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Due Process
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Is adequate due process for capital cases “arguably impossible”?
Main June 10, 2017Is adequate due process for capital cases "arguably impossible"?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this San Francisco Chronicle editorial complaining about the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“From Grace to Grids: Rethinking Due Process Protection for Parole”
Main June 2, 2017"From Grace to Grids: Rethinking Due Process Protection for Parole"The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper available via SSRN authored by…
PrawfsBlawg
SCOTUS OT16 Symposium: A Narrow Decision in BNSF
Main Tuesday, May 30, 2017SCOTUS OT16 Symposium: A Narrow Decision in BNSFThanks to Howard for the invitation! As it happens, my most-looked-for opinion was released this morning, in BNSF Railway…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
SCOTUS Decision on Personal Jurisdiction: BNSF Railway v. Tyrrell
Today the Supreme Court issued its decision in BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell, which was argued just over a month ago (and covered earlier here and here). Justice Ginsburg writes…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
Do State Lower-Court Decisions on Workers’ Compensation Matter?
I have a special appreciation for the questions of rising 3L law students – those who have completed their second year of law school but not yet started their third.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Perils of Expedited Removal: How Fast-Track Deportations Jeopardize Asylum Seekers
President Trump issued the Border Security executive order, which, among other things, proposes in Section 11 to expand "expedited removal." Previously, the Executive Branch had limited expedited removal -- a summary…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
More on Clower v. CVS Caremark (The recent Alabama case)
In Clower v. CVS Caremark the plaintiff challenged the Alabama cap on both indemnity benefits and attorneys’ fees. This post deals exclusively with the indemnity benefits question. (I’ll address attorneys’ fees…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Even When You Win, You Lose: Trump’s Executive Order & the Depressing State of Procedural Due Process in the Context of Immigration by Amy L. Moore
Even When You Win, You Lose: Trump's Executive Order & the Depressing State of Procedural Due Process in the Context of Immigration by Amy L. Moore, Belmont University - College of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Does due process require termination of proceedings where a detained respondent is forcibly separated from his family with identical claims for asylum? -YES By: Geoffrey A. Hoffman
Does due process require termination of proceedings where a detained respondent is forcibly separated from his family with identical claims for asylum? -YES by Geoffrey A. HoffmanThe University of Houston Law…
Patents Post-Grant
Ethical Guidelines for PTAB Judges
By Scott McKeown Wolf Greenfield
PTAB Ethics Accusations Are Misguided Critics of the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) are not hard to find — attorneys especially hate change. Since the start of AIA trial…