Law School At The Top Of The Constitutional Law Game
Above The Law
APRIL 14, 2022
The constitution is kinda important for lawyers. The post Law School At The Top Of The Constitutional Law Game appeared first on Above the Law.
“How Professors Can Teach Constitutional Law While the Supreme Court Is Wrecking It; The law school version of constitutional law taught students that lawyers and judges are at the vanguard of protecting people who lack political power; As the Court’s most recent term has demonstrated, they are not”
HowAppealing
AUGUST 22, 2022
“How Professors Can Teach Constitutional Law While the Supreme Court Is Wrecking It; The law school version of constitutional law taught students that lawyers and judges are at the vanguard of protecting people who lack political power; As the Court’s most recent term has demonstrated, they are not”: G.S.
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Rights organizations create committee to advocate for freedoms in Tunisia
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
The Tunisian Workers’ Union and the Tunisian Association of Constitutional Law criticized the ISIE decision to reject a court ruling that reinstated three presidential candidates. The committee will be composed of 20 members from 13 countries, including human rights defenders, lawyers, and activists.
The morning read for Thursday, September 21
SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court can let West Point keep affirmative action (Noah Feldman, Washington Post) I teach constitutional law. Supreme Court arguments have gotten way too long.
Lawyer Tries, Fails To Remember What The 14th Amendment Does
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
In fairness, it's not like it's one of the famous ones or anything.
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ICYMI: Three Hot Topics from Dark Money Politics to Free Speech and COVID-19
LegalTalkNetwork
OCTOBER 14, 2020
ONE: If the real world is taking its toll, voting rights lawyer turned novelist Steven Wright has an escape route. Modern Law Library host Lee Rawles explores the world of dark money campaigns and election chicanery in Wright’s book “The Coyotes of Carthage.” Find out how to quit selling and help clients buy.
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Local Newspaper Brings Not-So-Subtle Attack On Basic Constitutional Rights
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Listen lawyers: no matter what work you do, you have a role to play in how criminal law gets reported.
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Supreme Court Isn’t Even Trying Anymore
Above The Law
JUNE 29, 2022
Constitutional law is more of a vibe now. The post Supreme Court Isn’t Even Trying Anymore appeared first on Above the Law.
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Pakistan Supreme Court begins hearings on Afghan refugee deportations
JURIST
DECEMBER 3, 2023
The petition was signed by a group of human rights activists, lawyers and politicians in November following the government’s October 3 decision to deport undocumented Afghan migrants back to Afghanistan. Pakistan’s Supreme Court heard arguments Friday on a petition to halt the country’s removal of Afghan refugees.
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Q&A With Elena Kohn: Balancing the Fundamentals
Attorney at Work
APRIL 28, 2022
Attorney at Work’s “Women in Law” series focuses on successful women lawyers who have carved a path for themselves in the legal industry and beyond. Stetson University College of Law, J.D. There, I graduated from college at University College London and enrolled in the college of law to pursue my dream of becoming a lawyer.
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Denmark parliament blocks charges against former Defense Minister for leaking state secrets
JURIST
MAY 20, 2022
Frederiksen’s lawyer René Offersen emphasized that this case is closed, stating, “We consider the case to be over. One expert, University of Denmark professor of constitutional law Frederik Waage said it is possible that charges may still be brought after Fredericksen’s retirement.
Paralegal Roles in Other Countries
Paralegal Bootcamp
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Paralegals – Depending on the role, and their jurisdiction (as I mentioned before) a paralegal can represent someone in court, draft complex legal documents (under the supervision of a lawyer) perform research, and many other substantial tasks. One website in France calls a Law Clerk a, “Second-in-Command Lawyer.”
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How to Become a Certified Paralegal
Blackstone Career Institute
JANUARY 24, 2025
Paralegals, also called legal assistants, help lawyers do their jobs by preparing for trials, hearings, and proceedings. All types of law offices, including prosecutors, defense attorneys, marital, occupational, and moreemploy paralegals to conduct critical aspects of their work. Paralegals are an integral part of the justice system.
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Fetterman Turns to Controversial Clinton Lawyer Marc Elias’ Firm to Strike Down Pennsylvania Election Provisions
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman and other Democrats have filed a federal lawsuit to strike down parts of Pennsylvania’s election law after the state Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots with incorrect dates or no dates should not be counted.Fetterman is challenging the state law on constitutional and federal statutes.
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13 Ways Overturning Roe v. Wade Affects You (even if you think it doesn’t)
LLRX
MAY 30, 2022
Kathy Biehl is a lawyer licensed in two states, as well as a prolific multidisciplinary author and writer. Wade has been settled law during her entire career. In this article Biehl succinctly and expertly identifies how the upcoming Supreme Court decision in Dobbs V.
