Publications

State Court Docket Watch: Guns Save Lives, Inc. v. Ali

Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down County Gun, Ammo Taxes

On October 21, 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court struck down two Cook County gun and...

State Court Docket Watch: Washington State Legislature v. Inslee

GianCarlo Canaparo

On November 10, 2021, the Washington Supreme Court handed the state legislature a win and...

State Court Docket Watch: City of Seattle v. Long

Ashli Raye Tagoai

Under Seattle’s Traffic Code, a vehicle may not be parked on a city street for...

What Happened to Natural Law in American Jurisprudence?

Kody Cooper

Federalist Society Review, Volume 22

A Review of The Decline of Natural Law: How American Lawyers Once Used Natural Law and...

2021 Civil Justice Update

Mark A. Behrens

White Paper

This paper reviews key civil justice issues and changes in 2021. Part I focuses on broad...

A Change in Direction for the Federal Trade Commission?

Lawrence J. Spiwak

Federalist Society Review, Volume 22

While antitrust and regulation are supposed to be two sides of the same coin,[1] there...

State Court Docket Watch: In Re Humphrey

Craig Trainor

On May 23, 2017, Kenneth Humphrey, a 66-year-old four-strike offender under California law,[1] followed a...

The Gordian Knot of Abortion Jurisprudence

Philip D. Williamson

Federalist Society Review, Volume 22

On December 1, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...

The Federalist Paper, Fall 2021

The Federalist Society’s staff and volunteer leaders are busy getting ready for the annual National...

State Court Docket Watch: Barnett v. Jones

Barrett Bowdre

In its recent opinion in Barnett v. Jones,[1] the Alabama Supreme Court applied textual rules...