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Due Process
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Federal Eminent Domain Blog
Federal Appeals Court Follows Traditional State Rule
Almost every jurisdiction follows the rule that an agency may not acquire more than it statutorily has a right to condemn. In other words, eminent domain may not be enacted…
Sentencing Law and Policy
NY Timeseditorial talks of “Slow Demise of Capital Punishment”
Main December 30, 2013NY Times editorial talks of "Slow Demise of Capital Punishment"The title of this new New York Times editorial, "The Slow Demise of Capital Punishment," is probably better…
International Law Prof Blog
UN Human Rights Office Expresses Concern Over Treatment of Human Rights Activists in Saudi Arabia — One Man Given 300 Lashes and Four Years in Prison for Posting on Internet
The United Nations voiced deep concern about the intimidation and prosecution of individuals in Saudi Arabia for exercising certain fundamental freedoms, noting in particular the treatment of an activist who…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Utah Federal District Judge Declares State’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
In his opinion in Kitchen v. Herbert, federal district judge Robert Shelby heldthat Utah’s prohibition on same- sex marriage conflicts with the United States Constitution’s [Fourteenth Amendment] guarantees of equal…
inversecondemnation.com
HAWSCT: Right To Pursue A Profession Is A Liberty Interest, Protected By Due Process
Here's one that's not a land use case, but since it involves procedural due process, is one that you land-usey types might find worthwhile.Minton v. Quintal, No. SCWC-11-0000317 (Dec. 13,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Government Playing Games in Rahinah Ibrahim’s No-Fly List Case
Kudos to Federal Judge William Alsup for seeing through the government's shenaigans.From TechDirt.comCase Over No-Fly List Takes Bizarre Turn As Gov't Puts Witness On No Fly List, Then Denies Having…
International Law Prof Blog
IACHR Takes Extradition Case Against Peru to Inter-American Court of Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has filed an application with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Case No. 12.794, involving Wong Ho Wing, a Chinese national who…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The Jurisprudence of Death and Youth: Now the Twain Should Meet”
Main November 18, 2013"The Jurisprudence of Death and Youth: Now the Twain Should Meet"The title of this post is the title of this notable new article by Janet Hoeffel now…
Class Action Countermeasures
Overreaching, Underreaching, and the Supreme Court
By The Editors
In the past few years, Professor Mark Moller of DePaul University Law School has proven to be one of the most thoughtful critics of modern class action law in the legal…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Fair Warning
The title of this post comes from this article arguing that courts have employed a limited First Amendment analysis to protesters' right of fair warning by police officers. Courts, however,…