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Due Process
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The Right Coast
Due Process Is Good, He Said Controversially – TK News by Matt Taibbi
The only protection most have against accusations is in the law, and in whatever meager level of general respect the public maintains for it. In the Trump years, belief in…
Subject to Inquiry
Courts Adopt Varying Approaches to Implementing Due Process Protections Act
By V. Kathleen Dougherty, Michael F. Easley, Jr.
In a December 2020 article, we highlighted in this blog the amendment of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 5(f) in the new Due Process Protections Act (“DPPA” or “the Act”).…
Minding Your Business
One to Watch: Constitutional Challenges to NYC’s Price Gouging Rule
By Christopher E. Ondeck, John R. Ingrassia, Kelly Landers Hawthorne
On March 18, 2021, retailer Union Square Supply, Inc. filed a civil rights class action lawsuit in the Southern District of New York challenging New York City's price gouging enforcement…
School Law
Revise That IEP Before It’s Too Late
By Alyce Alfano, Sarah Gleason
On March 3, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit made clear that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) does not permit school districts to…
The Insightful Immigration Blog
The Law Does Not Compel the Impossible– Or Does It?: Matter of C-C- and Awuku-Asare v. Garland
“Lex non cogit ad impossibilia.” In English, as translated by the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, that means: “The law does not compel the doing of impossibilities.” In…
Simple Justice
Will Biden Shift The Title IX Paradigm?
On the one hand, it’s ironic that the guy who was given the opportunity to beat back the Tara Reade accusations would deny that opportunity to male students, who are…
Simple Justice
Dahlia Discovers Due Process
Kavanaugh? Nope, she can’t even step foot in the Supreme Court anymore knowing that “rapist” is on the bench. Kozinski? Not a chance. Cuomo? Ah, yes. Cuomo. I am a…
The Right Coast
Is mob justice now poetic justice? | TheHill
Cuomo deserves due process, despite loudly denying it for others. Simply because Boylan made the allegations is not proof of guilt. Both sides have a right to be heard not…
On Point
SCOW to address due process right to notice of recommitment hearing
By Wisconsin State Public Defender
Sauk County v. S.A.M., 2019AP1033, petition for review granted 2/24/21; case activity Issues for review: 1. Whether S.A.M.’s appeal from his recommitment is moot because it expired before S.A.M. filed…
Criminal
Split Washington Supreme Court rules state’s strict liability felony drug possession law violates due process
The Washington Supreme Court issued an interesting split decision yesterday concerning the state's drug possession law. Here is how the majority opinion in Washington v. Blake, No. 96873-0 (Wash. Feb.…