facts that support one part of the requested ruling but also suggest a limitation or defense. A party relied on common practice, but the record includes facts suggesting that practice was unreas...
Citations: Common law criminal doctrine, Model Penal Code principles, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment criminal procedure doctrine
...data to insurers and marketers. State C sues, arguing that all parts of the Act commandeer state government. Private data brokers also object to federal regulation. Which parts of the Act are likely valid, and which par...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. X, Reno v. Condon, Printz v. United States
...Father attended prenatal appointments, paid half of Mother's medical bills, and told both families he intended to raise the child. Before the birth, Mother moved without telling Father and placed the baby for adoption w...
Citations: Lehr v. Robertson, 463 U.S. 248 (1983), Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645 (1972), NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
...hall receive" monthly disability benefits unless the agency finds one of five listed grounds for termination. The agency cuts off a recipient's benefits after reviewing medical records but without giving advance notice o...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Board of Regents v. Roth, Mathews v. Eldridge, Goldberg v. Kelly
...into the state. The tax applies at the same rate to in-state and out-of-state retailers, is measured only by sales delivered to State D customers, and funds roads, courts, consumer-fraud enforcement, and other state ser...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3, Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.
...lleging that the statute violated the Constitution and that a federal officer had refused to deliver a signed commission even though all legal prerequisites for the commission had been completed. The commissioner asks th...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Marbury v. Madison
...id order to state lawmakers from potentially valid federal regulation of private rental platforms. U.S. Const. amend. X, New York v. United States, Murphy v. NCAA
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. X, New York v. United States, Murphy v. NCAA
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