Preemption. NLRA. Experts discuss the foreseeable, aggravated and imminent danger needed to remove unions from protection under the National Labor Relations Act and to allow actions in state courts to proceed.

Criminal Law. Venue. Double Jeopardy Clause. Sixth Amendment. Experts analyze the Supreme Court’s holdings in important criminal law cases. In Smith v. United States the Court rules that double jeopardy does not apply to trials conducted in the wrong venue. Samia v. United States addresses whether use of a non-testifying co-defendant’s confession at trial violates the right to confront witnesses. Finally, they discuss what the dismissal after oral argument of In Re Grand Jury might mean to efforts to expand the scope of the attorney-client privilege.

Elections. Independent State Legislature Theory. Voting Rights Act. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Independent State Legislature Theory in Moore v. Harper, and  the Court’s reaffirmation and application of the Thornburg v. Gingles test to districting questions in Allen v. Milligan.

Equal Protection. Title VI. Affirmative Action. Experts discuss the Courts move from allowing the consideration of race to remedy past harms and promote diversity, to the emerging constitutional requirement to create a color-blind society.