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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

“At Supreme Court, a Once-Fringe Birthright Citizenship Theory Takes the Spotlight; Before the Trump presidency, there was broad consensus that the 14th Amendment established birthright citizenship for children born in the United States”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

And in commentary, Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Birthright Citizenship Reaches the Supreme Court; Does the 14th Amendment cover illegal aliens, and are national injunctions abused?

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“House lawmakers spar over impeachments, framing judiciary as ‘wayward’ or ‘essence’ of balance; The head of the federal judiciary’s administrative office warned budget-conscious congressional appropriators that courts need a dramatic boost in security spending to deal with proliferating threats”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 8:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas Burn Victim Gets Samsung Suit Reinstated by Fifth Circuit; Business contracts constituted purposeful availment for case; Notion that commercial market and consumer one differed failed”: Shweta Watwe of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

Posted at 8:21 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Isn’t Attacking Universal Injunctions. He’s Attacking Universal Rights. In Trump v. CASA, the administration is asking the Supreme Court for a backdoor way to override the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.” Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 5:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Eighth Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Holds Private Plaintiffs Cannot Enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act through a Section 1983 Action, a Ruling Which if Applied Nationally Would Devastate Voting Rights Act Enforcement in the United States”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog” about a decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

Posted at 3:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Domestic Violence Misdemeanors May Lead to Ban on Gun Possession; Law is facially constitutional under recent SCOTUS precedent; US has history of disarming those who pose threat to safety”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

Update: In other coverage, Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit upholds firearms ban for domestic violence offenders; The three-judge panel found the statute fits with the historical tradition of preventing individuals who threaten physical harm to others from misusing firearms.”

Posted at 3:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“SC Supreme Court upholds state’s six-week abortion ban”: Anna Wilder of The Post & Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

Joseph Bustos of The State of Columbia, South Carolina reports that “SC Supreme Court rules on when fetal heartbeat abortion restrictions begin.”

And Jeffrey Collins of The Associated Press reports that “South Carolina Supreme Court decides heartbeat definition allows six-week abortion ban.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of South Carolina at this link.

Posted at 3:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“150. The State of Play in the Alien Enemy Act Litigation: A series of outwardly inconsistent developments in different courts in the Alien Enemy Act cases underscores the difficulties that litigants challenging Trump policies face without nationwide relief.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 2:44 PM by Howard Bashman