The mixed legal status of cannabis has divided circuit courts over whether state and local regulation of dispensary licenses ...
Few areas of law have been able to expose the contradictions of federal cannabis policy quite like the Dormant Commerce Clause. The Constitution’s long-standing rule against state economic ...
Law students know him as the "Katzenbach" of Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 29 (1964), the "Ollies BBQ case" upholding Congressional power under the Commerce Clause for the accomodations portions of ...
The Supreme Court ruled today that California's Prop 12, which prohibits the in-state sale of whole pork meat that comes from breeding pigs that are "confined in a cruel manner," did not violate the ...
The dormant Commerce Clause is one of the oldest constitutional doctrines, dating to the early 1800s. The Commerce Clause of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to regulate interstate ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! In the context of the landmark Civil Rights Cases, U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow and Howard Law School Dean Danielle Holley-Walker ...
Welcome back to Higher Law, our weekly briefing on all things cannabis. I'm Cheryl Miller, reporting for Law.com from Sacramento. This week we're looking at: The possible release of HHS' rescheduling ...
A look at personal jurisdiction after Mallory. This Article assesses the impact of dormant commerce's return. Under today's doctrines, plaintiffs like Robert Mallory may face an uphill battle; yet ...
Disagreeing with successive rulings on the issue by a federal district court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has imposed a preliminary injunction on a Kentucky law that directs the ...