Punch and Jurists

ACORN v. U.S., No. 09-cv-4888 (NG) (E.D.N.Y.) (662 F.Supp.2d 285) (December 11, 2009) (Judge Nina Gershon) by During the last Presidential election, it sometimes seemed as if politicians had adopted a dramatic new and universal campaign tactic. Instead of equating themselves at every opportunity with the past standbys of apple …

Taylor v. Sebelius, No. CIV.A. 04-3063-KHV (D.Kan.) (350 F.Supp.2d 888) (December 29, 2004) (Judge Kathryn H. Vratil) by Plaintiff inmate filed suit against defendants, the Governor and Attorney General of Kansas and the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Corrections, alleging that the state regulation imposing a monthly supervision fee …

U.S. v. Brown, No. 399 (U.S. Supreme Court) (381 U.S. 437; 85 S.Ct. 1707) (June 7, 2065) (Justice Warren) by In this case the Court invalidated, as a bill of attainder, a law that made it a crime for members of the Communist party to serve as officers of labor …

U.S. v. Munsterman, No. 98-30140 (9th Cir.) (177 F.3d 1139) (May 25, 1999) (Judge William W. Schwarzer) by Citing U.S. v. Brown, 381 U.S. 437, 448-49 (1965), the Court acknowledged that "legislative acts, no matter what their form, that apply either to named individuals or to easily ascertainable members of …