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Due Process
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Education Law Prof Blog
Settlement Reached For Student Expelled After Protesting College’s Parking Deck Plans
A settlement has been reached in Barnes v. Zaccari, the long-running case in which a Valdosta State University (Ga.) student was expelled in 2007 after he protested the VSU president's plans…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Incarcerated Children and Mothers Denied Due Process
Today, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), the American Immigration Council, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) called Immigration and Customs…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Due Process Required Reasonable Notice Of Stock Share Transfer
Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeals held that four daughters were deprived of due process rights when a guardianship court ordered the transfer of disputed stock shares without giving notice. …
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Zablocki Decision as Key to Legal Analysis in Same-Sex Marriage Case
By Tracy Thomas
Quoted in the local papers on my thoughts on Obergefell. High Court Rules in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage. It's all about Zablocki.Tracy Thomas, associate dean of The University of Akron School of Law said…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Kennedy’s reasoning
By John Kang
In Obergefell v. Hodges, Justice Kennedy's rhetoric is elegant, and as a cultural document, his judicial opinion has been celebrated by many Americans--and many more will celebrate in the future.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
What Level of Scrutiny in the Same-Sex Marriage Case?
By Tracy Thomas
This is the question that all law professors, lawyers, and journalists seem fixated on after the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision in Obergefell. The emerging conclusion seems to be that…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS finds, per Justice Scalia, that ACCA residual clause is unconstitutionally vague
Main June 26, 2015SCOTUS finds, per Justice Scalia, that ACCA residual clause is unconstitutionally vague In a very important Fifth Amendment criminal procedure ruling, though one certain to be overlooked…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Decides Fourteenth Amendment Requires States to License Same-Sex Marriage
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn a closely-divided opinion, with the majority written by Justice Kennedy, the Court has decided that the Fourteenth Amendment…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Symposium on Kerry v. Din: Due Process and Plenary Power by Matthew J. Lindsay
Here is the next installment in the symposium on Kerry v. Din.Due Process and Plenary Power by Matthew J. LindsayThe three opinions issued in Kerry v. Din collectively demonstrate both…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Symposium on Kerry v. Din: Due Process Rights, Beyond Marriage by Rachel Rosenbloom
The symposium on Kerry v. Din continues with this contribution by Professor Rachel Rosenbloom (Northeastern):Due Process Rights, Beyond Marriage by Rachel RosenbloomElizabeth Keyes has provided a critique of Justice Scalia’s…