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Alberta government considers revising Cabinet powers under proposed Sovereignty Act
JURIST
DECEMBER 4, 2022
However, while the Act has been widely criticized as potentially unconstitutional, various experts – including Jesse Hartery , a Toronto federalism lawyer, Geoffrey Sigalet , the Director of the UBC Centre for Constitutional Law, and Jack Major , a former Supreme Court justice of the Supreme Court of Canada – have suggested that the Act (..)
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Australia: With no bill of rights, Kassam v Hazzard was bound to fail: An interview with Professor George Williams - Sydney Criminal Lawyers
Mondaq
OCTOBER 29, 2021
This constitutional law expert has long argued the need for human rights protections to be enacted at the federal level.
“Does the Gentlelady Have a Problem?” : Yes, Delegate Plaskett Most Certainly Has a Problem
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 5, 2025
The problem, however, is not with the House but with Plaskett and other members in demanding the violation of Article I of the Constitution. After her election in 2015, Plaskett has often shown a certain disregard for constitutional principles and protections.
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New Historical Society Review is available
At the Lectern
JUNE 30, 2021
California Constitutional Law — The Casebook , foreword to book by Professor David Carrillo and Judge Danny Chou, foreword by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. Racism, Birthers and the Rule of Law in Early California by Judge Michael Stern. The Facts and Law Didn’t Seem to Matter — Until They Did by Gary Simms.
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Whistleblowers Are the Conscience of Society, Yet Suffer Gravely For Trying to Hold the Rich and Powerful Accountable For Their Sins
LLRX
APRIL 30, 2023
Lawyer, activist, author, and whistleblower Ashley Gjovik states: "I blew the whistle and was met with an experience so destructive that I did not have the words to describe what happened to me. I set out to learn if what happened to me is a known phenomenon and, if so, whether there are language and concepts to explain the experience.
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A president and a justice: The shaping of securities law at the Supreme Court
SCOTUSBlog
AUGUST 29, 2023
It was Powell, whose experience as a securities lawyer was entirely in private practice, who turned the court’s approach to securities law almost on a dime. The court’s securities law docket ballooned during Powell’s tenure – from approximately 1.5
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SCOTUS Narrows Reach of Identity Fraud Statute
Constitutional Law Reporter
JULY 6, 2023
As Justice Sotomayor explained: The Government’s reading would sweep in the hour-inflating lawyer, the steak-switching waiter, the building contractor who tacks an extra $10 onto the price of the paint he purchased. The post SCOTUS Narrows Reach of Identity Fraud Statute appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.
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Guest Commentary: New Italian Constitutional Reform: What it Means for Environmental Protection, Future Generations & Climate Litigation
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
APRIL 8, 2022
On February 8, 2022, the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic gave its final approval to the proposed constitutional law A.C.3156-B 3156-B providing environmental protection amendments to Articles 9 and 41 of the Italian Constitution. By Riccardo Luporini, Matteo Fermeglia, and Maria Antonia Tigre.
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9 Things you need to know before choosing a law school
SimplyLawJobs
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
In this Simply Law article, our partner’s Lawyer Monthly discusses the 9 things you need to know before choosing a law school. The prospect of going to law school is not only one that requires a lot of hard work and money but also some thorough research. Business Law. Constitutional Law.
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JonathanTurley
APRIL 13, 2024
The students, including UC Berkeley law student Malak Afaneh, refused to stop disrupting the dinner as Chemerinsky and Fisk reminded them that this is their home, not a public forum. Now Afaneh is claiming a First Amendment right to enter a private home and protest and she is citing legal advisers with the National Lawyers Guild.
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Turley to Debate Kalt on Presidential Self-Pardons
JonathanTurley
MAY 22, 2024
The debate is sponsored by Reform for Illinois, the American Bar Association, the Chicago Chapter of the American Constitution Society, and the Chicago Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society I have long maintained that presidents do have the authority to grant self-pardons. The debate will be held entirely online.
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CLAT/AILET PG WORKSHOP BY IDIA KERALA CHAPTER: Register by 17th December
LexForti
DECEMBER 10, 2021
It is a student-run organization that aims to train underprivileged students and transform them into leading lawyers and community advocates. She is also a tutor for law entrance exams at Jays Academy, Trivandrum. Her areas of interest include Contract Law, Intellectual Property Law and Constitutional Law.
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Pronoun Lockdown: Almost Half of Millennials Want Jail Time for “Misgendering”
JonathanTurley
JULY 16, 2023
who is a lawyer, said that “if you espouse hate … you’re not protected under the First Amendment.” Given that fact, it is astonishing to claim that a pronoun violation could lead to incarceration. Only 31 percent of the millennials disagreed with the proposition. They are not alone. Recently, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.),
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Turley to Speak at ABA Convention on Free Speech
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 3, 2024
This afternoon, I have the pleasure of speaking to lawyers and judges at the American Bar Association, which is meeting in my hometown of Chicago. It is a welcomed opportunity to speak with lawyers who want to protect not just free speech rights, but also guarantee a diversity of viewpoints with the ABA.
