The court denied a request to reinstate part of the law requiring applicants to provide additional information to prove citizenship to register and requiring election officials to forward failed applications to “the county attorney and attorney general for investigation.”
Before he leaves the Oval Office in January, President Joe Biden wants to see Congress take up a constitutional amendment restoring criminal liability for U.S. presidents in response to the recent Supreme Court decision granting the chief executive broad immunity.
Several attorneys representing clients in front of the Supreme Court told Law Week about what the recent decisions mean for regulatory, housing, insurance, employment and copyright law.
The Supreme Court granted Trump broad immunity in his official capacity, but left it to the lower courts to decide the line between official and unofficial acts in many instances.