I am pleased to announce that the Firm has now purchased www.myconstitutionallawyer.com. I know … the domain name is a little ‘wordy.’ However, it certainly expresses the point of the new site. Initially, the plan is simply to divert users here; eventually, it is intended to become self-sustaining, and dedicated exclusively to constitutional law issues. [...]
We will need to face the likely reality that a constitutional amendment — the surest method for reversing the harm to our democracy wreaked by the Citizens United decision (one year old this week) — will not pass due to obstruction from the political party benefiting from unlimited corporate contributions. So, how do we go [...]
Special thanks to the wonderful legal blog, “Concurring Opinions.” As promised in my initial blog postings, I will occasionally post an article that discusses political economics, a passion of mine since my college days. The article, below, discusses the trend of our Government to favoring the further consolidation of wealth within the top 1% income [...]
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/group-demands-doj-probe-citizens-united/ That’s the headline. Am I completely surprised by these allegations? Sadly, no. And there is unquestionably serious concern over the power being wielded in politics by the Koch Brothers. The Citizens United decision was a tragedy for our political system; permitted for corporations to attain ‘personhood’ status under our Constitution; and represented a skewed [...]
This is what I have been preaching about in my classes for the past eight years. For those unaware, since 2003, I have taught (at night) two different courses in Constitutional Law at the University of Central Florida. This semester, I also started teaching a course in Judicial Processes. We simply are failing in teaching [...]
A great individual passed away yesterday. Sargent Shriver, too often in life — and now death — mentioned simply for his marital affiliation with the Kennedy family and as Mr. Schwarzenegger’s father-in-law, led a virtuous and meaningful existence, spearheading the Peace Corps, LBJ’s War on Poverty, and the Special Olympics. Individuals such as Shriver are [...]
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/01/16/school-desegregation-battle-a-thing-of-the-past/ As my students will be discussing in the coming weeks, the effort to vanquish a dual/segregated school system is ongoing, regardless of what the “Four Horsemen of Reaction,” donning robes on the Supreme Court, may otherwise assert. See Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, 551 U.S. 701 (2007).
Acknowledgment to Adjunct Law Prof Blog: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adjunctprofs/2011/01/elementary-school-students-enjoy-the-first-amendment-right-of-freedom-of-speech.html I am not quite sure what to make of this one. Obviously, I am gratified that a federal court recognized free speech within the primary/secondary schools. However, pending further examination of the opinion, I am uncertain whether or not this is a collision with the Establishment Clause and, [...]
As some of you may know, the firm is presently embroiled in a number of civil rights actions — both at the state and federal levels. In preparing the pleadings, and in responses to defendants’ efforts to undermine these cases, the complexity (and downright fascination) of civil rights laws never ceases to amaze me. For [...]
Credit to the Adjunct Law Prof Blog for the posting, below. I must add my own comment of what a wretched little decision this is out of the Eastern District of Michigan. The opinion concludes that the supermarket chain would suffer “undue hardship.” However, it seems that the application of such a principle placed no [...]
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