Constitutional Law

Week in Review: March 14- March 21, 2008

Stories:

• A look at federal privacy law in light of State Department officials accessing political candidate's passport files.
• D.C. v. Heller: Carl T. Bogus reviews the argument before the High Court; Yannick Morgan spends the night at the Court; video clips from an ACS Briefing on the argument; and a compilation of an online debate between Professors Winkler and Tushnet over the Second Amendment.
• A synopsis of the Court's decision regarding Washington State's primary election system.
• A synopsis of the Court's decision regarding the use of peremptory challenges to strike black jurors.
• A preview of Chamber of Commerce v. Brown by Scott Kronland.
• An overview of the Supreme Court's eight grants of certiorari this week.
• A report on two military commission hearings by Kevin Lanigan.
• Washington and Lee University adopts an experimental 3L curriculum.
• A look at the FBI's disregarding of FISA Court rulings on access to records.

Resources:

• The text of the order debarring I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby
• A link to Herman Schwartz's article on efforts to limit access to justice.
• A link to Slate's new blog, Convictions.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on March 21, 2008 (boomark / email).