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Due Process
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Legal Profession Blog
Judge’s Facebook Friendship With Litigant Violated Due Process
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that a judge's undisclosed Facebook interaction with a litigant amounted to a violation of due process. This case presents an issue of first impression:…
SALT Shaker
There’s No Turning Back: New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal Holds Retroactive Application of Statutory Amendments Violates Due Process
By Elizabeth Cha, Open Weaver Banks
The New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal struck down the retroactive application of legislative amendments to a taxpayer who reasonably relied on a precedential decision of the Tribunal that was…
The Asylumist
Why Immigrants Should Support Black Lives Matters, and How to Do It
By Jason Dzubow
For years, advocates for asylum seekers have been discussing the degradation of our nation’s immigration system: Due process protections have been eroded (or eliminated), non-violent aliens have been detained (sometimes…
The Asylumist
Why Immigrants Should Support Black Lives Matters, and How to Do It
By Jason Dzubow
For years, advocates for asylum seekers have been discussing the degradation of our nation’s immigration system: Due process protections have been eroded (or eliminated), non-violent aliens have been detained (sometimes…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Justice Sotomayor flags due process concerns with how Eleventh Circuit considers inmate efforts to file second/successive habeas petition under AEDPA
The US Supreme Court has kicked off another work week with another anticlimactic order list this morning. The Court granted cert only on a procedural immigration issue, while failing to…
Immigration
Justice Sotomayor flags due process concerns with how Eleventh Circuit considers inmate efforts to file second/successive habeas petition under AEDPA
The US Supreme Court has kicked off another work week with another anticlimactic order list this morning. The Court granted cert only on a procedural immigration issue, while failing to…
PropertyProf Blog
Mandelker on Land Use and Due Process Challenges
By Chris Odinet
Daniel R. Mandelker (Washington University) has posted Litigating Land Use Cases in Federal Court: A Substantive Due Process Primer (Real Property, Trust, & Estate Law Journal) on SSRN. Here's the…
Land Use Developments
Court Invalidates City’s Denial of Conditional Use Permit Because Councilmember’s Pre-Hearing Actions Demonstrated Bias
In an important new case certified for publication on May 8, 2020, Petrovich Development Company, LLC v. City of Sacramento, __ Cal.App.5th __ (2020) (Case No. C087283), the Third District…
Chicago Criminal Law Blog
DeVos redoes sexual assault allegation rules in campus cases
A decade ago, many believed that sexual assault allegations were too often given scant attention by colleges and that accusers were routinely discouraged from reporting attacks. The Obama administration tried…
Chicago Criminal Law Blog
DeVos redoes sexual assault allegation rules in campus cases
A decade ago, many believed that sexual assault allegations were too often given scant attention by colleges and that accusers were routinely discouraged from reporting attacks. The Obama administration tried…