Constitutional Law Prof Blog
"Tracks and analyzes cases, current developments, and scholarship in constitutional law, with a particular eye toward teaching constitutional law."
Author: Steven D. Schwinn is an associate professor of law at John Marshall Law School, Ruthann Robinson is a law professor at City University of New York School of Law, and Nareissa L. Smith is an assistant professor of law at Florida Coastal School of Law.
Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law • Law Professors • City University of New York • Florida Coastal School of Law • John Marshall Law School • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Constitutional Law Prof Blog
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French and American Constitutionalism: Panel Discussion
On November 11, 2009, at 6pm, in New York City, Cardozo School of Law is sponsoring a discussion comparing how the United States and France cope with globalization and internationalization of law. The discussion is…
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Racial and Economic Integration of K-12 Schools: Conference
Reaffirming the Role of School Integration in K-12 Public Education Policy: A Conversation Among Policymakers, Advocates and Educators is the title of a conference to be held at Howard University School of Law Washington, D.C.…
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Health Care Constitutionality Revisited
Recently, this blog discussed an article considering the constitutionality of the current health care proposals. More developments have occurred since that writing. As promised, here is an update. In a column for politico.com, Erwin Chemerinsky,…
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Who is Lady Brenda Hale?
"A home maker as well as a judge, she thoroughly enjoyed helping the artists and architects create a new home for The Supreme Court." The Supreme Court in question is the new Supreme Court of…
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Justice Scalia, Originalism, and Life in the 21st Century
Earlier this week, Justice Scalia and Justice Breyer debated methods of constitutional interpretation before an audience in Tuscon, Arizona. During the event, Justice Scalia accused some of his colleagues of "making up rights." Justice Breyer,…
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Translating Equality
Third Annual Distinguished Conversation at CUNY School of Law TRANSLATING EQUALITY: LANGUAGE, LAW & POETRY A conversation between Professors Jenny Rivera & Kimiko Hahn Moderated by Professor Ruthann Robson Friday, November 6, 2009 at 11…
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Full Ninth Circuit to Review Jeppesen, State Secrets ruling
A majority of participating judges on the Ninth Circuit voted yesterday to grant en banc review to Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, the three-judge panel ruling that rejected the Bush and Obama administrations' state secrets claim.…
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Amicus Metzger Talks About Free Enterprise Fund
I spoke yesterday with Professor Gillian Metzger (Columbia) about her amicus brief in Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Co. Accounting Oversight Board, the case challenging Sarbanes-Oxley's new PCAOB, a body within the SEC, on Appointments…
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Metzger on Internal and External Separation of Powers
Professor Gillian Metzger (Columbia) recently posted her thoughtful piece, The Interdependent Relationship Between Internal and External Separation of Powers, on SSRN. The article explores the relationships between internal and external checks on the executive and…
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More listening and more diversity needed on SCOTUS, says Justice Thomas
Justice Clarence Thomas, in a talk at the University of Alabama School of Law, yesterday reportedly said that the Justices already know where they stand before oral argument, and asked, "So why do you beat…