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The case settled. I n the settlement approved by the court, the school district agreed its employees would "not do any of the following in the presence of students, either during the school day or at School District-sponsored activities or...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e710d44d970c 2012-02-09T18:51:21-05:00 2012-02-09T18:51:21-05:00

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit rejected Guantanamo detainee Abdul-Rahman Abdo Abulghaith Suleiman's habeas claim earlier this week. The case is just the latest from the D.C. Circuit on habeas claims of a Guantanamo detainees. The court applied its...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e7022d2b970c 2012-02-09T07:25:00-05:00 2012-02-08T21:29:05-05:00

May a state limit its statutory Freedom of Information Act to "state citizens"? Doesn't such a provision violate the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV? Or the dormant aspect of the commerce clause? Not according to the Fourth Circuit....

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163010e3b7b970d 2012-02-09T00:21:32-05:00 2012-02-09T00:21:32-05:00

The en banc Seventh Circuit heard oral argument on Wednesday in Vance v. Rumsfeld, the case by two American military contractors against the former Secretary of Defense (among others) for authorizing their torture while in military detention in Iraq. We...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e6f389c1970c 2012-02-07T21:21:06-05:00 2012-02-07T21:21:06-05:00

For your (children's) viewing pleasure: RR

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016761f04537970b 2012-02-07T20:43:10-05:00 2012-02-08T18:04:07-05:00

As we noted earlier today, the Ninth Circuit panel has affirmed the district judge that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, in a 2-1 decision. The panel was unanimous on two points: First, the proponents had standing. The standing issue is convoluted...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016761e5ad8b970b 2012-02-07T13:16:33-05:00 2012-02-07T20:45:06-05:00

The Ninth Circuit panel has rendered its opinion in Perry v. Brown, on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 that prohibited same-sex marriage, affirming 2-1 Judge Vaugn Walker's extensive opinion based on the trial (our recap here) the videotapes of...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016300e350bc970d 2012-02-06T21:32:37-05:00 2012-02-06T21:32:37-05:00

A group of 39 Republican Senators said on Friday that they would file an amicus brief in a court case challenging President Obama's recent recess appointments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the National Labor Relations Board. We posted...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e6b3ba1f970c 2012-02-04T23:58:00-05:00 2012-02-04T23:59:51-05:00

The Seventh Circuit ruled last week in Brown v. Bowman that a bar applicant's claim in federal district court for constitutional violations in his bar application and appeal process was barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. (The Rooker-Feldman doctrine prevents lower...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676193b9ea970b 2012-02-02T18:29:24-05:00 2012-02-02T18:29:24-05:00

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled this week in AE v. Tulare that a civil rights plaintiff suing a municipality under Monell v. Department of Social Services has to allege some concrete facts to satisfy the pleading standard...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e6858ec7970c 2012-02-02T13:37:51-05:00 2012-02-02T13:37:51-05:00

The Ninth Circuit today issued its opinion in Perry v. Brown holding that the Proposition 8 trial videotapes will not be released. The panel - - - Judges Reinhardt, Hawkins, and NR Smith - - - reversed the decision of...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167618dd423970b 2012-02-02T10:21:18-05:00 2012-02-02T10:26:10-05:00

For scholars working on constitutional issues relating to social justice and gender, a terrific-looking conference, Social Justice Feminism, will be held at University of Cincinnati College of Law on October 26-27, 2012. The deadline is April 1, 2012; submissions of...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016761867c83970b 2012-02-02T00:26:47-05:00 2012-02-02T00:29:22-05:00

The ACLU filed suit on Wednesday against the U.S. government in the Southern District of New York seeking the release of records related to the targeted killings of U.S. citizens overseas. Recall that the New York Times and two reporters...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163008ed422970d 2012-02-01T21:39:28-05:00 2012-02-01T21:39:28-05:00

Tracey Cooper-Harris (pictured right), a member of the US Army for twelve years, has filed a complaint against the US for veterans benefits for her same-sex partner, arguing that DOMA and the VA definition of "spouse" violates the Fifth Amendment's...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676182df3d970b 2012-02-01T18:33:29-05:00 2012-02-01T18:36:13-05:00

Justice Ginsburg discusses the formation of the US Constitution, mentioning "Remember the Ladies," slavery, Native Americans, immigrants, and the death penalty, as well as other matters of constitutionalism, in an interview on Al Hayat TV in Egypt. RR (h/t Barbara...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676180838e970b 2012-02-01T15:19:58-05:00 2012-02-01T15:19:58-05:00

As the NYT reports, the filmmaker Josh Fox whose documentary “Gasland” raised questions about "fracking," was escorted from a House of Representatives subcommittee hearing today and given a misdemeanor citation. Although Fox shouted this "is a public hearing!” and “I’m...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167617daf06970b 2012-02-01T12:13:19-05:00 2012-02-01T12:15:20-05:00

In what the First Circuit calls the "second chapter" of challenges to the constitutionality of Maine's registration and disclosure laws regarding election-related advocacy, the court in National Organization for Marriage [NOM] v. McKee, essentially reaffirms its opinion last August in...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e67e0464970c 2012-02-01T10:31:04-05:00 2012-02-01T10:31:04-05:00

From Madison to Zuccotti Park: Confronting Class and Reclaiming the American Dream will be held at University of Wisconsin, Madison, and seeks to "bring together scholars, economists, activists, policymakers, and others to critically examine both the relationships between and the...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163005c923a970d 2012-01-29T22:07:54-05:00 2012-01-29T22:07:54-05:00

Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle (D.D.C.) on Friday rejected a U.S. citizen's claim that the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, and the Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Sydney violated her Fifth Amendment due...

constitutional lawblogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163005917d5970d 2012-01-29T16:49:33-05:00 2012-01-29T21:15:01-05:00

Need a bit of humor? The latest episode of The Daily Show had some provocative comedy related to constitutional law developments earlier this month. On the FCC v. Fox oral arguments, Stewart made somewhat implicit comparisons between sex and violence....

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