In Shopify, 2025 FC 969, Régimbald J synthesizes recent SCC jurisprudence underscoring "the centrality of legislative text to the exercise of statutory interpretation." This picks up on CISSS A and other recent cases emphasizing the text as the "anchor" of interpretation.
05.06.2025 13:55 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Judgments on Leave Applications - SCC Cases
Leave granted: decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
My paper: cbr.cba.org/index.php/cb...
01.05.2025 19:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave in Democracy Watch, which will test--post-Vavilov--the extent to which legislatures can oust judicial review of administrative action. A significant case for the scope of judicial review in Canada. Consult my paper for one position on the issue.
01.05.2025 19:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Fair is Fair
The requirements of due process are often minimal, but still important.
New post by @markpmancini.bsky.social on the importance of procedure and legal orderliness. doubleaspect.blog/2025/04/22/f...
22.04.2025 19:00 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Overseen or Overlooked? | Stanford University Press
"War is too important to be left to the generals," declared French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau over a century ago. But which civilians, exactly, play the most important roles in controlling the ...
How involved are legislatures in overseeing military and defence issues?
Our new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book answers that question by comparing fifteen countries.
"Overseen or Overlooked? Legislators, Armed Forces, and Democratic Accountability"
www.sup.org/books/politi...
24.04.2025 19:58 — 👍 23 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1
Fair is Fair
The requirements of due process are often minimal, but still important.
My first post on here: I wrote something on the importance of due process in the Abrego Garcia case, responding to VP Vance's contentions. I draw a bit on Justice Scalia and Thomas More, too. This is a troubling case for all sorts of reasons.
doubleaspect.blog/2025/04/22/f...
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