legislative-interpretation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-832 Bonnie Michelle Smith v. Shirley Smith Georgia 2026-01-13 Pending Response Waived constitutional-law judicial-activism legislative-interpretation policy-making rule-of-law separation-of-powers 1) Does judicial activism violate the separation of powers? 2) Can the Court act as a super legislature that imposes its own policy preferences rathe…
24-5782 Harvey Miguel Robinson v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-circuit-split habeas-corpus jury-instructions legislative-interpretation sentencing-law state-court-review (1) Whether, under Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U.S. 154 (1994), a court may, in the course of instructing the jury that a life sentence means life …
20-493 Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, et al. v. Texas Fifth Circuit 2020-10-15 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) cabazon-band federal-restoration-act gaming gaming-regulation indian-tribes legislative-interpretation native-american-rights regulatory-jurisdiction restoration-act state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty ysleta-del-sur-pueblo Whether the Restoration Act provides the Pueblo with sovereign authority to regulate non-prohibited gaming activities on its lands (including bingo), …
19-7101 David Nowakowski v. E.E. Austin and Son, Inc., et al. Pennsylvania 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-organizations criminal-procedure criminal-racketeering due-process inchoate-crimes legal-remedies legislative-interpretation organized-crime pro-se pro-se-litigation racketeering standing statutory-construction Where a plaintiffs position falls within the scope of an open Legislative statement such as PA Code Title 18 Section 911 (a) (6); "in order to success…
19-5714 Dianne Michele Carter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-supremacy due-process federal-rules internal-revenue-code judicial-procedure legislative-interpretation separation-of-powers service-of-process standing takings 1. If the courts are to regard the Constitution and the Constitution is superior to any ordinary act of the legislature, is it the Constitution, and n…
18-1576 Adriano Kruel Budri v. Daniel M. Humphreys Texas 2019-06-25 Denied Response Waived civil-rights defamation due-process employment-dispute free-speech legislative-interpretation private-communication private-employment-dispute snyder-v-phelps statutory-construction texas-citizens-participation-act 1) Does the TCPA apply to a private employment dispute that involved allegedly defamatory statements in a private intended audience and being in a pri…
18-7013 In Re E. Edward Zimmermann 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congress constitution constitutional-interpretation federal-authority federal-government interstate-commerce intrastate-commerce legislative-interpretation regulatory-scope state-governments state-powers Does Article One of The Constitution of The United States (The Constitution) say, "We the people grant to ... The Congress of the United States the co…