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Monthly Archive for September, 2010

Jurisdiction Stripping

Here’s a podcast on jurisdiction stripping: jurisdiction stripping. The script is, as usual, on TWEN. Hope you’re having a good week!

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Homicide etc.

Hot off the press. homicide and causation

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How False Confessions Get so Detailed

The NY Times has a really interesting article today on how innocent people end up confessing to crimes they didn’t commit and how they end up seeming to know things only the guilty person should know. The article reports on a study done by a law professor at the University of Virginia.  Here’s a link […]

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Justiciability Podcast

Now that we’re finished with the justiciability section, here is the audio summary for it. justiciability. I’ll warn you, it’s kind of long, in that it’s more than 20 minutes, which is my usual target max. But there’s a lot of stuff that’s closely related, so it all makes sense together. Let me know if […]

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Federal Courts Background Material

Here is the audio podcast summary for the background material in federal courts. fctsintro. I’ll post the summary for justiciability at the end of the week, after we finish discussing the political question doctrine. In the meantime, let me know if you have questions, if you would like me to address things differently, or if […]

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We’re not too far into the semester, but we’ve already covered some of the most important and most fundamental material in criminal law. I’ve done four podcast summaries of that foundational stuff: crimlaw intro legality punishment culpability Let me know if there is anything I can explain differently or further, or if there are additional […]

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This originally appeared in September of 2009: The 6th Circuit allows state taxpayer standing to challenge spending by state agencies in violation of federal establishment clause. See the ACLU’s press release for more details. So when you see a cause lawsuit like this one, it’s important to look at what injury the plaintiffs are alleging, […]

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Potpourri of Back to School

This originally appeared in August of 2009: As we all get back into the swing of things, I wanted to share some links for useful information on organizing, note taking, and productivity. First, one don’t: Don’t try to multitask. It turns out that we’re not good at it. Second, one do: Do write about what […]

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This appeared originally in November 2008: So Larry Langford, Mayor of Birmingham got arrested in a kickback scheme, and today, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois’ governor was arrested for making Illinois state government a pay to play system. Lots of good stuff in there . . .

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Interesting recent case and immaturity

This was originally posted in November of 2008: You might find this current case interesting in light of our discussion in class on immaturity. Prosecutors in St. Johns, Arizona are seeking to try an 8-year-old as an adult. The article also explains the process the parties will have to go through to make the determination.

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