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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
By Professors Steven D. Schwinn and Ruthann Robson
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/conlaw/
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Jun 19
Can Aung San Suu Kyi Become Myanmar's President?
Can Aung San Suu Kyi Become Myanmar's President?Reuters reports that the Myanmar Constitution may foil Aung San Suu Kyi's plans to become the country's next president in the general election in 2015. According to the report, the Myanmar Constitution "bars anyone married to a foreigner… -
Jun 19
Common Cause Takes Filibuster Challenge to D.C. Circuit
Common Cause Takes Filibuster Challenge to D.C. CircuitCommon Cause this week pursued its case against the Senate filibuster at the D.C. Circuit when it filed its appellate brief, arguing that Judge Emmett G. Sullivan (D.D.C.) was wrong to dismiss the case last December and pressing its… -
Jun 19
Arizona Voter Registration Case: No Pyrrhic Victory for the Fed
Arizona Voter Registration Case: No Pyrrhic Victory for the FedIn response to Monday's ruling in Arizona v. InterTribal Council of Arizona, Inc., striking Arizona's requirement that voters show proof of citizenship above and beyond the oath of citizenship on the standard federal voter registration form,…
Rank this Week: 238
Empirical Legal Studies
Empirical Legal Studies
Covers emerging empirical legal scholarship, conference updates and empirical claims. Edited by Professors Michael Heise, Theodore Eisenberg, William Ford, Sara Benesh, William Henderson, Frank Cross, Carolyn Shapiro, anbd Christopher Zorn
http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/
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Jun 13
UCLA's Outstanding Stats Resource
UCLA's Outstanding Stats ResourceThose looking for either introductory or mid-level instructional on-line resources should visit UCLA's idre site. The site's resources are both deep and wide. Particularly helpful is an array of on-line classes and workshops (some with… -
Jun 10
When Independent Variables Reverse Sign
When Independent Variables Reverse SignAndrew Gelman (Columbia--Statistics) has an interesting post about a nettlesome little topic -- How to make sense of an independent variable that "flips" signs (that is, goes from negative to positive or vice-versa) across model… -
Jun 3
Helpful SPSS Resource
Helpful SPSS ResourceThough most of our stats software package-related posts skew towards Stata, we remain mindful that folks' tastes vary across the most popular packages (e.g., Stata, SPSS, R, SAS). With this in mind, we recently stumbled across a helpful and…
Rank this Week: 524
EvidenceProf Blog
EvidenceProf Blog
By John Marshall Law School Professor Colin Miller, with Contributing Editors and Professors David Leonard, Joelle Moreno, and Myrna Raeder
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/evidenceprof/
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Jun 19
Blame Game: Revisiting The Issue of Impeaching the Declarant of an Adoptive Admission
Blame Game: Revisiting The Issue of Impeaching the Declarant of an Adoptive AdmissionLast week, I did a series of posts about Federal Rule of Evidence 806 and Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(2)(B). Rule 806 allows for the impeachment of hearsay declarants even if they don't testify at trial, but it seemingly precludes... -
Jun 17
My New Article: OK Computer: The Fourth Amendment and Searches of Seized and Imaged Electronic Evidence
My New Article: OK Computer: The Fourth Amendment and Searches of Seized and Imaged Electronic EvidenceToday, I posted the first draft of a short article that I am writing for South Carolina Lawyer magazine on SSRN. The article is OK Computer: The Fourth Amendment and Searches of Seized and Imaged Electronic Evidence. Here is the... -
Jun 14
Your Best Defense: Should the Right to Present a Defense Allow Defendants to Impeach Rule 801(d)(2)(B) Declarants?
Your Best Defense: Should the Right to Present a Defense Allow Defendants to Impeach Rule 801(d)(2)(B) Declarants?In Crane v. Kentucky, the Supreme Court found that: "[w]hether rooted directly in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or in the Compulsory Process or Confrontation Clauses of the Sixth Amendment, the Constitution…
Rank this Week: 1278
International Law Prof Blog
International Law Prof Blog
By Professor Mark E. Wojcik and Cindy Galway Buys.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/international_law/
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Jun 19
Trafficking in Persons Report
Trafficking in Persons ReportThe U.S. State Department released its annual Trafficking in Persons Report today, which may be found here. (cgb) -
Jun 19
Panama Requests Consulations with Columbia Over Textile Dispute at WTO
Panama Requests Consulations with Columbia Over Textile Dispute at WTOYesterday, Panama filed a request for consulations with Columbia at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body. Panama is complaining that certain Columbian customs measures relating to the importation of textiles, apparel and… -
Jun 17
Demonstrations Continue in Turkey
Demonstrations Continue in TurkeyNews sources are reporting that that Turkish authorities have widened their crackdown on antigovernment protestors, and that they have begun to target not only demonstrators but also medics who treat their injuries, business owners who…
Rank this Week: 310
Law Blog
Law Blog
By John Marshall Law School Professor David Sorkin.
http://www.lawblog.com/
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Jul 20
Minnesota vs. National Arbitration Forum
Minnesota vs. National Arbitration ForumThe National Arbitration Forum and the Attorney General of Minnesota have reached an agreement under which NAF will cease accepting new arbitration cases involving consumers, including collection actions by credit card companies. The consent… -
Sep 27
Kentucky's Internet gamble
Kentucky's Internet gambleGovernor Steve Beshear of Kentucky is seeking to seize more than one hundred gambling-related domain names. A judge initially rejected the governor's bid and has scheduled a hearing for October 7. See coverage in the Louisville… -
Sep 27
Gimme an "A"!
Gimme an "A"!As anyone who has flown Southwest Airlines well knows, Southwest doesn't assign seats in advance. Instead, you are assigned a boarding priority when you check in at the airport or online, up to 24 hours before the flight. At the gate, you…
Rank this Week: 3709
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Legal Writing Prof Blog
By Professors Nancy Soonpaa, Sue Liemer, Coleen M. Barger and Mark E. Wojcik.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/
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Jun 18
your students should read thi
your students should read thiMichael Higdon has written a very helpful article for law students: The Legal Reader: An Expose, 43 New Mexico L. Rev. 77 (2013). (My apology for lacking the accent for "expo-zay" in this blog platform.) I'm still weighing just… -
Jun 17
overcoming procrastination
overcoming procrastinationWe all do it from time to time. C'mon, you're probably doing it right now, procrastinating by reading this blog. Two recent articles shed some useful light on why we procrastinate and how to help ourselves move on, to more... -
Jun 16
quotable
quotable"A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact." ~ Marcus Garvey (spl)
Rank this Week: 266
Sex Crimes
Sex Crimes
Devoted to the criminal laws regulating and punishing sex offenders. By Corey Rayburn Yung.
http://sexcrimes.typepad.com/sex_crimes/
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Aug 30
NY Times Series on Civil Commitment and Sex Offender
NY Times Series on Civil Commitment and Sex OffenderAlthough several years old, I recently stumbled across this multimedia New York Times series discussing sex offenders and civil commitment. The articles are available in three parts: part 1 | part 2 | part 3. The multimedia feature can be… -
Aug 30
DOJ Issues Report on Prison Rape
DOJ Issues Report on Prison RapeAs required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, the Department of Justice released an interesting report entitled: Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2008-2009. -
Jun 1
Carr v. United States - Initial Thought
Carr v. United States - Initial ThoughtIn a bit of a surprise, Carr won on a 6-3 vote. Although, as I thought, the likely way Carr would be victorious would be on the statutory interpretation issue and not the Ex Post Facto Clause claim. The outcome will have an effect on very…
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