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9 Jul 2015, 6:27 am by SHG
United States, the Court raises a question that even law nerds struggle to embrace: Under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984, a defendant convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm faces more severe punishment if he has three or more previous convictions for a “violent felony,” a term defined to include any felony that “involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another. [read post]
7 Jul 2015, 12:41 am by Andrew Trask
So, all of this is interesting to comparative legal studies nerds like myself, but what is the takeaway for the American class action lawyer? [read post]
3 Jul 2015, 3:16 am by InternationalLaw Blogger
Only the hardest of the hard-core international law nerds will care about this. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 7:42 pm
" At msnbc.com, Steve Benen reports that "Justice Kagan's nerd credibility soars. [read post]
19 Jun 2015, 5:31 am by Rory Little
Significant to this point, for us federal criminal law nerds, is that the Court relies on a precedent called Bryan v. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 2:43 pm
 This was not a bunch of wacky nerds talking transmitters and test-tubes, but a thoughtful set of presentations that addressed the entrepreneurial dimension of innovation: creating an appropriate strategy and corporate framework for developing, manufacturing or otherwise commercialising their intellectual assets, raising capital, protecting products and markets, overcoming regulatory hurdles and so forth. [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 1:19 am by Daphne Keller
Is the forum country’s foreign policy a factor when a court ruling undermines the sovereignty of lawmakers and courts in other countries? [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 1:12 am by Daphne Keller
- - - - -   * Bonus questions for all you jurisdiction nerds: Does it matter if the law at issue is relatively consistent across national borders (counterfeiting, say) or relatively diverse (privacy, election campaigning)? [read post]
4 May 2015, 6:00 am by JB
How would you say this book differs from the dozens of books published every year on the Constitution and the Supreme Court? [read post]
19 Apr 2015, 10:10 am by Andrew Delaney
Also: (1) I’m lazy; (2) some of the terms are drier than the Sahara; and (3) there’s a link to the opinion at the top, so you can nerd out to your heart’s content should you so desire without me having to do it for you. [read post]
15 Apr 2015, 7:41 am by Steve Vladeck
" Hollingsworth is a great case for federal courts nerds, because it brings together two different threads of the Supreme Court's jurisprudence regarding non-Article III federal adjudication: (1) Congress's power to relegate certain matters to non-Article III magistrate judges; and (2) Congress's power to relegate certain matters to non-Article III "territorial"... [read post]
12 Apr 2015, 8:56 pm by Colin Lachance
Something, according to Elon Musk in response to Neil deGrasse Tyson (NERD ALERT!!!!) [read post]
10 Apr 2015, 6:00 am by Colin Lachance
Something, according to Elon Musk in response to Neil deGrasse Tyson (NERD ALERT!!!!) [read post]
2 Apr 2015, 9:37 pm by Lisa Milam-Perez
And that doesn’t begin to scratch the surface of the legally compelling, truly fascinating human interest stories that unfold in the court cases we cover each day. [read post]