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Territorial Jurisdiction for Breach of Contract in Nigeria or whatever
Conflict of Laws
MAY 31, 2021
I label this approach as “strict” because my understanding of the Nigerian Supreme Court decisions on this point is that based on constitutional law a Nigerian court is confined to matters that arose within its territory, so that one State High Court cannot assume jurisdiction over a matter that occurs within another territory.
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The Three Myths of the Biden Impeachment Defense
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Much of the misconduct occurred when Hunter was, by his own lawyers’ account, suddenly clear and responsible. But Hunter’s own counsel has undermined this claim by arguing in Hunter’s gun case that he had emerged from his addiction just in time to sign the allegedly false gun form.
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Texas Democratics Sue Over Effort To Force Them Back To Austin To Vote
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 7, 2021
a “lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless there is a basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous.” They ask for $5 in actual damages and $10 in punitive damages. However, Washington is seeking his fees under the Civil Rights Attorney Fees Act. Under Rule 3.1
Polish Constitutional Court about to review the constitutionality of the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign State?
Conflict of Laws
MAY 9, 2023
Written by Zuzanna Nowicka , lawyer at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and lecturer at Department of Logic and Legal Argumentation at University of Warsaw In the aftermath of the judgment of the ICJ of 2012 in the case of the Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v.
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Victim’s Family in the University of Idaho Murders Appeals Gag Order
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
1030, 1072-1074 (1991), the Supreme Court recognized that “The speech of lawyers representing clients in pending cases may be regulated under a less demanding standard than that established for regulation of the press in Nebraska Press Assn. Lawyers for family members are representing clients who are not parties to the case.
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Second Circuit Strikes Down Critical Provisions in New York’s Most Recent Gun Control Law
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 9, 2023
Once again, a public interest lawyer would think twice before appealing the ruling for New York. Hochul made clear that the state was attempting to effectively ban guns by effectively declaring most of a given city a “sensitive place.” However, the state has previously shown little judgment in making such decisions.
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Sen. Cardin: Hate Speech is Not Protected by First Amendment
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 31, 2022
Cardin is a lawyer but appears to hold an extraconstitutional view of free speech. This coming year is likely to see a further escalation in the fight for free speech from the Supreme Court (in the 303 Creative case ) to our campuses.
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Deadspin Defamation: Parents of Holden Armenta Move Toward Libel Action Over Blackface Allegation
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 6, 2023
The letter was sent by the new lawyer for Holden and his parents Shannon and Raul Armenta. What constitutes racist imagery is a matter of public debate and Phillips can argue that this is obviously just his opinion. In that case, a journalist with Forbes was sued for harsh characterizations of a lawyer and his practice.
Iran dispatch: government move to put bar association under judiciary threatens independence of lawyers amid wave of street protests
JURIST
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Law students and young lawyers in Iran are reporting for JURIST on protests and related developments in Iran since the death in custody of Mahsa Amini. What has happened is horrible to the institution of independent lawyers. Lawyers are threats to consolidation of power as you know for sure. .”
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Democratic Governor Calls For Criminalizing “Lying” About Election Results
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 8, 2022
Indeed, Democratic lawyers like Marc Elias have challenged Republican victories as he and others denounced such GOP challenges as attacks on democracy. Inslee’s proposals raise the same questions that we discussed in relation to “stolen valor” laws.
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Rhodes Alumni Launch Campaign to Remove Justice Barrett from School’s Hall of Fame
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 7, 2022
So the mere fact that Justice Barrett shares a view of constitutional interpretation with millions of other citizens (and many judges and lawyers), she is now a threat to our democracy? The use of clearly false allegations in the name of upholding the honor system does not seem to concern these signatories.
Gosh Oshkosh: University of Wisconsin Bans Any Speech Deemed “Insulting” or Demeaning”
JonathanTurley
MAY 14, 2021
Sites like Lawyers, Guns, and Money feature writers like Colorado Law Professor Paul Campus who call for the firing of those with opposing views ( including myself ).
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Turely Speaks at 2023 Ohio Judicial Conference
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Today I have the honor of speaking to the judges and lawyers in the 2023 Ohio Judicial conference on the Supreme Court in Columbus, Ohio. I will be discussing the last year of cases and controversies for the Court, incluiding recent and upcoming decisions.
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JonathanTurley
APRIL 1, 2021
Today, I will be speaking to lawyers and law students in Utah on the history of impeachment. The event is organized by the Utah State Bar litigation section in conjunction with the University of Utah and Brigham Young University law schools.
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TikTok Torts: Idaho Professor Sues “Internet Sleuth” for Defamation Over Idaho Murders
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 29, 2022
In that case, a journalist with Forbes was sued for harsh characterizations of a lawyer and his practice. Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote that “although the article drips with disapproval of Wilkow’s (and the judges’) conduct, an author’s opinion about business ethics isn’t defamatory under Illinois law.”. Bower, 232 Cal.App.3d
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