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Due Process
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International Law Prof Blog
Paraguay Suspends Due Process
Yesterday, the Paraguayan Congress voted to give the President and army emergency powers to deal with guerillas who are responsible for kidnappings in the northern part of the country. The Congress proclaimed constitutional order at risk and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting discussion of state juve bind-over procedures
Main April 22, 2010Interesting discussion of state juve bind-over proceduresThis local piece out of Denver, which is headlined "Children behind bars: Why Colorado is trigger-happy when it comes to sentencing…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Reason Number 1001 for Keeping Local Law Enforcement OUT of Federal Immigration Enforcement: 10 ACLU Sues Jefferson County Sheriff for Illegally Imprisoning Colorado Resident Suspected of Immigration Violations
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit in federal court today against the Sheriff of Jefferson County in Colorado arguing that he unjustifiably and illegally…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Bassett on Preclusion in Class Actions
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Professor Debra Lyn Bassett (Southwestern Law School) has posted "Just Go Away: Representation, Due Process, and Preclusion in Class Actions" on SSRN. It will be published in the Brigham Young…
International Law Prof Blog
U.S. Authorizes Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizen
According to a report in the New York Times yesterday, the Obama Administration has taken the unusual step of authorizing the targeted killing of a U.S. citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, a Muslim…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Justice for Immigration’s Hidden Population
Texas Appleseed, with pro bono counsel Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, today released its report, Justice for Immigration’s Hidden Population (Download 1269915942_Immigration Detains Booklet_ONLINE_REV[1]), and urged major changes…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Judge Calls Electronic Monitoring Excessive Bail in Child Pornography Case”
Main March 26, 2010"Judge Calls Electronic Monitoring Excessive Bail in Child Pornography Case" The title of this post is the headline of this piece in the New York Law Journal,…
inversecondemnation.com
8th Circuit: Federal Takings Lawsuit Not Ripe
In granting a special zoning exemption to Shelter House, Iowa City allowed it to build a homeless shelter on land next to Mr. and Mrs. Dahlen's mobile home park. After…
EvidenceProf Blog
Immigration Man: Third Circuit Finds That Results Of Asylum Investigation Were Properly Admitted
By Colin Miller
It is well established that "[t]he Federal Rules of Evidence do not apply in immigration proceedings." Liu v. Attorney General of the United States, 2010 WL 772166 (3rd Cir. 2010). That said,…
Legal Profession Blog
Reciprocal Discipline Imposed
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals rejected the contentions of a high-profile attorney that he had been denied due process and that there was an infirmity of proof in…