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US law schools help communities during eviction crisis

JURIST

The White House and the Justice Department announced Friday that 99 law schools across 35 states and Puerto Rico answered the attorney general’s call for action to help communities during the housing and eviction crisis. Please keep working for equal justice for all and stay hopeful.”

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Transforming legal borders: International judicial cooperation and technology in private international law – Part I

Conflict of Laws

1] ** Lawyer and notary, Law School, National University of Córdoba, Argentina. Law School, Master in International Business Law, Complutense University of Madrid. Assistant professor in Private International Law and Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, National University of Córdoba.

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

SCOTUSBlog

He is also a graduate of Columbia Law School. controlled Philippines, Puerto Rico, or Hawaii, he always believed that treating one group of people differently from others was a recurrence of the old cancer. I corresponded with Canellos about his book. The back story. RONALD COLLINS: Welcome, Peter.

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Renewables are key to a just energy future for Puerto Rico

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Puerto Rico’s already troubled energy system was devastated by Hurricane Maria in 2017 and a magnitude 6.4 billion for electric system work in Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has submitted a plan to FEMA for the use of these funds that would perpetuate the use of fossil fuels.

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EU dispatch: a German perspective on the upcoming US midterms

JURIST

The US two-party system seems logical in theory, but having heard people at law school talking about gerrymandering, I feel less confident about it. The US election system in general is very different from what I am used to, coming from a country with six parties in its national parliament. But it got even stranger for me.

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“Reclaim America from Constitutionalism”: Law Professors Now Call to “Pack the States” Rather than “Pack the Court”

JonathanTurley

Recently, Georgetown University Law School Professor Rosa Brooks drew accolades for her appearance on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” after declaring that Americans are “slaves” to the U.S. The essay confirms the view of critics that the push of Democrats to create new states in Puerto Rico and D.C.

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Arizona dispatch: students from 70 law schools and universities debate 20 proposed amendments to the US Constitution at model convention

JURIST

I spoke with Rafael Montero, who was a delegate representing Colorado but is from Puerto Rico, about territorial representation and what it was like to hear people debate his own rights. “I Some expressed concerns about granting territories with small populations two Senators.