FedSoc Blog

Can Regulations Come with Unintended Costs?

• John Kennerly Davis

Can regulations come with unintended costs? They certainly can, and often do. Despite the best...

Docket Watch: Bormuth v. County of Jackson

• John J. Bursch

If you’re looking for evidence that Establishment Clause jurisprudence is a mess, look no further...

Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Conference Livestream

Tune into the Livestream during the event from 9:15 AM to 3:15 PM Eastern Time...

Docket Watch: Louisiana Supreme Court Finds Sentence of Life Without Parole For Juvenile Unconstitutional

• Ronald Joseph Lampard

The United States Supreme Court held in Graham v. Florida that the Eighth Amendment prohibits...

The Bureau Shrinks the Supply of Smaller Dollar Loans. What About the Demand?

• Wayne A. Abernathy

These days the financial regulators are engaging in a careful but high priority regulatory reform...

The Pernicious Misunderstanding of Effects of Policies on Racial Differences in Criminal Justice Outcomes

• James Scanlan

On September 12, 2017, the Sentencing Project released a “Fact Sheet:  Black Disparities in Youth...

Federalist Society Press Call: Jesner v. Arab Bank & the Trump Travel Ban Cases

• Eugene Kontorovich,
• Ilya Somin

On October 5, 2017, Prof. Eugene Kontorovich and Prof. Ilya Somin joined the Federalist Society...

New NLRB Member William Emanuel Does Not Have to Recuse in All Class-Action Waiver Cases

• Raymond J. LaJeunesse

According to the October 3 Daily Labor Report, “New labor board member William Emanuel (R)...

Docket Watch: The Constitutionality of School Choice Tax Credits (Gaddy v. Georgia Department of Revenue)

• Jason Bedrick

The Georgia Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Gaddy v. Georgia Department of Revenue continues the...

Federal Court Strikes Down Obama-era Corporate Anti-Inversion Tax Regulations

• Eileen J. O'Connor

  In April 2016, The United States Department of Treasury employed a technique it commonly...