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Posted in Podcast Summaries on Nov 14th, 2014
I’ve updated the rest of the podcasts, but have a few more to re-record. All of the scripts are available on TWEN, and here are the recordings that are updated. Justiciability: Jurisdiction stripping: Article I courts: Federal question jurisdiction: Law to be applied/federal common law:
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Sep 18th, 2014
I’m in the process of updating podcast summaries for federal courts. Here is the first one on the introductory material: Let me know if you have questions or want more detail on something. The written version, as always, is on TWEN in the podcast summaries folder under “slides and helpful extras.”
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Nov 26th, 2013
I did not bump these up as we finished them, but here are the audio for: Article I courts; Scotus review 2011; federal question; immunity podcast. And the last material we covered–federal law in state courts is covered in the “law to be applied” recording, which I posted earlier.
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Oct 23rd, 2013
We finished another unit, which means that there’s another podcast: Law to be applied
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Sep 12th, 2013
We have already covered three units of material in federal courts, and our practice problem is set for about two weeks from today. So it’s time to update my links to the podcasts for those units. I’ve made the written versions for these three available on TWEN. Feel free to take a look at them […]
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Nov 27th, 2012
Here are the podcasts on the duty of state courts to hear federal causes of action, federal common law, and the law to be applied in federal and state courts: Law to be applied; And on immunity immunity podcast
Posted in Posts on Nov 9th, 2012
Remember Thursday, Nov. 8, when I said that the congruence and proportionality test was a big deal in contexts outside of the 11th amendment sometimes, and then mentioned voting rights? Well today the Court granted cert in the Voting Rights Act case that gives it a chance to rule that the preclearance requirement of the […]
Posted in Posts on Nov 1st, 2012
My joke today about Justice Brennan screaming this was probably too obscure for most of you. Here’s the video clip from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, which I was making an homage to:
Posted in Posts on Oct 30th, 2012
I’m not the only federal courts professor who loves the class . . . espinsegall: 15! Oh you want truth?“@YoungdruB: @espinsegall If/When I take fed cts next semester on a scale of 1-10, how much fun will we be having?” Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/espinsegall/status/263397768524099584 Sent via TweetDeck (www.tweetdeck.com)
Posted in Posts on Oct 16th, 2012
SCOTUSblog. The D.C. Circuit threw out one of the cases that arose out of the military commissions related to Guantanamo: Hamdan. What he did wasn’t defined as a crime when he did it. Criminal law students, note the legality principle at work. Fed Courts students, note the retroactivity and separation of powers principles. Also, there’s […]
