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Home Daily News Exchange at Stanford Law event with Federalist… Law Schools Exchange at Stanford Law event with Federalist Society wasn’t productive, associate dean says By Stephanie Francis Ward March 24, 2023, 11:32 am CDT Stanford Law School in November 2012. Photo by King of Hearts, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A Stanford Law School administrator … Read more
Home Daily News After ‘disruptive heckling,’ Stanford Law… Law Schools After ‘disruptive heckling,’ Stanford Law requires free speech session, notes associate dean’s leave By Debra Cassens Weiss March 23, 2023, 11:09 am CDT Stanford Law School is requiring its students to attend an educational session on free speech following students’ “disruptive heckling” of a conservative … Read more
Home Daily News Law firms can’t be sanctioned for multiplying… Law Firms Law firms can’t be sanctioned for multiplying cases ‘vexatiously’ in federal court, 5th Circuit says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 14, 2023, 12:46 pm CDT Image from Shutterstock. A provision of federal law that allows sanctions for multiplying legal proceedings “unreasonably and vexatiously” … Read more
Home Daily News Stanford apologizes after conservative federal… Law Schools Stanford apologizes after conservative federal appeals judge is heckled during Federalist Society talk By Debra Cassens Weiss March 13, 2023, 11:32 am CDT U.S. Circuit Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan has received an apology after protesters he described as “juvenile idiots” interrupted his March 9 speech … Read more
Home Daily News 7 judges on 5th Circuit question ‘perpetual… Constitutional Law 7 judges on 5th Circuit question ‘perpetual funding’ of government programs; is Social Security at risk? By Debra Cassens Weiss February 13, 2023, 3:23 pm CST Seven judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans have embraced the view … Read more
Home Daily News Prisoner who can’t show ‘factual innocence’… Sentencing/Post Conviction Prisoner who can’t show ‘factual innocence’ isn’t entitled to habeas relief, 5th Circuit says By Debra Cassens Weiss January 5, 2023, 8:54 am CST Death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford in April 2013. Photo from the Mississippi Department of Corrections via the Associated Press. … Read more
Home Daily News Western District of Louisiana is preferred… Judiciary Western District of Louisiana is preferred venue for conservative states challenging Biden policies By Debra Cassens Weiss December 22, 2022, 10:17 am CST Republican-led states banding together to challenge Biden administration policies are filing their cases in the Western District of Louisiana, where they can … Read more
Home Daily News Bryan Garner’s 2022 legal writing tips Year in Review Bryan Garner’s 2022 legal writing tips By Bryan A. Garner December 22, 2022, 8:34 am CST Photo of Bryan Garner by Winn Fuqua Photography. This year, Bryan Garner gave us a new game for word lovers, a hypothesis on hyphens and four principles … Read more
Home Daily News Judge’s failure to recuse because of stock… Judiciary Judge’s failure to recuse because of stock ownership doesn’t require vacating decision, 5th Circuit says By Debra Cassens Weiss December 12, 2022, 10:49 am CST A federal appeals court has refused to disturb a judge’s ruling in favor of Walmart, despite her ownership of … Read more