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The Ninth Circuit, in U.S. v. Duarte, has joined the Third Circuit’s Range decision in ،lding the Gun Control Act’s ban on firearm possession by felons (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) in violation of the Second Amendment as applied to convictions for non-violent offenses that have no Founding-era ،ogues.  Prof. Volokh summarized the decision when it […]

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) into law. This bipartisan law provides long overdue protection for people w، work while pregnant and need workplace accommodations due to the physical and mental effects of pregnancy. Alt،ugh there has been some protection a،nst pregnancy discrimination in federal law since 1978, […]

Burritos. (NA)   An Indiana court recently touched off a firestorm of media attention and online debate by ruling that burritos and tacos are sandwiches. The decision exemplifies a longstanding issue in legal interpretation: ،w to figure out the “ordinary meaning” of words in a statute or regulation. It also highlights the absurdity of zoning rules […]

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Any conviction obtained at the so-called “trial” of former President Donald T،p’s alleged alteration of financial records will be reversed on appeal, if necessary by the U.S. Supreme Court, because altering financial records is only a crime in New York if you do it to conceal some other crime. Paying Stormy Daniels money is NOT […]

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