and one appointed by former President George W.
In NRSC v. FEC, the 6th Circuit upheld the party coordination limits by a 14-1 vote on the grounds that they were bound by the Colorado II precedent. The court’s conservative judges, however, said they believed recent Supreme Court decisions would lead to the limit being struck down, but only the Supreme Court could do so. Only one judge believed the appeals court had enough justification to overturn the Supreme Court’s precedent.
In the Bruen case, the Supreme Court’s six conservative justices introduced a two-step test for the review of restrictions on firearms that requires judges to search for historical analogues to the legislation at issue around the time the Constitution was written.as judges take on the role of historians, choosing how to interpret history to reach their opinions while also diverging on what Founding era laws or traditions count as historical analogues.
“Corruption, in the American tradition, does not just include blatant bribes and theft from the public till, but encompasses many situations where politicians and public institutions serve private interests at the public’s expense,” Teachout wrote. “This idea of corruption jealously guards the public morality of the interactions between representatives of government and private parties, foreign parties, or other politicians.”Thank you for your past contribution to HuffPost.