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Morrison: Time to Give DC Residents A Vote in Congress

JonathanTurley

One of the briefs written in support of the district in the recent litigation was from constitutional scholars, including my colleague Alan B. Morrison, Lerner Family Associate Dean at George Washington Law School. I reached out to Professor Morrison to see if he would offer a response on the ruling and the underlying issues.

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Law School Con Law Class Shows Porn So You Know It When You See It

Above The Law

Radical concept, but maybe the students could figure out the law without having to experience the fact pattern first-hand. The post Law School Con Law Class Shows Porn So You Know It When You See It appeared first on Above the Law.

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Biden to create bipartisan commission on Supreme Court reform

SCOTUSBlog

The announcement fulfilled a campaign promise by the president, who last fall proposed the idea of a commission after he declined to endorse efforts by liberals to expand the Supreme Court – efforts that Justice Stephen Breyer criticized in a speech on Tuesday at Harvard Law School. Elise Boddie, professor of law and Judge Robert L.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

(Appeals of ballot decisions are pending in Arizona; ballot challenges are in process in Alaska, Maine , New York, New Jersey, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. He teaches a course on the Supreme Court and the Constitution.

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America’s Crisis of Faith: Poll Reveals More Americans Are Rejecting the Constitution and Embracing Violence

JonathanTurley

The polls by the University of Virginia Center for Politics shows a nation at war with itself. In a New York Times column, “The Constitution Is Broken and Should Not Be Reclaimed,” law professors Ryan D. Constitution and that the Constitution itself is now the problem for the country.

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Legal Ethics Roundup: Dragon Lawyer Busted, 1000s Of Lawyers Protest, Perkins Defeats EO & More

Above The Law

For our inaugural Deep Dive, Im posting an excerpt from an exchange with Ben Varadi who teaches Professional Responsibility at Vermont Law School. Mr. Dewald’s website additionally sells courses in what he describes on LinkedIn as a “law school,” including a “Juris Doctor Track.”

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How the Supreme Court Laid the Foundations for ‘Racialized Policing’

The Crime Report

When Berkeley Law School Dean and constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky taught Criminal Procedure in the Fall of 2019, he became frustrated when he realized many of the cases that were the subject of his lectures ended with the police winning and the rights of suspects losing. Look at what happened this month in Virginia.

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