by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 12, 2022 | Blog, Richard Samp
Photo: Hon. William H. Pryor Jr., Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit The unconstrained attack on the federal judiciary by Democratic members of Congress is in full swing. That effort was abetted last week by an...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 18, 2022 | Blog, Russ Ryan
Because our elected branches of government can’t always be trusted to zealously keep one another in check, litigation by individual private citizens has long been among the most effective ways to enforce separation of powers and other structural constitutional...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Sep 16, 2022 | Blog
As the Wall Street Journal recently noted, the FTC’s recent lawsuit against Walmart raises a fundamental constitutional issue regarding the FTC’s authority to initiate lawsuits. The point at issue concerns Congress’s authority to limit the President’s power to remove...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Sep 23, 2022 | Blog
The headwaters of the Animas River begin in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. The confluence of streams—Mineral Creek, Cement Creek, and the Upper Animas—define the Upper Animas River basin. The river basin contains hundreds of inactive or abandoned...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 24, 2022 | Blog, Christian Clase
Did you know you can make over $200,000 a year and still be entitled to overtime pay? In Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt, the en banc Fifth Circuit recently concluded as such. This surprising result was made possible by a Department of Labor...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 26, 2022 | Blog, Sanat Mehta
For decades, millions of American families have been dissatisfied with their local public schools, and the political parties have diverged in their approach to this problem. Democrats have generally supported providing more resources to public schools, while...
