Jul 24 2015 Topics Federalism & Separation of Powers Blog Post State Courts & AGs State Court Docket Watch News Clips: 7/24/2015 Isaac Mass, Zach Mayo The Texas Supreme Court ordered the Houston City Council to place its LGBT non-discrimination ordinance...
Nov 22 2017 Topics Constitution • Criminal Law & Procedure • Due Process Blog Post News As Bail Reform Progresses, Yes, Bail Is Constitutional John-Michael Seibler If you read the text of the Eighth Amendment excessive bail clause, you may be...
Dec 16 2020 Topics Criminal Law & Procedure Blog Post Two studies, different results: How did Cook County’s bail reform really impact crime? Emily Mooney Bail reform efforts that seek to shrink jail populations and scale back the use of...
Dec 20 2021 Publication State Court Docket Watch State Court Docket Watch: Guns Save Lives, Inc. v. Ali Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down County Gun, Ammo Taxes On October 21, 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court struck down two Cook County gun and...
Mar 2 2007 Publication New Trend in Illinois Supreme Court Rulings? Tara A. Fumerton In December 2006, the American Tort Reform Foundation released its 2006 list of “Judicial Hellholes,”...
Aug 2 2022 Publication State Court Docket Watch DuBose v. McGuffey David J. Owsiany In recent years, a debate has emerged related to the appropriate role of bail in...
May 21 2019 Topics Politics • Professional Responsibility & Legal Education Blog Post News Should We Investigate For "Obstruction Of Justice" Every Prosecutor Who Has Ever Declined A Prosecution? Francis J. Menton Now that the 488 page Mueller Report is out, and we are informed that the...
Aug 7 2005 Publication Bar Watch Bulletin August 7, 2005 Judicial Independence, 2004 Election, Death Penalty, Supreme Court The ABA meeting in Chicago, Illinois included several panel discussions, highlights of which we report...
Aug 16 2019 Publication Federalist Society Review Two Views on Criminal Justice Reform: The Author and a Critic on Locked In Vikrant P. Reddy, Kent Scheidegger Federalist Society Review, Volume 20 A Debate About: Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration—and How to Achieve Real...
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State Court Docket Watch News Clips: 7/24/2015
The Texas Supreme Court ordered the Houston City Council to place its LGBT non-discrimination ordinance...
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As Bail Reform Progresses, Yes, Bail Is Constitutional
If you read the text of the Eighth Amendment excessive bail clause, you may be...
Topics
Two studies, different results: How did Cook County’s bail reform really impact crime?
Bail reform efforts that seek to shrink jail populations and scale back the use of...
State Court Docket Watch: Guns Save Lives, Inc. v. Ali
Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down County Gun, Ammo Taxes
On October 21, 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court struck down two Cook County gun and...
New Trend in Illinois Supreme Court Rulings?
Tara A. Fumerton
In December 2006, the American Tort Reform Foundation released its 2006 list of “Judicial Hellholes,”...
DuBose v. McGuffey
David J. Owsiany
In recent years, a debate has emerged related to the appropriate role of bail in...
Topics
Should We Investigate For "Obstruction Of Justice" Every Prosecutor Who Has Ever Declined A Prosecution?
Now that the 488 page Mueller Report is out, and we are informed that the...
Bar Watch Bulletin August 7, 2005
Judicial Independence, 2004 Election, Death Penalty, Supreme Court
The ABA meeting in Chicago, Illinois included several panel discussions, highlights of which we report...
Two Views on Criminal Justice Reform: The Author and a Critic on Locked In
Vikrant P. Reddy, Kent Scheidegger
Federalist Society Review, Volume 20
A Debate About: Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration—and How to Achieve Real...