by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jun 6, 2022 | Blog, Richard Samp
Photo: Adam Fagen Defenders of the administrative state have long contended that the Government runs much more smoothly when professional bureaucrats are granted free rein to act in “the public interest,” unconstrained by political forces that they fear are, all too...
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 will.gale | Nov 16, 2021 | Opinion, Richard Samp
The U.S. Supreme Court on October 29 agreed to review a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that broadly construed the right of individuals to file suit for infringement of their constitutional rights — a sure sign the 9th Circuit will once again be...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 21, 2022 | Blog, Richard Samp
Photo: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz speaking with attendeesat the 2019 Teen Student Action Summit in Washington, D.C./Gage Skidmore McCain-Feingold, the campaign-finance legislation adopted by Congress in 2002, includes several provisions (known collectively as “the...
by Ruslan Moldovanov | Oct 28, 2021 | Blog, Richard Samp
Throughout the past 80 years, Congress has passed a series of statutes designed to ensure that military veterans are well cared for. In recognition of Congress’s intent to help veterans, the courts have developed a well-established rule of statutory...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Sep 7, 2021 | Opinion, Richard Samp
United States v. Arthrex, this summer’s much-anticipated Supreme Court decision which concluded that the Patent and Trademark Appeal Board (PTAB) is unconstitutionally structured, is unlikely to have a major impact on PTAB operations. The Court “fixed” the...
