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Due Process
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Notice of Appeal
Freedom is like a social security check: it can be taken away without full due process rights
In In re Detention of Morgan, a schizophrenic pedophile petitioned the Washington Supreme Court to reverse a civil commitment order. The court declined to do so. To reach this unsurprising result,…
Education Law Prof Blog
Federal Judge Finds Florida’s Teacher Evaluation System Is Unfair, But Legal
Teachers lost their challenge to Florida's teacher evaluation law after the state was granted summary judgment in a ruling yesterday by U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker. The teachers' suit…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
More on Colleges’ Institutional Failures in not Enforcing Laws Against Sexual Assault
By Tracy Thomas
From the NYT, Fight Against Sexual Assault Holds Colleges to Account. The many news accounts have been tracking colleges' failures to properly investigate complaints of sexual assault, delaying action, using sloppy…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Two interestingly different rulings on two of the even Amendments from the Fourth Circuit
Main May 1, 2014Two interestingly different rulings on two of the even Amendments from the Fourth CircuitA helpful reader aleerted me to the fact that the Fourth Circuit issued some…
The Right Coast
Obama Administration Attacks Cross-Examination and Due Process Rights in Campus Guidance
Howeverwell-meaning they may be, the Obama administration's guidance and task forcerecommendations yesterday on campus sexual harassment and rape contain aninsidious attack on cross-examination (as KC Johnson discussed at Minding the Campus.)…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Waiving the Criminal Justice System: An Empirical and Constitutional Analysis”
Main April 30, 2014"Waiving the Criminal Justice System: An Empirical and Constitutional Analysis"The title of this post is the title of this notable and important new paper now available on…
Education Law Prof Blog
Louisiana Charter School Suspends 70 Percent of Students, Advocates File Compliaints
By Derek Black
According to a complaint filed by Anna Lellelid and Bill Quigley, Carver Collegiate charter school in New Orleans operates a demerit system, whereby students are cited for everything from not walking…
Education Law Prof Blog
In Defense of IDEA Due Process
By Derek Black
Mark Weber's new article, In Defense of IDEA Due Process, is now available here on ssrn. The abstract indicates:Due Process hearing rights under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act are…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“‘A Sordid Case’: Stump v. Sparkman, Judicial Immunity, and the Other Side of Reproductive Rights”
The title of this post comes from this article by Professor Laura T. Kessler, the abstract of which states: This Article presents a new historical account of Stump v. Sparkman,…
The Appellate Strategist
Argument Report: Illinois Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Due Process Challenge to Liquor License Revocation
By Kirk Jenkins
The Illinois Supreme Court appeared skeptical of a due process challenge to revocation of a liquor license during the recent oral argument in WISAM 1, d/b/a Sheridan Liquors v. Illinois…