by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 29, 2021 | Blog, Richard Samp
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has staked out a position for herself as the Supreme Court’s foremost defender of stare decisis. That doctrine holds that today’s Court ought to stand by yesterday’s decisions. Respecting stare decisis sometimes means sticking...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Nov 19, 2021 | Blog, Kara Rollins
Photo: NCLA’s clients Micah Eldred and David Lopez, SEC v. Spartan Securities During his first days and months in office, President Biden revoked a series of Executive Orders aimed at curbing abusive administrative enforcement actions and reliance on guidance...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 24, 2022 | Blog, Richard Samp
In its decision earlier this month in Wooden v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 1063 (2022), the Supreme Court had little difficulty rejecting the Solicitor General’s expansive interpretation of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). That statute mandates a 15-year...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Apr 8, 2022 | Blog, Peggy Little
When did it become acceptable to ask people about their race, gender identification, and sexual preferences when determining their qualifications to do a job? If the SEC—and the stock exchange it supervises, Nasdaq—have their way, the answer is quickly...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jun 20, 2022 | Blog
Photo: Nina Jankowicz, Former Executive Director of the Disinformation Governance Board, at the U.S. Embassy Vienna, October 10, 2019 So, she is gone. The Minister of Disinformation has resigned. Whether any factor alone could have done her in—what apparatchik...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 27, 2022 | Blog, Kara Rollins
It seems logical that a person acquitted of a crime cannot, and should not, serve time for that crime, but on the federal level, and in many states, that is not always the case. In criminal cases, an acquittal means that the government has failed to prove an...
