Those who know former New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Patricio “Pat” Serna may, on rare occasions, hear him mention that he hails from the small, western New Mexico town of Reserve, which has a population of between 300 and 400. Reserve … Continue reading
Timothy Sandefur, a Principal Attorney at the libertarian Pacific Legal Foundation (which sometimes files amicus curiae briefs in New Mexico’s appellate courts), and frequent commentator on legal issues, will speak on July 31 about his new book, The Conscience of … Continue reading
Yesterday the Tenth Circuit voted to deny en banc review in Kerr v. Hickenlooper. Judges Hartz, Tymkovich, Holmes, and Gorsuch dissented. To recap, the Guarantee Clause is located in Article IV, Section 4 of the United States Constitution, and provides … Continue reading
The State Bar’s annual Appellate Practice Institute is scheduled to take place on Friday, December 5, 2014 at the State Bar Center in Albuquerque. Save the date, file a notice of unavailability … you don’t want to miss it! More … Continue reading
I am a big fan of Dean Erwin Chemerinsky’s yearly review of the Supreme Court’s decisions. I’ve seen his live presentations at the Tenth Circuit Bench & Bar Conference, which are truly impressive because of Prof. Chemerinsky’s deep command of the facts … Continue reading
On Tuesday, July 1, the Albuquerque Bar Association held a forum for the two candidates for the New Mexico Court of Appeals, incumbent Judge Miles Hanisee, the Republican nominee, and his challenger, appellate lawyer Kerry Kiernan, the Democratic nominee. The forum … Continue reading
In New Mexico, a state statute provides that residential property taxes cannot be raised more than 3% per year, unless the home is sold, in which case the next property tax assessment can be for the home’s full value. This means that when a … Continue reading
The Supreme Court’s October 2013 Term concluded yesterday, so now it’s time to take a look at how our beloved Tenth Circuit fared. The answer is “pretty well.” The Supreme Court reviewed four cases from the Tenth Circuit, affirming two … Continue reading
This morning the Tenth Circuit issued its much-anticipated decision in Kitchen v. Herbert, affirming the decision of a federal district court striking down Utah’s marriage law, which restricted marriage to one man and one woman, and holding that the United … Continue reading
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will speak in Santa Fe on August 15, 2014 at a conference called “Risk and Reinvention: How Women Are Changing the World.” The conference is hosted by the Women’s International Study Center, and will … Continue reading
