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Due Process
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Statement of Linda A. Klein, president, American Bar Association Re: Recent executive orders on immigration
Statement of Linda A. Klein, president, American Bar Association Re: Recent executive orders on immigrationOur nation has the right to protect its borders to keep our citizens safe. At the same…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
SCOTUS Cert Grant on Personal Jurisdiction: Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court
The U.S. Supreme Court’s docket of civil procedure and federal courts cases continues to expand. Today the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court, which will…
The Right Coast
Federal Judges Reject Orange County’s Claim That Social Workers Didn’t Know It Was Wrong To Lie In Court | OC Weekly
Trott: You mean to tell us due process is consistent with a government official submitting perjured testimony and false evidence? How is that consistent? I mean I hate to get…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
SCOTUS Cert Grant on General Jurisdiction & FELA
Today the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell, which presents the following question:In Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014), this Court held…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS back in action with booking fee process as first notable criminal case of 2017
Main January 8, 2017SCOTUS back in action with booking fee process as first notable criminal case of 2017The Supreme Court returns to action tomorrow morning, and the Court's January sitting…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Eighth Circuit panel reverses district court findings of substantive due process problems with Minnesota’s sex offender commitment program
Main January 3, 2017Eighth Circuit panel reverses district court findings of substantive due process problems with Minnesota's sex offender commitment programAs reported in this local article, a "federal appeals court…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Split Sixth Circuit ruling upholding protective order concerning lethal injection drugs might(!?!) enable Ohio to get back into execution game
Main December 31, 2016Split Sixth Circuit ruling upholding protective order concerning lethal injection drugs might(!?!) enable Ohio to get back into execution gameAs this local article reports, in the afternoon…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Third Circuit reverses (short) sentence based in part on “bare arrest record” … JAN 3, 2017 UPDATE: Opinion VACATED at “the direction of the Court” … AND on Jand 9, 2017 the opinion returns
Main December 30, 2016Third Circuit reverses (short) sentence based in part on "bare arrest record" ... JAN 3, 2017 UPDATE: Opinion VACATED at "the direction of the Court" ... AND…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS adds a few more criminal cases to its current merits docket
Main December 14, 2016SCOTUS adds a few more criminal cases to its current merits docketVia this post at SCOTUSblog, I see that the Supreme Court today added a handful of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Is Georgia really “rushing” to execute a defendant convicted of murder in 1990?
Main December 5, 2016Is Georgia really "rushing" to execute a defendant convicted of murder in 1990? The question in the title of this post is prompted by this new New…