Sentences with phrase «constitutional law cases»

Among the problems with this approach is that almost all of the important Constitutional Law cases involve more than one silo.

Other legal issues trickled in over time, with constitutional law cases at the end.

The «I am your father» moments mirror sentinel constitutional law cases, where pivotal transitions which occur while attempting to maintain the appearance of continuity.

State supreme courts decide about 2,000 constitutional law cases every year, and these cases have far - reaching consequences.

NEW: Law profs Steven Schwinn and Ruthann Robson provide same - day coverage and analysis of the most newsworthy constitutional law cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals and state supreme court levels.

What voters had to say: «Many of the most challenging aboriginal constitutional law cases end up on his desk because of his reputation for taking on tough cases.»

In other words, they are selected according to their relevance in areas of law applicable across Canada; accordingly, a majority of our translations are of criminal law, bankruptcy law, and constitutional law cases.

While the free version contains information for the top 100 constitutional law cases, the premium version for $ 4.99 affords users access to all 600 + cases.

The free version of the app includes the courts 100 most important constitutional law cases.

This one, called PocketJustice, gives you all the information you could ever need about the 600 - plus constitutional law cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Haren's past work includes working on civil rights and constitutional law cases while serving as chief counsel to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - Calif.)

In one major recent constitutional law case FMC partner Brian Foster and litigation counsel David Tavender acted for the Alberta government regarding the planned national securities regulator, he says.

From around the country, 20 law schools came to argue a constitutional law case.

Not exact matches

«There are going to be tough questions on both sides, questions the Supreme Court has not directly answered before in cases, that this court may not hesitate to stay clear of,» says Adam Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at University of California, Los Angeles.

Since the Jews for Jesus case in the»80s with Sekulow, Ekonomou has done some work for the American Center for Law and Justice, a non-profit which advocates for religious and constitutional freedoms and is known for supporting Christian causes.

The Obama administration chose not to ask the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to re-hear a pivotal health reform case Monday, signaling that it's going to ask the Supreme Court to decide whether President Barack Obama's health reform law is constitutional.

I'm reading NFIB v. Sebelius (the Obamacare decision) in preparation for teaching the case to my constitutional law students and came across the following most interesting passage in in Justice Ginsburg's opinion: «A mandate to purchase a particular product would be unconstitutional if, for example, the edict impermissibly abridged the freedom of speech, interfered with the free exercise of religion, or infringed on a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause.»

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Editor's note: Douglas Laycock, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Virginia, represented Hosanna - Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School in the case the Supreme Court decided Wednesday.

Moreover, cases often turn on minute details, which makes the law unpredictable; critics refer to a «three plastic reindeer rule,» under which the presence of a sufficient number of secular decorations in close proximity to a crèche render it constitutional.

Thus, when the Court in Casey asks that its case law be given the obedience due to the Constitution, and when it insists that, above all, it must remain loyal to its own recently established precedents, it makes a reasonable request within the context of the new constitutional regime.

Once the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on a matter of U.S. Constitutional law, the only ways to change it are either for the Supreme Court to overturn their decision in a later ruling on a different case or for the U.S. Constitution to be amended, according to the process set out in Article V.

@Machavity Case law has interpreted the constitutional prohibition on state level participation in foreign affairs more broadly although there are a few things are are permitted (e.g. sister city relationships, budgetary decisions with international implications).

A constitutional case in Germany suggested that the new patent arrangements were incompatible with EU law and brought the whole thing to a standstill.

The court of appeals handles all appeals except those in the supreme court's exclusive jurisdiction: challenges to the validity of a United States statute or treaty, the validity of a state constitutional provision or statute, cases requiring construction of revenue laws, the title to state office and cases where the death penalty is imposed.

«The Census Adjustment Act is the law of New York State, and we will fulfill our constitutional obligation to defend state law as we do in all cases,» says AG Eric Schneiderman's office.

The «case or controversy» clause of the Constitution prohibits the courts not only from rewriting statutes, but from even issuing an advisory opinion on whether a law or action would be Constitutional were it to be implemented.

A Latino advocacy group and a law firm are suing Suffolk County and federal officials and agencies, alleging that constitutional guarantees were violated when the county handed over an immigrant for deportation after he was charged in a DWI case.

It is the constitutional right of the first defendant to defend this case the way he deems fit in accordance with the law.

