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Due Process
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Court Upholds Denial of Parole to Pregnant Woman to Protect Unborn Child
By Tracy Thomas
Commonwealth v. Becker, (Pa. Super. Ct. Oct. 10, 2017)P & P opposed Becker's parole because of the risk that she may use heroin while pregnant. The trial court shared similar concerns,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DOJ Threatens to Turn Immigration Judges Into ‘Assembly-Line Workers’
Immigration Impact of the American Immigration Council reports that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is intending to implement numerical quotas on Immigration Judges as a way of evaluating their performance.…
PrawfsBlawg
Unconstitutional Intent and the Executive
Main Thursday, October 12, 2017Unconstitutional Intent and the Executive A central focus of the ongoing Travel Ban cases is whether the restrictions they impose are invalid because they were motivated…
PrawfsBlawg
Police as prosecutors
Main Sunday, October 08, 2017Police as prosecutorsA lawsuit in Manhattan civil court is challenging a program in which NYPD lawyers prosecute summons cases, pursuant to a delegation by the Manhattan…
inversecondemnation.com
5th Circuit: Texas Delegating Eminent Domain Power To A Private Pipeline Isn’t A Due Process Problem
A quick one since we're in transit, and don't really have time to post much. But that doesn't mean that the Fifth Circuit's opinion in Boerschig v. Trans-Pecos Pipeline, L.L.C. , No. …
ImmigrationProf Blog
How A Bond Hearing Saved Me From Deportation By Mark Hwang
The ACLU blog has an interesting post on Jennings v. Rodriguez, the immigrant detention case argued in the Supreme Court today.How A Bond Hearing Saved Me From Deportation By Mark…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting comments from the new Justice during reargument of vagueness issues inSessions v. Dimaya
Main October 3, 2017Interesting comments from the new Justice during reargument of vagueness issues in Sessions v. DimayaThe first week of oral argument in front of the Supreme Court in…
The Right Coast
Vast majority of Democratic voters support due process for accused students – The College Fix
Strong majorities of Democrats believe students accused of sexual assault should have the right to know the charges against them before being called to defend themselves (80 percent) and punished…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Yale Law School clinic report looks at “Parole Revocation in Connecticut: Opportunities to Reduce Incarceration”
Main September 28, 2017Yale Law School clinic report looks at "Parole Revocation in Connecticut: Opportunities to Reduce Incarceration"A helpful reader alerted me to this new report released by The Criminal…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Will SCOTUS Let Fear of Sex Offenders Trump Justice?”
Main September 27, 2017"Will SCOTUS Let Fear of Sex Offenders Trump Justice?"The title of this post is the headline of this new Reason commentary by Jacob Sullum spotlighting two cases…