Constitutional Law

ACS Weeks in Review: June 9 - June 20

Stories

• An analysis of the legal issues at play in a recent feud between the Associated Press and bloggers who link to AP content, by Christopher Sprigman, associate professor of law, the University of Virginia School of Law.
• An overview of the importance of constitutional text and history in the Boumediene v. Bush decision, by Elizabeth Wydra, Chief Counsel to the Constitutional Accountability Center, and an examination of the potential implications of the Boumediene decision for other prisoners seeking federal habeas relief, by Giovanna Shay, Assistant Professor, Western New England College School of Law. ACSBlog also provided coverage of the Boumediene decision.
• An examination of the responsibilities of judges with regard to state secrets, by Barry Siegel, Director of the Literary Journalism Program, UC Irvine; Pulitzer-Prize winning former national correspondent, Los Angeles Times.
• An update on progress regarding amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Resources

• Videos from the 2008 ACS National Convention.
• Award recipients of the ACS Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition, National Student Writing Competition, the Constance Baker Motley National Moot Court Competition, and a number of chapter awards.
• A new ACS Issue Brief, entitled “Choice at the End of Life: Lessons from Oregon,” by Professor Kathryn L. Tucker, and another new Issue Brief: “The Pitfalls of Voter Identification Laws in a Post-Crawford World,” by Carrie Apfel of Jenner & Block.
• Seven recent Supreme Court decisions.
• This week’s congressional activities.
  
  

Full post as published by ACS Blog on June 23, 2008 (boomark / email).