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Title II as a Viable Approach in Addition to the Eighth Amendment and Other Great Stuff
For those into baseball, the last week of the season is going to be pretty wild with several wildcard teams trying to figure out positioning and some even trying to…
Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
Wisconsin Appeals Court Overturns $20,000 Municipal Forfeiture for Parking Commercial Trucks in Residential Area
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals last week held that a $20,000 municipal forfeiture for parking commercial trucks in a residential driveway was unconstitutionally excessive. District 2 Judge Mark Gundrum…
The State of Justice Blog
New motion in DOJ case documents 7 years of complacency and denial following state leaders’ promises to address human rights crisis in Alabama prisons
By Eddie Burkhalter and Carla Crowder Seven years after the United States Department of Justice first documented unconstitutional levels of violence, sexual assault, and excessive force by guards fueled by…
Indiana Commercial Foreclosure Law
Impact Of SCOTUS Tax Sale Opinion On Indiana Commercial Foreclosure Law: Sheriff’s Sale Bidding
There was plenty of media coverage earlier this Summer leading up to, and in the wake of, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Pung. You don’t need me to summarize…
Smith Anderson News
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Eighth Amendment Case Supported by Smith Anderson Amicus Brief
Smith Anderson attorneys Hunter Bruton and John Gibbons prepared an amicus brief urging the Court to grant review.The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the Alaska…
Criminal Jurisdiction
Statutes to Consider for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child from a Criminal Defense Lawyer in Houston
By Rebeca.pirela@alphacomarketing.com
Found in Texas Penal Code § 21.02, continuous sexual abuse of a child is a pattern offense. The State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant, over a…
Critical Legal Thinking
Punishing Heat: A Materialist Account of Solar Radiation and Carceral Institutions
Photo by Haim Charbit on UnsplashAt the end of June 2026 much of Europe experienced its highest recorded temperatures since the 1950s. Cities like Paris approached 41°C, and large parts of the…
Wait A Second!
Bivens claim survives appellate review
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The greatest loophole in constitutional law is that there is no statute that allows you to sue federal officials for a constitutional violation. If you want to sue state and…
Simple Justice
The Beer That Cost A Plane
Only 50 years too late, the Supreme Court has granted a petition for certiorari to consider whether the asset forfeiture of a $95,000 plane is excessive for transporting beer to…
inversecondemnation.com
Pung Round-Up
Here is what we're reading today, comments and thoughts on yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Pung v. Isabella County.