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Due Process
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Should and will SCOTUS take up constitutional challenge to Minnesota’s sex offender confinement program?
Main August 9, 2017Should and will SCOTUS take up constitutional challenge to Minnesota's sex offender confinement program?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this effective Minnesota…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Report: Still No Action Taken: Complaints Against Border Patrol Agents Continue to Go Unanswered
Today, the American Immigration Council released Still No Action Taken: Complaints Against Border Patrol Agents Continue to Go Unanswered, which analyzes complaints records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.U.S. Customs…
Consumer Finance Monitor
D.C. district court allows payday lenders’ due process claims to proceed against “Operation Choke Point”
On July 5, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District Columbia, in the lawsuit filed in 2014 challenging “Operation Choke Point” — a federal enforcement initiative involving various agencies,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Plea Agreements As Constitutional Contracts”
Main July 19, 2017"Plea Agreements As Constitutional Contracts"The title of this post is the title of this notable new article authored by Colin Miller available via SSRN. Here is the…
Drug & Device Law
What You Will See On Personal Jurisdiction Following BMS
The Supreme Court’s opinion on personal jurisdiction in BMS v. Superior Court has already made a substantial impact, despite being on the books for a mere three weeks. That’s probably…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Supreme Court allows Wisconsin to enforce fetal protection law pending appeal
ABA Journal (July 7, 2017): Supreme Court allows Wisconsin to enforced fetal protection law pending appeal, by Debra Cassens Weiss:Last week, the Supreme Court stayed a district court injunction of…
Louisiana Law Blog
United States Supreme Court Reverses California Supreme Court Decision that Extended the Jurisdictional Reach of State Courts
The United States Supreme Court recently issued an opinion which significantly limits the ability of a state court to assert personal jurisdiction over non-resident defendants. This ruling is hardly a…
Broker- Dealer Law Corner
The Unassailable FINRA Rule 8210
My dissatisfaction with FINRA's Rule 8210 and, more specifically, the aggressive manner with which FINRA wields that rule, has been the subject of several prior blogs. I happy to report…
Legal Profession Blog
Incredible But Not Dishonest
An unpublished opinion of the California State Bar Court Review Department concludes that an attorney accused of ethics violations cannot claim ineffective assistance of counselFletcher argues that he was denied…
PrawfsBlawg
SCOTUS Symposium: Most significant volume of U.S. Reports
Main Tuesday, June 13, 2017SCOTUS Symposium: Most significant volume of U.S. ReportsSomething fun to consider: What volume of United States Reports has the greatest number of canonical or important cases,…