«The Nigerian Army through this action want to assure the nation and international community that we shall not condone cases of violation of laws of armed conflict in the discharge of our constitutional responsibilities.»

The League, along with Citizen's Union, also wants the legislature to adopt a law that requires the same changes, just in case the constitutional amendment, which requires the approval of two consecutively elected legislatures, plus a public vote, does not ultimately pass.

Sagay said, «Applying the principle of law, enunciated in the above cited cases, I am fortified in my submission that the Senate lacks the constitutional power to summon me to justify my condemnation of the illegal actions of its members.

This approach enables us to do justice in a manner that preserves the rule of law and a stable constitutional order without affecting acts and or things which were previously ordered on the legality of the impugned provision in the Abu Ramadan case.

He said, «The trial judge distinguished the Lagos State case from the present one, and held that whereas the court of Appeal so held against Lagos State environmental sanitation days on the ground of same not being a creation of law thus could not be enforced against the plaintiff therein, whereas the Oyo State environmental sanitation days are held pursuant to the provisions of the Oyo State Environmental Law of 2012, 2015, and regulations made thereunder, making the Oyo State exercise legal and constitutional unlike the scenario created in the Lagos calaw thus could not be enforced against the plaintiff therein, whereas the Oyo State environmental sanitation days are held pursuant to the provisions of the Oyo State Environmental Law of 2012, 2015, and regulations made thereunder, making the Oyo State exercise legal and constitutional unlike the scenario created in the Lagos caLaw of 2012, 2015, and regulations made thereunder, making the Oyo State exercise legal and constitutional unlike the scenario created in the Lagos case.

That issue is not directly related to this case, but it is relevant because the Libertarian Party's attorney is showing that the legislature can not be trusted to ever pass a constitutional ballot access law, and that it continues to be unreasonably hostile to minor parties.

Despite her lack of experience in constitutional law, Miers was defended by some commentators who posited that corporate law experience would come in handy when the court hears business cases.

But she's especially looking forward to a publication forthcoming later this year in the Yale Journal of Law & Feminism titled «Telling Stories in the Supreme Court: Voices Briefs and the Role of Democracy in Constitutional Deliberation,» which will analyze a new, controversial form of appellate narrative argument: briefs that share stories of individuals not parties to the case at hand.

Yes, since I'm also an attorney, I studied the landmark Korematsu vs. the United States case in my Constitutional Law class.

He seeks the advice of Constitutional law expert Phil Hirschkop (Jon Bass) to help bring the case to the attention of the Supreme Court.

These cases confirm the insights of leading constitutional law scholar Akhil Amar, who has stated that various implicit rights, though unenumerated, «are nonetheless full - fledged constitutional entitlements on any sensible reading of the document.»

Scalia believed his job in education cases was to read and apply the text of the law, and not allow his personal views on education to come in through the backdoor via free - ranging interpretations of vague statutory and constitutional provisions.

In the same way that the old segregationist laws of the South forced blacks to the «back of the bus,» the California law amounts to «relegating minorities to the back of the courthouse under the subtle laws of the «New North,»» argued Laurence H. Tribe, a Harvard University constitutional scholar representing the minority - group plaintiffs in the Los Angeles school - desegregation case.

But however the case is resolved, it serves as an important reminder of the importance of state - specific constitutional language and precedents, the considerable degree of variation in legal rules in our 50 - state federal system, and the continuing power of the local control idea in education law.

I was 19 then, largely ignorant of the law and without appreciation for the importance of the constitutional questions raised in my case.

UCW students are studying Supreme Court cases and learning about their constitutional rights as part of an exciting seminar taught at the University of Chicago Law School.

The case was brought by nine student plaintiffs who say the current state laws protect ineffective teachers and deny their constitutional right to receive a quality education.

In the landmark case, Vergara vs. California, nine student - plaintiffs, are arguing that the California teachers» seniority, tenure and dismissal laws violate their fundamental, constitutional right to a quality education.

In this capacity, Mr. Geier has been responsible for developing DOT's positions in numerous Supreme Court and lower federal court cases that have included a wide range of constitutional and administrative law issues as well as regulatory challenges.

We have a deep appreciation of public law, and have worked on precedent setting constitutional and administrative law cases.

Under Spanish constitutional case law, the Spanish authorities «indirectly» violate the Constitution if they give effect to a foreign authority's decision that infringes the «absolute content» of a fundamental right.