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Due Process
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Municipal Minute
Court Rejected Lawsuit Challenging Denial of Local Pandemic Funding
During the pandemic, a City issued the "Safer at Home Order" which prohibited people from going out except for limited “essential activities.” To help mitigate economic damage as a result…
Appellate and Supreme Court
Split Supreme Court limits the extent of hearings required in civil forfeiture proceedings
The Supreme Court this moring issued a series of opinion in Culley v. Marshall, No. 22-585, concerning the process that is due in civil forfeiture proceedings. This Culley ruling limits, by a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Split Supreme Court limits the extent of hearings required in civil forfeiture proceedings
The Supreme Court this moring issued a series of opinion in Culley v. Marshall, No. 22-585, concerning the process that is due in civil forfeiture proceedings. This Culley ruling limits, by a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Resisting Mass Immigrant Prosecutions by Eric Fish
Resisting Mass Immigrant Prosecutions by Eric Fish, Yale Law Journal, ForthcomingAbstractOver the last two decades, U.S. courts have convicted hundreds of thousands of Latin American defendants for misdemeanor immigration crimes.…
Legal Profession Blog
New Trial For Harvey Weinstein; Dissent: “New York’s Women Deserve Better”
The New York Court of Appeals has granted Harvey Weinstein a new trialEvery person accused of a crime is constitutionally presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial and the…
Simple Justice
The Title IX Joke Is Back
Biden promised it would happen, and if there was any doubt he would keep his campaign promise, appointing Catherine Lhamon as chief of the Office of Civil Rights at the…
Other
“<em>Apprendi</em>, Punishment, and a Retroactive Theory of Revocation”
The title of this post is the title of this student note in the March 2024 Yale Law Journal authored by Jaewon Chris Kim that I just came across. Here…
Municipal Minute
Court Dismisses Due Process Claim Relating to Tobacco License Revocation
In AZ SPE, LLC v. City of Chicago, an Appellate Court dismissed a due process lawsuit brought by a company whose tobacco licenses had been revoked. AZ SPE, LLC (AZ)…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Rejects Medical Resident’s Due Process Claim
The Sixth Circuit rejected a procedural due process claim by a medical resident at a public medical school after the school dismissed the resident for unprofessional behavior. Consistent with other…
The Criminal & College Discipline Blog
Article: New Title IX Rules Will Impair Students’ Right to Due Process
By Scott Limmer
Title IX, the federal civil rights law that Congress enacted to prohibit sex discrimination in colleges and universities that accept federal funding,[1] has spawned conflicting and controversial regulatory approaches to…