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David Souter: character profile

ryangerhardt wrote 1 week ago: Souter: Associate Interpreter, U.S. Supreme Court While David Souter may have “almost immediately tu … more →

Tags: Constitutional Law/Political Science, Supreme Court, SCOTUS, David Souter, interpreting the Constitution

MONDAYS WITH THE SUPREMES, PART III: KOREMATSU, BROWN, AND PADILLA

driftlessareareview wrote 1 month ago: A limited-run series where I review three books about the Supreme Court of the United States, explor … more →

Tags: Books, Book Reviews, Mondays with the Supremes, Asian American, binding precedent, black, Brown v. Board, Catholic, Catholicism

Flood v. Kuhn

dannylewin wrote 3 months ago: Rather go to court Than to Philadelphia Please don’t trade me there … more →

Tags: Legislation/Regulation, SCOTUS, Baseball, legislative intent

Judicial Accountability and Stare Decisis – Should the US be Learning from the UK? 3 comments

towardchange wrote 4 months ago: Judicial Accountability and Stare Decisis – Should the US be Learning from the UK?   “The … more →

Tags: care proceedings, Care Proceedings, Child Welfare, Children Council, District Judge Karen Venables, Family Law, Foster Care, IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE, Increase Transparency in the Family Courts

History of Precedent

Sandeep Bhalla wrote 5 months ago: In 1154, Henry II became the first Plantagenet king. Among many achievements, Henry institutionalize … more →

Tags: Law and Justice, precedent, History, judicial precedent

Going Against the Grain: 5 Tips for Avoiding the Power of Precedent

Julie Brook, Esq. wrote 5 months ago: We learn early in law school about the power of precedent — made binding on lower courts under the d … more →

Tags: Legal Topics, Civil Litigation, precedent, Reversal, Appeal, civil appellate practice

Can Non-Lawyers Decipher Our Unwritten Constitution?1 comment

Tim Kowal wrote 1 year ago: In the news today, Michigan federal district Judge George Caram Steeh—the first to rule on the merit … more →

Tags: Health Care, Constitutional law, Obamacare, Originalism, Individual Mandate, Affordable Care Act., constitutionalism

Is This What I Was Supposed to Pick Up From the Reading?1 comment

azteclaw wrote 1 year ago: You ever have those fleeting moments where you get the feeling that the Anglo-American legal traditi … more →

Tags: Deep Thoughts, being a 1L, common law, Things that make my head hurt, Anglo-American legal traditions, justice with a capital J

Stare Decisis10 comments

Ms. Sued wrote 1 year ago: Homework 2: Watch video and answer one question in section A. Then, do section B and answer 2 questi … more →

Tags: Homework, Law, Education, united states, precedent, court, common law, Supreme Court of the United States

The latest USDA dog and pony show for implementing NAIS.1 comment

Paul Griepentrog wrote 1 year ago: Paul Griepentrog (c)coyright 2010 All Rights Reserved           “He presented the various dise … more →

Tags: Farming & Food, NAIS, USDA, premises ID, Wisconsin, Paul Griepentrog, DATCP, Gary Tauchen, Dairy Producers

Precedent . . . What's it all about?

rootedandgrounded wrote 1 year ago: When you’re at a cocktail party, poetry reading or beach party you may want to impress your no … more →

Tags: Legal researach, Legal Writing, Primary Sources, Paralegals, legal memorandum, Case Law, common law, Paralegal Essentials, precedent

Why They Are Dangerous: Liberal Justices Make Case Against The Constitution4 comments

Michael Eden wrote 1 year ago: The liberal justices pretty much say, “Screw the Constitution, except for the nonexistent … more →

Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Supreme Court, Conservative Issues, Abortion, Corporations, Abraham Lincoln, God, Health Care

Kagan Rejects Founding Documents

Jerry McDaniel wrote 1 year ago: We cannot afford another Supreme Court Justice that believes in a Living Constitution. In Wednesday’ … more →

Tags: constitution, Commentary, founding fathers, Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, Supreme Court, binding precedent, Law, Liberty

Kagan Rejects Founding Documents

Jerry McDaniel wrote 1 year ago: We cannot afford another Supreme Court Justice that believes in a Living Constitution. In Wednesday’ … more →

Tags: constitution, Supreme Court, Commentary, Founding Fathers, Politics, Liberty, Law, Elena Kagan, binding precedent

Supreme Court Holds That the Second Amendment Applies to the States16 comments

Donald R. McClarey wrote 1 year ago: In the case of McDonald v. the City of Chicago, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that th … more →

Tags: Bill of Rights, U.S. Constitution, Second Amendment, Slavery, antonin scalia, Civil War, U. S. Supreme Court, 14th Amendment, John Paul Stevens

Sharia Law and the U.S. Constitution13 comments

Tito Edwards wrote 1 year ago: [Update I:  I have streamlined the following post to be easily readable to the average layman, but i … more →

Tags: america, U.S. Constitution, Law, Constitutional law, Sharia, fatwa, Arab International Festival, English common law, Jurisprudence

Lupu & Voeten on The Role of Precedent at the European Court of Human Rights: A Network Analysis of Case Citations

legalinformatics wrote 2 years ago: Yonatan Lupu of the University of California, San Diego Department of Political Science and Professo … more →

Tags: articles and papers, Conference papers, Court Decisions, Legal rhetoric, legal citations, Legal communication, Judicial Decisions, Legal citation networks, European Court of Human Rights

The Abortion Series: What's The Matter with Nebraska?

Jacqueline Moss wrote 2 years ago: Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman So, unless you’ve lived under a rock for the last, oh 100 years or s … more →

Tags: Feminism, American Politics, Nebraska, Roe v Wade, Abortion

The Abortion Series: What's The Matter with Nebraska?

Henry Casey wrote 2 years ago: Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman So, unless you’ve lived under a rock for the last, oh 100 years or s … more →

Tags: American Politics, Feminism, Abortion, Nebraska, Roe v Wade


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