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1 Feb 2018, 12:45 pm
Novelist Ha Jin explains why the courts stopping Trump’s first Muslim Ban made him feel at peace with being American. [read post]
20 Jun 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
The fact that their challenges have often been taken seriously by the national political community is not just a matter of pragmatism (though that certainly has been a factor): it is also a sign that their self-presentation as representatives of the popular will has at different times been accepted at the federal level, as Fritz, the expert historian of the idea of popular sovereignty, explains (p. 36). [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 7:09 pm
Most people tend to be hard pressed to explain the U.S. legal system either to non-lawyers or to foreigners, even sophisticated foreign lawyers or jurists, or for that matter to each other. [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 10:15 am by John Mikhail
      In the spring of 1786, James Madison and James Monroe purchased nine hundred acres along the Mohawk River in upstate New York, near the site where the Treaty of Fort Stanwix was signed. [read post]
15 Mar 2017, 11:33 am by Jordan Brunner
Separately, Comey will privately brief Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking member Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on the matter on March 22nd. [read post]
5 Oct 2016, 2:00 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
But the Texas Observer quoted a spokesman for Black Lives Matter: Houston who dubbed the proposal victim blaming: “It’s an insult. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 4:50 am by John Mikhail
   Despite this, few scholars have asked where James Wilson drew this particular language from or what he originally meant by this phrase when he first composed it for the Committee of Detail. [read post]
28 Aug 2017, 5:36 am by Jane Chong, Benjamin Wittes
Some of the revelations about Trump’s behavior on this front have taken the form of credible but as-yet unverified allegations; most notably, former FBI Director James Comey testified under oath that Trump asked him to pledge his loyalty and also expressed the “hope” that the bureau drop its investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. [read post]
21 May 2017, 10:41 am by Guest Blogger
Gregory Sisk For the symposium on James Pfander, Constitutional Torts and the War on Terror.In his new book “Constitutional Torts and the War on Terror,” Prof. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 11:36 am by Peter Margulies
In its reply brief urging the Ninth Circuit to stay Judge James Robart’s temporary restraining order  against President Trump’s Refugee Executive Order (EO), the Justice Department has tried to move the court battle to more defensible ground. [read post]
9 Jul 2019, 7:07 am by Jon L. Gelman
“When police and firefighters in New Jersey received word that two planes had struck the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, many of them didn’t hesitate before responding to the scene, even though they were not specifically ordered to go,” said Assemblyman James Kennedy. [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 1:09 pm by Alex R. McQuade
FBI Director James Comey indicated yesterday during a speech at Kenyon College that the government had purchased a tool that allowed investigators to access the San Bernardino iPhone. [read post]
18 Apr 2017, 6:00 am by Mark Graber
  For much of American history, James Madison and friends were regarded as demi-gods, whose sacred text was not to be disturbed in any way. [read post]
10 Jul 2015, 12:49 pm by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic
FBI director James Comey announced that counterterrorism officials foiled multiple attacks leading up to the July 4th holiday. [read post]
27 Jan 2020, 9:45 am by Jonathan Shaub
The concern animating a general privilege that protects a particular category of information is not, as it was for Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, and others, that there will be specific, concrete harm to someone or some ongoing matter if the information sought were disclosed. [read post]
22 May 2020, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
  She joined a national bar association for commercial lawyers and developed a substantial practice in insurance, shipping, and other business matters. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 7:39 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
First, James Risen and Eric Lichtblau disclosed a secret program of warrantless eavesdropping targeted at communications inside the United States. [read post]