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Developing a Law School Course on Presidential Impeachment
By Gregory S. Crespi Abstract This short essay discusses my motivation for and the process I went through over the past two years developing a law school course on presidential impeachment and related topics. I recommend that those law school faculty members who may...
Overwriting and Under-Deciding: Addressing the Roberts Court’s Shrinking Docket
By Meg Penrose Abstract “The duty to decide is the primary judicial duty.” If one agrees with Judge Posner, then the Roberts Court is shirking its primary duty. Empirically, the Roberts Court is the least productive of any Supreme Court. It averages less than 70...
Should Good People Be Doctors? A Comment on Paul Butler and Anonymous
By Richard Delgado Abstract This is a nervous period for progressive people. The advent of an administration seemingly dedicated to mass cruelty has raised concerns over the line between conscionable and unconscionable work—always high—to fever pitch, and produced...
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Issue Classing—The Express Checkout of Class Actions
By Shaquille Grant Abstract In Martin v. Behr Dayton Thermal Products LLC, the Sixth Circuit interpreted how Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3)’s requirements interact with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(c)(4). Rule 23(b)(3) provides that a class action may...
Online Threats: The Dire Need for a Reboot in True-Threats Jurisprudence
By John Sivils Abstract Free speech protection ends where true threats begin. The Supreme Court of the United States has defined “true threats” as “those statements where the speaker means to communicate a serious expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful...
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