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SCOTUS hears oral arguments in bankruptcy amendment, Washington workers’ compensation law cases

JURIST

Washington. In Siegle , the Court is considering whether the 2017 Amendment to the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act, which increased quarterly fees for Chapter 11 cases in the Trustee program but not the Bankruptcy Administrator program, violates the uniformity requirement of the Constitution’s Bankruptcy Clause. United States v.

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“Historical Tradition: A Vague, Overconfident, and Malleable Approach to Constitutional Law.”

HowAppealing

“Historical Tradition: A Vague, Overconfident, and Malleable Approach to Constitutional Law.” ” Law professor Michael L. ” The post “Historical Tradition: A Vague, Overconfident, and Malleable Approach to Constitutional Law.” Smith has posted this article at SSRN.

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Justice Thomas told GW Law he is ‘unavailable’ to teach constitutional law seminar after student outcry

ABA Journal

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas won’t be teaching a constitutional law seminar at the George Washington University Law School after thousands of students asked…

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The morning read for Thursday, September 21

SCOTUSBlog

Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court can let West Point keep affirmative action (Noah Feldman, Washington Post) I teach constitutional law. Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court arguments have gotten way too long.

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“Performative Acts of Conformity”: Professor Sues University of Washington Over Land Acknowledgment Statement

JonathanTurley

The defendants include Nancy Allbritton, the Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Washington, Magdalena Balazinska, Director of the Allen School, UW President Ana Mari Cauce, and the Allen School’s Vice Director Dan Grossman. The labor theory (which I teach) is generally a reference to the theory of John Locke.

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Can More Jury Trials Save the Justice System?

The Crime Report

justice system and reduce mass incarceration, argues a Washington and Lee University law professor. Expansion of the jury trial right would constitute a meaningful structural reform in democratizing criminal justice, at a time when such change is needed to establish the popular legitimacy of the criminal justice system,” writes J.D.

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“Does the Gentlelady Have a Problem?” : Yes, Delegate Plaskett Most Certainly Has a Problem

JonathanTurley

See, e.g., Jonathan Turley, Too Clever By Half: The Partial Representation of the District of Columbia in the House of Representatives , 76 George Washington University Law Review 305-374 (2008). I have written previously on that issue in academic publications.