Unpublished Opinions 27 | The Law of the Spirits

John Wrench is joined by Diana Simpson and Patrick Jaicomo to discuss the truly frightful! Like, what to make of the Supreme Court’s latest refusal to address whether the government needs to pay innocent people when it destroys or damages their property, and what can be distilled from the justices’ insistence on further “percolation” of the issue? Speaking of which, the Court will weigh in on a challenge to the federal ban on distilling spirits at home; might it rein in horrifyingly broad interpretations of the Necessary and Proper Clause? Finally, they speculate about law’s experiences with the spectral, including witness testimony about ghostly encounters and the practical challenges of selling a haunted house.

Diana’s Chicago impound case

IJ’s SWAT takings cases

McNutt at SCOTUS