Is Kamala Harris a Natural Born Citizen?
At Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene Volokh: Yes, Kamala Harris Is Indeed a Natural-Born Citizen. From the introduction: I saw over the weekend that some people argue that Kamala Harris is ineligible to be Vice-President: apparently her parents weren’t citizens when...
The Faithless Electors Case: Not as Bad as it Might Have Been
Monday’s decision in Chiafalo v. Washington (the “faithless electors” case) was a relatively short, crisp, kind-of textualist/originalist opinion by Justice Kagan (for seven Justices, with Thomas, joined in part by Gorsuch, concurring separately). ...
Are (Most) Independent Agencies Unconstitutional after Seila Law v. CFPB?
I think maybe they are. On its face, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau looks modest. The Court (per Chief Justice Roberts, joined by Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh) declined to extend the rule...