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The Faculty Lounge
Penn Law Faculty Sign Letter Criticizing School’s Sex Assault Adjudication Process
Sixteen Penn Law faculty members have signed an open letter criticizing the University's campus sex assault adjudication processes for being insufficiently protective of the rights of the accused. The letter…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Procedural Proportionality”
Main February 15, 2015"Procedural Proportionality"The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper by William Berry III now available via SSRN. Here is the abstract: Given…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Ruling in Alabama Marriage Litigation: Judge Granade Grants Injunction Against Mobile Probate Judge
Following today's hearing, federal judge Callie Granade issued a preliminary injunction against Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis. Here's the operative text:It is ORDERED and DECLARED that ALA. CONST. ART.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ohio Supreme Court finds multiple constitution flaws in mandatory sex offender sentencing process
Main February 11, 2015Ohio Supreme Court finds multiple constitution flaws in mandatory sex offender sentencing processThe Ohio Supreme Court this morning handed down an interesting constitutional ruling in Ohio v.…
Education Law Prof Blog
Teachers Allege Tennessee Evaluation System is Unconstitutional
By Derek Black
In its bid to win a Race-to-the-Top grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Tennessee was one of the first states to substantially alter the way it evaluates teachers. Under…
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
Court of Federal Claims Reaffirms VOSB/SDVOSB’s Right to Due Process During Protests, Rejects VA’s Interpretation of Revised Protest Regulations
By Edward T. DeLisle, Maria Panichelli
Several months ago, we told you about Ambuild Company v. LLC v. U.S., a very important case pending before the Court of Federal Claims ("COFC"). The AmBuild case was of…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
No Remedy for Inmate when Authorities take Medical Settlement for Cost of Incarceration
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Ninth Circuit ruled in Shinault v. Hawks that a state has to provide pre-deprivation notice and hearing before it freezes funds in an…
The Faculty Lounge
Same-Sex Marriage: The Aftermath
Now that the Supreme Court will decide whether the Constitution forbids limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples, it's time to ponder the rationale for what will likely be a 5-4 decision…
Dewey B Strategic
Magna Carta at the Library of Congress: The Revolt of the Barons and The Birth of Due Process. Unintended Consequences “Writ Large.”
By Jean O'Grady
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any way, nor will we…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Victim rights’ back-story at heart of new Cassell-Dershowitz blood feud
Main January 7, 2015Victim rights' back-story at heart of new Cassell-Dershowitz blood feud Lots of criminal justice folks are buzzing about the extraordinary spitting match that has broken out between…