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To End a Presidency

May 30, 2018 By gmoke

On May 22, 2018, Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz, authors of the book To End a Presidency, spoke at the Cambridge Public Library.  My rough notes follow: Laurence Tribe:  The abuse of Presidential power is the lynchpin of an impeachable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: constitutional-law, impeachment, laurence tribe

On Protecting The Innocent, Or, Is There A Death Penalty Compromise?

September 23, 2011 By fake-consultant

I don’t feel very good about this country this morning, and as so many of us are I’m thinking of how Troy Davis was hustled off this mortal coil by the State of Georgia without a lot of thought of what it means to execute the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 8th Amendment, aclu, capital-punishment, civil-rights, congress, constitutional-law, death-penalty, georgia, Innocence Project, law, Troy Davis

On Living Up To Your Words, Or, Tornado? That’s Not In The Constitution.

April 20, 2011 By fake-consultant

"...For that was not true; his attitude was not to be explained by greed, or at any rate by greed alone, but rather by the touchiness which his great labors and their complete unsuccess had bred in him." --From the story "The Village School … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 10th-amendment, article-1-section-8, congress, constitutional-law, democrats, disaster, election-12, fema, law, law-and-lawyers, oklahoma, politics, republicans, tea-party

Prop 8 Preview: The “Basis” Is The Thing

August 4, 2010 By fake-consultant

We have a long discussion available, here and here, that explains exactly what happened in Massachusetts a few weeks ago, but the short version is something like this: a series of Plaintiffs, including private persons and the State of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: constitutional-law, doma, rational-basis, strict-scrutiny

On A Pair Of Victories, Part Two, Or, DOMA Ruled Unconstitutionally Irrational

July 12, 2010 By fake-consultant

In the companion case, Massachusetts v HHS, the Plaintiff was the State of Massachusetts, who alleged, convincingly, that the DOMA definition of "spouse" was forcing the State to illegally discriminate against its own citizens. Today's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civil-rights, constitutional-law, doma, gill-v-opm, lbgt, marriage-equality, massachusetts, same-sex-marriage

On A Pair Of Victories, Part One, Or, “I DOMA Think Congress Can Define Spouse Anymore”

July 9, 2010 By fake-consultant

This will be too much analysis for one story; we'll be, instead, discussing the ruling in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today; the second opinion, which decides Gill v OPM (OPM is the US … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: constitutional-law, doma, law, lbgt, massachusetts, same-sex-marriage

Rights Under SCOTUS Assault — Again

June 2, 2010 By shiltone

In their decision regarding Berghuis v. Thompkins, the Court's majority has decided that a suspect's three-hour silence does not constitute an invocation of his right to remain silent, while opening his mouth after three hours of silence -- … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: constitutional-law, miranda, scotus, supreme-court

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