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Due Process
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Ensuring Due Process Protections for Central American Refugees
Philip E. Wolgin fo rthe Center for American Progress has a new column that considers major due process failings in the process surrounding the removal process of asylum-seekers arrested in recent the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Families in Fear: The Atlanta Immigration Raids
The federal government has engaged in an aggressive immigration raids in Atlanta and elsewhere that targeted women and children from Central America. A report released today by the Southern Poverty Law…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Dismisses Non-Exculpated Claim with Prejudice
In the recent Court of Chancery opinion in the matter of In re EZCORP Inc. Consulting Agreements Derivative Litigation, C.A. No. 9962-VCL (Del. Ch., Jan. 15, 2016), Delaware's equity court explains in…
Education Law Prof Blog
Allegations of Abuse of Students with Disabilities Not Enough to “Shock Conscience” of the Sixth Circuit, by Mark Weber
By Derek Black
The Sixth Circuit recently decided Domingo v. Kowalski, No. 14–3957, 2016 WL 76213 (6th Cir. Jan. 7, 2016). The court affirmed a grant of summary judgment against parents of three…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Guilt, Innocence, and Due Process of Plea Bargaining”
Main January 11, 2016"Guilt, Innocence, and Due Process of Plea Bargaining"The title of this post is the title of this recent paper authored by Donald Dripps that I just noticed…
Education Law Prof Blog
Firing of New York City Teacher Raises First Amendment and Performance Issues
By Derek Black
The story of teachers--or any employee for that matter--who spoke up on a controversial reason only to be later terminated for performance based reasons is an old one. Board of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Statement of Paulette Brown, President, American Bar Association Re: Immigration Raids Targeting Central American Families Seeking U.S. Protection
Statement of Paulette Brown, President, American Bar Association Re: Immigration Raids Targeting Central American Families Seeking U.S. ProtectionWASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2016–– The American Bar Association condemns the U.S. government’s operation…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Michigan Supreme Court takes up punishing questions about lifetime sex offender registration
Main December 20, 2015Michigan Supreme Court takes up punishing questions about lifetime sex offender registrationAs reported in this local article, the "Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to look at the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Top Massachusetts court decides due process now demands heightened proof standard for sex offender classification
Main December 13, 2015Top Massachusetts court decides due process now demands heightened proof standard for sex offender classificationA helpful reader alerted me to a notable new procedural ruling by the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The Armed Career Criminal Act: Imprecise, Indeterminate, and Unconstitutional”
Main December 12, 2015"The Armed Career Criminal Act: Imprecise, Indeterminate, and Unconstitutional"The title of this post is the title of this timely new piece authored by Michael Schearer and available…