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4 Aug 2010, 1:33 pm by Big Tent Democrat
Supreme Court abrogated jus soli in its infamous Dred Scott decision, denying birthright citizen­ship to the descendents of slaves. [read post]
1 Aug 2010, 9:30 pm by Jacob Katz Cogan
The conclusion drawn is that international organizations should be subjected to radically improved regimes of international judicial oversight, or their immunities should be abrogated in certain areas so that they may be rendered subject to the jurisdiction of the domestic courts of the countries in which they operate, or both. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 7:53 am by Jeff Gamso
  Arizona just cannot selectively abrogate the Bill of  Rights - even if it thinks the feds are insufficiently vigilant about enforcing immigration law.Frankly, I wish Bolton would just wipe out the whole law. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 5:00 am by Angela Swan
Whenever this rule has been seen to cause serious problems, it has been abrogated by statute. [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 2:49 am
”  However, the court stressed that the enactment of a statutory cause of action may abrogate a common-law claim if there is a “clear repugnance” between the two causes of action. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 9:30 am by Lory Rosenberg
When governors and other public officials pass laws allowing themselves to abrogate the human rights they are otherwise obligated to uphold, it’s no wonder that state workers are emboldened to engage in lawless and discriminatory conduct that terrorizes communities. [read post]
17 Jul 2010, 9:53 am
USCIS is Limiting the H-1B vlsa category in abrogation of the Law There is a major problem plaguing the H-1B visa category: USCIS is issuing H-1B visas in one year increments for third-party placement scenarios. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 7:44 am by christopher
., 903 F.2d 1486, 1489 (11th Cir. 1990), abrogated in part by Reed Elsevier, 120 S. [read post]
5 Jul 2010, 8:00 am by Alan Ackerman
If one was to fully understand the situation of the VFW lease, one would probably be appalled the VFW received nothing for its valuable rights for the next 50 years of control. [read post]
4 Jul 2010, 9:52 pm by Simon Gibbs
Unfortunately this chapter also deals with Maintenance and Champerty and even more unfortunately recommends retaining the rule, and even more unfortunately that the rule should be abrogated for third party funders. [read post]
3 Jul 2010, 4:27 am by Russell Cawyer
Herrera, the Supreme Court of Texas held that, unlike the family care provisions of the FMLA, Congress did not abrogate Texas' sovereign immunity for violations of the FMLA self-care provision and therefore the State of Texas cannot be sued for such violations. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 8:24 am by Don Cruse
The Court holds that (1) the federal FMLA (Family & Medical Leave Act) did not abrogate Texas’ sovereign immunity and (2) that the University itself had not waived immunity from suit through a sentence in its employee handbook. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 7:10 pm by Embassy Law
June 1, 2010) abrogated our prior holding that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act extends to officials of a foreign government acting in their official capacities, we vacate the judgment of the District Court insofar as it dismissed plaintiff's claims against the government officials of Chile. [read post]
27 Jun 2010, 8:15 am by Larry Ribstein
The court dealt with this by reasoning that applying the charging order provision would effectively abrogate the general execution statute which makes various types of property, including corporate stock, subject to attachment and execution. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 12:36 pm by Bill Otis
  From a law professor's point of view, the most interesting aspect of the decision is the debate between Justice Ginsburg and Justice Scalia about whether a limiting construction of a statute amounts to respect for, or an abrogation of, Congress's sole power to write the law. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 9:59 pm by Hank Fasthoff
Colting, the Second Circuit determined that “although the District Court applied our Circuit’s longstanding standard for preliminary injunctions in copyright cases, our Circuit’s standard [namely, the presumption of irreparable harm] is inconsistent with the ‘test historically employed by courts of equity’ and has, therefore, been abrogated by” the Supreme Court’s eBay decision. [read post]