This blog is mostly about book reviews, but I occasionally venture in law review. Here’s a list of the cases that I’ve written about.
Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change (2025). The International Court of Justice rules that States have legal obligations under climate treaties and customary international law to protect “the climate system and other parts of the environment from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.”
Trump v. United States: SCOTUS Rewards Trump, Betrays America (2024): The Supreme Court grants Donald Trump and all future Presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution.
Held v. Montana: A Landmark Climate Victory (2023): 16 youths successfully sue the State of Montana for violating their right to a “clean and healthful environment.”
Biden v. Nebraska: Black-Robed Oligarchs (2023): The Supreme Court blocks President Biden’s student debt relief plan using the made-up major questions doctrine.
Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College: Colorblind or Just Blind? (2023): The Supreme Court bans the use of race as a factor in university admissions.
Moore v. Harper: A Win for Sanity and Democracy (2023): The Supreme Court rejects the Independent State Legislature theory.
West Virginia v. EPA: Major Questions, Major Troubles (2022): The Supreme Court sharply restricts the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from electrical generating plants.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: A Giant Leap Backwards (2022): The Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, eliminating women’s constitutional right to obtain an abortion.
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee (2021): The Supreme Court continues its attack on voting rights in this case involving voting restrictions in Arizona.
Gorsuch Surprises, Alito Spews, Scalia Haunts in Bostock v. Clayton County (2020): Are homosexual and transgender individuals protected from employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act?
South Bay United Pentecostal Church, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. (2020): Supreme Court upholds restrictions on attendance at church services during the coronavirus emergency.
Fast Train to Mordor: Trump v. Hawaii (2018): The Muslim travel ban case.
Carpenter v. United States (2018): Can the Government trace your past movements by getting hold of phone company records collected from cell phone towers without a search warrant?
King v. Burwell (2015): Are individuals who enroll in a health care plan through the Federal Exchange eligible for tax credits?
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014): Can corporations drop coverage for birth control from their health care plans if such coverage goes against the religious beliefs of the owners?
Riley v. California (2014): Can the police search the information on your cell phone without a warrant?
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