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Arar: No Bivens action for extraordinary rendition

swiftpoint wrote 2 weeks ago: In a controversial en banc holding, the 2d Circuit has held that a Canadian national may not bring a … more →

Tags: national security, Scholarship/Jurisprudence, Terrorism

Judge Carter: Case Dismissed not on "Standing", but Separation of Powers

JAMES wrote 3 weeks ago: from the Wall Street Journal: But in the suit dismissed on Thursday, Carter ruled that a group of pl … more →

Tags: Campaign 2008, Campaign 2010, Campaign 2012, Politics, Socialism, Barack Obama, Birthers, Dr. Orly Taitz, judge david carter

Was going to comment on...

ukliberty wrote 3 weeks ago: … the search and seizure powers given by this Government to bureacrats but CharonQC put it so … more →

Tags: relates to ordinary people, state-citizen relationship, Stupid

Obscure Cases and Important Principles: Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB

Peter M. Shane wrote 4 weeks ago: I am currently participating in on online debate under the auspices of the Federalist Society regard … more →

Tags: Commentary, Unitary Executive, Appointments, oxley, PCAOB, removals, sarbanes, Securities and Exchange Commission

Obscure Cases and Important Principles

Peter M. Shane wrote 4 weeks ago: I am currently participating in on online debate under the auspices of the Federalist Society regard … more →

Tags: u s presidency, Appointments, Checks and Balances, Morrison, Olson, PCAOB, removals, Sarbanes-Oxley

Czar War Escalates Between Congress and Obama

goodtimepolitics wrote 1 month ago: The White House has told Congress it will reject calls for many of President Obama’s policy cz … more →

Tags: Politics, Republicans, Democrats, Barack Obama, Congress, White House, Sarah Palin, czars

Uighur case headed to Supreme Court1 comment

swiftpoint wrote 1 month ago: The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Kiyemba v. Obama [I], in which the D.C. Circuit held tha … more →

Tags: Guantanamo, "habeas corpus"

Fifth Circuit allows property owners to sue over pollution that elevated sea levels and worsened effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Jodie L. Hill wrote 1 month ago: Following the Second Circuit decision in Connecticut v. AEP–which reinstated federal public nu … more →

Tags: Constitutional law, Environmental Law, Torts, Public nuisance

Purdy and Assisted Suicide in the Northern Ireland Assembly 1 comment

Colin Murray wrote 1 month ago: In heated Assembly debate last week MLAs took turns to pour scorn on the House of Lords decision in … more →

Tags: Commentary, Courts, News, Recent cases, ECHR, Northern Ireland, Assisted Suicide

On the Coming of American Consolidation

euandus wrote 1 month ago: As the blog has moved, pls use the following link to view the post: http://euandus3.wordpress.com/20 … more →

Tags: American Government, American Federalism, Modern Federalism, Checks and Balances, state exemptions, Federal Preemption

Circular law (and constitutional crises)?

Andrew Sharpe wrote 1 month ago: In our role as quasi-parliamentary draftsmen for some of our overseas clients, we are all too aware … more →

Tags: Administrative Law, Bill of Rights, Human Rights Act, legal drafting, Supreme Court

Panel 1 Lincoln, Executive Power & The Modern Presidency

Marisa Floriani wrote 1 month ago: Marisa Floriani, Managing Editor of the Government Law Review Fireplace Blog Lincoln and Executive P … more →

Tags: Constitutional law, Federalism, Legal History, Lincoln's Legacy, Abraham Lincoln, ambitious politician, Civil War, Dr. Louis Fisher, Dr. Mark Graber

The President's power to terminate treaty obligations.

swiftpoint wrote 2 months ago: Prof. Paulsen’s recent piece in the Yale Law Journal, “The Constitutional Power to Inter … more →

Tags: Treaties

Rediscover the Anti-Federalists

Walt Garlington wrote 2 months ago: “The people who lost”:  Bill Kauffman uses this quote from historian William Appleman Williams to be … more →

Tags: states' rights, democracy, representative government, First Principles, Founders, Consolidation, James Madison, Politics, Luther Martin

The Good News

Susan Simpson wrote 2 months ago: The Department of Justice is looking to rollback the overuse of the state secrets privilege. Some of … more →

Tags: DoJ, Privilege

A dead law

swiftpoint wrote 2 months ago: There are always dead laws on the books.  Here’s one, 22 USC § 262: The Executive shall not ex … more →

Tags: statutory interpretation

The Unconstitutionality of Limiting "Czars": Whither the Unitary Executive? 2 comments

ACG wrote 2 months ago: Next up on the parade of manufactured issues is far-right outrage over Obama’s policy “c … more →

Tags: Author - ACG, Politics, czars, executive power, glenn beck, Law, President, Unitary Executive

Nuanced change comes to Washington

swiftpoint wrote 2 months ago: The New York Times reported on Tuesday that DoJ’s Office of Legal Counsel has advised Pres. Ob … more →

Tags: statutory interpretation

Georgia Supreme Court Weights Constitutionality of 2005 Medical Malpractice Cap Law

Matt Jerzyk wrote 2 months ago: The case of a 75-year-old Marietta, Georgia, woman who was permanently disfigured after complication … more →

Tags: Health Care, Medical Malpractice, caps, Equal Protection, Georgia, medical negligence, right to a jury trial, Tort Reform


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