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Due Process
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Texas judge reconsidering declaration that state’s death penalty is unconstitutional
Main March 10, 2010Texas judge reconsidering declaration that state's death penalty is unconstitutionalThis new AP piece, which is headlined "Texas judge rescinds anti-death penalty ruling," provides the latest news concerning…
ImmigrationProf Blog
More on Arpaio’s Abuse of Pregnant Women
Valeria Fernández writes for IPS News:PHOENIX, Arizona, Mar 4, 2010 (IPS) - When Maricopa County sheriff's deputies raided Celia Alejandra Alvarez's workplace and discovered her hiding place, she says they lifted…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable Second Circuit ruling about inmate classification as a sex offender
Main March 4, 2010Notable Second Circuit ruling about inmate classification as a sex offender Earlier this week, the Second Circuit issued an interesting ruling in Vega v. Lantz, No. 08-4748…
Land Use Prof Blog
Rajora on Land Acquisition in the U.S. and India
Varsha Rajora has posted Land Acquisition: Its Legal and Constitutional Implications. The abstract:Property is the most ancient, the most vital institution, with which man became concerned. Its original function is…
TortsProf Blog
Guest Blogger Alan Calnan: On Due Process, Probable Cause, Duty and Torts
Nothing in torts is more sacrosanct than the aggrieved party’s right to sue. Some theorists see it as a political right of access to an important public institution. Others say…
NC Legal Landscapes
Legislating Ethics — Part 2 — Conflicts of Interest in Quasi-Judicial Proceedings
By Tom Terrell
Many sermons and discussions on ethics include a story from an episode of The Andy Griffith Show. Today’s post is no different. In one of the later Andy…
Reverse & Render
Due Process requires an opportunity to be heard
The Dallas Court of Appeals has held that "due process requires that a party be given the opportunity to present its arguments to a court before the court makes a…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Arar Files Cert. Petition in Detention, Access, Torture Case
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The Center for Constitutional Rights yesterday filed a cert. petition in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Maher Arar, the Canadian citizen detained by U.S. authorities, denied access to the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Elizabeth Foley on the Constitutional Implications of Human Cloning
Elizabeth Price Foley (Florida International University College of Law) has posted The Constitutional Implications of Human Cloning on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Given the theoretical inevitability of human cloning,…
Civil Service Disqualification Appeals Attorney Blog
Article 78 appeal to teacher’s termination denied
Matter of Kevin Cummins v New York City Department of Education Petitioner brought about this Article 78 proceeding to appeal his termination by the New York City Department of Education,…