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  This morning, the Supreme Court asked the United States' Solicitor General to weigh in on Rinehart v. California, PLF's challenge to California's suction dredge mining ban. The case raises significant questions about federalism, preemption, and state regulation of federal lands. The federal government encourages mining on federal l ...

During this week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Judge Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court, Ranking Member Diane Feinstein repeatedly used the term "superprecedent" to describe the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade. Her line of questioning was aimed at badgering the judge into agreeing with her that Roe enjoys a higher degr ...

I had the honor of learning from Judge Neil Gorsuch while I attended the University of Colorado Law School, both as his student in the classroom and as his intern for a semester at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Because Judge Gorsuch has had a big influence on my legal education and career, I have watched his confirmation hearings with great i ...

Today, each of the Senate Judiciary Committee's 20 members will have 30 minutes to ask questions of Judge Gorsuch. Interested readers may view the hearing live or recorded at the Committee's website. Copies of Judge Gorsuch's responses to written questions and other written submissions are available here for those who want to read them. Rather tha ...

His own words are better and more important than any analysis and comment from us. Anyone with the least interest in Judge Gorsuch's nomination should listen to his statement from beginning to end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNaOiDueFlM For what its worth, my favorite part is the tribute he offers to his wife. ...

Following almost four hours of occasionally interesting statements by the 21 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judge Gorsuch was introduced by a panel of three: Colorado's two United Senators, and former Acting Solicitor General of the United States Neal Katyal. Republican Senator Cory Gardner began the introduction, with a somewhat pit ...

Today was day one of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Most of the day was taken up with statements made by the 21 Senators on the Committee, which took up almost four hours of the four and a half hour day. While much of it was unremarkable in substance, a few highlights are worth n ...

I am interviewed for an article published this afternoon in the Heritage Foundation's Daily Signal, previewing the procedural aspects of the Senate's confirmation process for Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court. Anytime a major decision is before the United States Senate, the 60 vote majority rule plays a role. This article lays ou ...

Several weeks ago we blogged about our amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the widely followed North Carolina bathroom case, about whether federal law determines which bathrooms transgender students may use. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled that instead of determining whether the applicable statute and regulations had the asserted eff ...