No. 19-1233

Robert Doyle v. Douglas Palmer, Clerk, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-04-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: bar-admission civil-rights delegation-of-power due-process federal-court federal-courts first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association freedom-of-conscience judicial-branch judicial-delegation legislative-power standing
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment FifthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-06-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress may delegate power to the Judicial Branch to enact federal-court bar-admission requirements

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether Congress may delegate, to the Judicial Branch, the power to enact federal-court baradmission requirements that Congress lacks the power to enact directly. 2. Whether a federal district court may, consistent with the First Amendment, force a bar applicant to associate with a member of the bar of that court and engage, with that member, in a significant amount of expressive conduct. 3. Whether a federal district court may, consistent with the First Amendment, force a bar applicant to waive his freedom of conscience. i

Docket Entries

2020-06-22
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
2020-04-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 20, 2020)

Attorneys

Palmer, Douglas
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Robert Doyle
Todd Charles BankTodd C. Bank, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Todd Charles BankTodd C. Bank, Attorney at Law, Petitioner