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Due Process
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Human Rights at Home Blog
SCOTUS: Denial of Immigrants’ Due Process
The latest maneuver to deny immigrants access to the courts is to call their deportation process "expedited". SCOTUS denied a petition to hear the case of Castro v US Department…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS rules 7-1 that due process precludes requiring defendant to prove innocence by clear and convincing evidence to recover assessments after invalidated conviction
Main April 19, 2017SCOTUS rules 7-1 that due process precludes requiring defendant to prove innocence by clear and convincing evidence to recover assessments after invalidated convictionThe Supreme Court this morning…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal district judge declares unconstitutional Arizona law requiring defendant to prove lack of sexual intent for contact with child
Main April 6, 2017Federal district judge declares unconstitutional Arizona law requiring defendant to prove lack of sexual intent for contact with childA helpful reader alerted me to this new Slate…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Trial Lawyers’ Report Concludes Campus Sexual Assault Process Unfair Against Accused
By Tracy Thomas
New Report on Colleges and Sex Assault CasesWith the Trump administration reportedly debating whether to reverse Obama administration guidance on how colleges should investigate sexual assault, a group of trial…
PrawfsBlawg
Your Fed Courts/Civil Rights Exam
Main Wednesday, April 05, 2017Your Fed Courts/Civil Rights ExamIdentify the problems with this complaint: The victims who will testify in the Michigan sexual-abuse prosecution Lawrence Nassar, the former doctor for…
Washington Energy Report
Federal District Court Dismisses Suit Accusing FERC of Pro-Industry Bias
By Russell Kooistra, Jasmine Hites
On March 22, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (“District Court”) dismissed a complaint by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network (“DRN”) alleging that its members had been…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Grossi on Procedural Due Process
Simona Grossi has posted on SSRN a draft of her article, Procedural Due Process. Here’s the abstract:Any democratic judicial system must be built on the principle of due process, the…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
ABA White Collar Crime Conference – Title IX
By Ellen Podgor
This is the first time the ABA White Collar Crime Conference had a panel focused on "Due Process on Today's Campus: Handling IX Abuse and Harassment Cases." Moderating this conference was…
Restructuring Globalview
A Long Road Trip: The GM Bankruptcy Saga Continues
In a prior blog post, we discussed the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ reversal of the bankruptcy court in In re General Motors. In its opinion, the Second Circuit held…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS rules inBecklesthat federal advisory guidelines are not subject to Due Process vagueness challenges
Main March 6, 2017SCOTUS rules in Beckles that federal advisory guidelines are not subject to Due Process vagueness challengesThe Supreme Court this morning issued a big opinion concerning the operation…