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Vikram Amar

Vikram D. Amar is the Daniel J. Dykstra Endowed Chair and a Distinguished Professor of Law at the UC Davis School of Law. From 2015 to 2023 Amar was the Dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law at ...
Although congressional subpoenas for the president's information may be enforceable, the court below in this case did not take adequate account of the significant separation of powers concerns ...
Gator’s Custom Guns, Inc. v. Washington, SCOTUSblog, Stay informed on every decision Receive essential Court news every morning. The premier source for Supreme Court news, analysis, and data since ...
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A defendant may be convicted of conspiring to violate the Hobbs Act, <a href=" target="_blank">18 U.S.C. § 1951, based on proof that he reached ...
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional; its formula can no longer be used as a basis for subjecting jurisdictions to preclearance.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit's judgment, which vacated the district court's injunction of California's compelled disclosure of I.R.S. Form 990 Schedule Bs as not narrowly tailored ...
A forum-selection clause may be enforced by a motion to transfer under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), which provides that, "[f]or the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a ...
When the conduct of the defendant, a Georgia police officer, occurred entirely in Georgia, the mere fact that his conduct affected plaintiffs with connections to Nevada does not authorize ...