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10 Jul 2022, 9:05 pm
Pierce, George Washington University Law School; Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson University College of Law; Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Penn State Law; Shelley Welton, University of Pennsylvania Law School; and Tobias Wolff, University of Pennsylvania Law School. [read post]
9 May 2012, 9:00 pm
This piece appears in Guernica. [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 12:21 pm
Here. [read post]
26 Aug 2023, 8:18 am
Eisen (@NormEisen), Michael Nevett, Francois Barrilleaux (@FrenchwaEB), Beth Markman and Sasha Matsuki How Jack Smith May Charge Trump PAC with Fraudulent Fundraising Within the Bounds of First Amendment by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy (@ProfCiara) Chart: Names of the “Unindicted Co-Conspirators” in Fulton County, Georgia Indictment [Updated] by Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw), Norman L. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 1:30 pm
The 2009-2010 Supreme Court Term: Impact on the LatinoCommunity and Practitioners Thursday, September 23, 20106-8 pmSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates4 Times SquareNY, NY Panelists: Elba Galvan, Principal Court Attorney, Supreme Court, New York County Shayana Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Brennan Center Manuel Vargas, Immigrant Defense Project Moderator: Jenny Rivera, CLORE Cases to be discussed… [read post]
21 Dec 2015, 2:58 am
” At medium, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy discusses a petition for review filed by chocolate giant Nestlé in a case that “arose when several John Does from Cote D’Ivoire in Africa sued Nestlé for aiding and abetting their enslavement as children,” and she contends that, if “the Supreme Court takes the case and agrees with Nestlé, then these arguments could insulate all multinational corporations from answering for human rights… [read post]
12 Feb 2015, 7:24 am
Briefly: In a post at the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy discusses the cert. petition filed recently in ProtectMarriage.com-Yes on 8 v. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 4:38 am
” At ACSblog, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy laments that not “only are [the Justices] forgetting precedent from decades ago, they can’t even recall cases from the beginning of the Roberts Court—a mere eight years ago,” while in an op-ed for Reuters Elizabeth Wydra contends that “the court’s conservative majority’s rulings have . . . made it easier for big-money donors to influence elections — while making it harder for… [read post]
14 Apr 2017, 4:02 am
” Briefly: At the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy looks at Jesner v. [read post]
29 Oct 2019, 3:52 am
At the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy weighs in on Kelly v. [read post]
29 Apr 2022, 9:05 pm
In an essay in The Regulatory Review, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy of Stetson University College of Law explains that preemption in Republican-controlled states has stalled local election reform in major democratic cities. [read post]
23 Aug 2019, 9:30 pm
But that’s not actually when slavery in America started," by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy (Stetson Law School); and more.Weekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers. [read post]
14 Aug 2016, 12:00 am
”Legal historians may also enjoy the New Books Network’s coverage of two new books on voting and voting rights in America (Zachary Roth’s The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy and Ciara Torres-Spelliscy’s Corporate Citizen? [read post]
25 Oct 2017, 4:11 am
” At the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy stresses the importance of Gill v. [read post]
11 May 2010, 5:20 am
My former colleague, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, offers a proposal from the Brennan Center for Justice that would require inter alia shareholder approval for corporate political expenditures (in this same vein, see also The Shareholder Protection Act, H.R. 4537): The U.S. should modify its securities laws to address corporate political expenditures post-Citizens United by (1) mandating that corporations obtain the consent of shareholders before making… [read post]
21 Jul 2016, 4:42 am
At Guernica, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy looks at the relationship between the Court’s campaign-finance jurisprudence and the anti-abortion movement, arguing that “one of the reasons that the Supreme Court could rule so broadly in” the challenge to a Texas law regulating abortions “was the broad ruling in Citizens United. [read post]
9 May 2014, 3:15 am
” At the blog of the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy discusses efforts by former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell, who has been indicted on federal corruption charges, to rely on the Court’s campaign finance jurisprudence as part of his defense. [read post]
20 Jun 2014, 4:58 am
At the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy discusses the testimony of two state legislators – Jamie Raskin and Floyd McKissick – at a hearing on a proposed amendment to overturn the Court’s recent campaign finance rulings, characterizing them as “clarions warning the nation about money in politics after Citizens United. [read post]
10 Mar 2015, 3:49 am
Briefly: At the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy explains why, for her, “[s]ometimes the sweetest sounds in the Home of the Brave are the words ‘cert. denied. [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 3:45 am
” At the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy notes that “[a] few weeks ago, the Supreme Court delivered a surprising rebuke to those who think corporations just don’t have enough influence on U.S. elections[:] In declining to hear the case of 1A Auto, Inc. vs. [read post]
