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Showing posts with label constitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label constitution. Show all posts
Monday, February 26, 2024

Parks group challenges soccer stadium under state constitutional right to environmental conservation

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A Boston lawsuit pits parks against soccer, tying in knots fans of both such as me. The Emerald Necklace Conservancy  on February 20 sued t...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

State constitutional law offers untapped potential to bolster advocacy in freedom of information

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The Vermont Supreme Court relied on the 1777 Vermont Constitution, as amended in 1786, to support access to information under the public rec...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Chile reflexiona sobre los derechos digitales en desarrollo de nueva constitución

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Foto por jpereira via The Loop (c. 2019; CC no especificada) [ English. ] La creación de una nueva constitución está en marcha en Chile, ...
Sunday, February 7, 2021

Atlas Obscura fills in fuzzy history of title, 'esquire'

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Squire ( NYPL ) Atlas Obscura has an excellent piece on the title "Esquire" and its connection to the American legal profession....
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Amid pandemic, ballot access restrictions yield to right to run for office, state supreme court rules

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Because of the coronavirus pandemic, political candidates will have to produce only half the usual number of voter signatures to see their n...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Scharf laments executive disrespect for courts in immigration enforcement

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My friend and colleague Irene Scharf has written for the Human Rights At Home blog on "mid-case deportations" by Immigration a...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020

COVID-19 stresses United States on domestic borders; war analog might foster state solidarity upon federal power

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Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo was recently threatened with a lawsuit by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.  U.S. Air National Guard P...
Friday, November 22, 2019

Expert on Polish judicial crisis speaks to law class

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Prof. Wortham Professor Leah Wortham joined Dean Peltz-Steele and my Comparative Law class on Wednesday to discuss the crisis of judic...
Saturday, August 31, 2019

Massachusetts Bar honors UMass Law's Francomano, advocate for labor, public education

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Francomano center. MassBar eJournal photo . Attorney Patrick Francomano is a first-class person and excellent teacher , one of the asse...
Saturday, August 17, 2019

Abraham & White would limit further extension
of First Amendment as tort defense

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In a new article , Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White , University of Virginia Law, argue against the further extension of the First ...
Sunday, March 24, 2019

Duncan proposes unanimity requirement for U.S. Supreme Court to override Congress

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UMass Law Professor Dwight Duncan My colleague Professor Dwight Duncan has published an article in constitutional law,  A Modest Propos...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

John Does on sex-offender registry lose all civil rights claims against state, despite possible errors in listings

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Persons listed on a part of the Massachusetts sex-offender registry for perpetrators who "moved out of state" have no constitution...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Landmark Indian Supreme Court ruling recognizes constitutional right of privacy

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In a landmark ruling akin to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas’s famous foray into the “penumbras, formed by emanations” in...
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