Just to be absolutely clear: Trump may not run for a third term.
The Constitution bars it.
The language is not open to debate.
22nd Amendment: "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"
Very excited to have a new paper!!
Because the U.S. Supreme Court has essentially gutted the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Const, it is perhaps time to turn to the establishment provisions of the state constitutions to ensure some degree of separation of church and state.
New Judicial Federalism and the Establishment Clause: Classroom Ten Commandments as a Case Study in State Constitutional Protection
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5134565
#law #FediLaw #FediProf #Establishment #ChristianNationalism
Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments Back in Court https://buff.ly/3E9S2RN
A dist ct held it violated the Establishment Cl for Louisiana to demand a ten commandments poster in every public school classroom, from K to college.
Fifth Circuit heard oral args today
#ChristianNationalism #law #FediLaw #FediProf #Louisiana #Establishment
Federal district court judge temporarily blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order https://buff.ly/3CamBWX
"I’ve been on the bench for over four decades," Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee, said. "I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order."
A federal district court judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship — the first action in what promises to be a protracted legal battle over the new administration’s agenda.
South Carolina Doctors Challenge #Abortion Ban on Free Exercise Grounds https://buff.ly/40gIQlQ
If the Supreme Court happily grants conservative Christians exemptions from health care laws on religious liberty grounds (which they do all the time), then progressive Christians and nonChristians ought to be able to eligible for them too
#Law #FediLaw #FediProf #abortion #ReligiousLiberty #SupremeCourt #exemptions
A favorite covid era innovation: online quizzes
The multiple choice quizzes cover basics of the assigned cases i.e. parties, holding, reasoning
The key is to make the online quizzes due BEFORE class
Also, I allow students to take the quiz as many times as they like, retaining only the highest score
Students who complete all quizzes with perfect score get extra points at the ned of the semester. Most do.
Everyone is better prepared
Question for conlaw profs:
If you are teaching conlaw I this spring (basic structure), what updates are you making to your syllabus besides Trump v. United States (2024)?
Top 10 Religious Liberty and Church-State Developments of 2024 https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2024/12/top-10-religious-liberty-and-church.html
From Religion Clause Blog
If you are interested in US law& religion, this is the blog for you
Include:
religion in public schools
misgendering teachers
Oklahoma rejects religious charter school
bans on gender affirming care
abortion referenda
religious right to abortion
Louisiana says wrongful death law covers IVF embryos
https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2024/12/court-enjoins-most-of-missouris.html
Because abortion ruling left intact abortion facility licensing requirements,
"no health center in the state can restart abortion services because none has an abortion license, or can get one under the state’s draconian requirements"
David Zellhöfer
Prof. Caroline Mala Corbin
Caroline Mala Corbin