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JURIST - Hotline: Perry Poses Problems for Same-Sex Marriage Advocates
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Snider, Chief Counsel for the Pacific Justice Institute says that the Ninth Circuit panel in Perry v. Brown unanimously acknowledged that a right to same-sex marriage is not supported by Supreme Court or Ninth Circuit precedent, and that sexual orientation is not a
l r c - o r b i t ... ... ... the usd research satellite: GPS installation/tracking: USD Moot Court
In November 2011, the University of San Diego Moot Court Board hosted the 23rd Annual Criminal Procedure National Tournament. This year’s problem was written by USD Moot Court Executive Board member Matthew Stephens. One of the two issues argued in...
Tennessee amends code of judicial conduct to require recusal of judges who receive campaign
The Tennessee Supreme Court has taken steps to eliminate the influence of large campaign contributions in judicial races. The new rule in Tennessee was inspired by the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., 129 S.Ct. 2252, 173 L.Ed.2d 1208, which recognized the
PointOfLaw Forum: SCOTUS Grants 5.5-Hour Oral Argument on Constitutionality of PPACA: What to Expect
In October, PointofLaw asked whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was SCOTUS-bound. Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari to examine the various major issues raised with regard to the federal healthcare legislation. According to...
PrawfsBlawg: The Sixth Circuit's ruling on Affirmative Action & Holmes' "Prophecy" Theory of the Law
A panel of the Sixth Circuit ruled yesterday that Michigan ' s state constitutional ban on affirmative action violates the Equal Protection clause as construed in Washington v. Seattle School District. SCOTUS held in Seattle School District that the voters of Washington could not prohibit school
A Georgia Lawyer: US Supreme Court Won't Hear $58 Million Prempro Appeal
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first peek at this week’s cases « Capital Defense Weekly
Still slogging through the new cases, but two notable grants of relief are had, Joseph J. Kindler v. Horn and Mumia Abu-Jamal, a/k/a Wesley Cook v. Secretary. Both are remands from the United States Supreme Court. Both reinstate prior grants of relief under Mills, and, in the Kindler, on
Legal Theory Blog: Blackman, Aft, & Milton on FantasySCOTUS
Josh Blackman (Penn State Dickinson School of Law), Adam Aft (George Mason University - School of Law) & Corey Milton Carpenter (George Mason University - School of Law) have posted FantasySCOTUS: Crowdsourcing a Prediction Market for the Supreme Court on...
Kansas Defenders: Iowa has a state constitution
The Iowa Supreme Court became the first state supreme court to reject the wholesale stripping of privacy rights for parollees, as described by the SCOTUS in<em>Samson v. California</em>, 547 U.S. 843 (2006). Relying on its state constitution, the Iowa Supreme Court, in<em><a
beSpacific: California Supreme Court Affirms Warrantless Search of Suspects Cell Phone Text Messages
PEOPLE v. DIAZ, Criminal Appeal, Start Date: 09/09/2008. Opinion issued - Petition for review after the Court of Appeal affirmed...
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