For #ff or #followfriday, some #lawfedi folks I haven't listed recently:

@drustevenson for admin law

@heidilifeldman #lawfedi royalty and #law and #philosophy prof

@jackiegardina Dean and co-host of #podcast Sidebar

@neil IT/telecom/tech law and great follow

@RuthFlaherty #IP / #copyright prof

@CarolineMalaCorbin #conlaw prof and great feed

I'm sure I'm missing many but there will be more Fridays (one hopes)!

“The weight of authority goes against the idea that a president could pardon himself,” said Caroline Mala Corbin, an expert on constitutional law at the University of Miami School of Law. “But the constitutional text does not directly answer the question, so it is possible to come up with a theory that allows it.” https://theintercept.com/2023/07/30/trump-indictments-stormy-daniels-pardon/

#law #lawFedi #lawprof #conlaw #Trump #pardons

@CynthiaHanrahan the test is written in accordance with what's current at the time (many months in advance), and students are told that hot-button issues aren't tested. #ConLaw questions will be much more generalized ("what is the scrutiny level for xyz?") or based on principles that haven't been the topic of recent court decisions.

@StillIRise1963 As a lawyer myself, and with a continuing interest in #conlaw, it is interesting to note that other legal observers have zero faith in how this SCt will rule on any given issue, how far they are willing to go. #ElectionsMatter

By a 7-2 vote, the Supreme Court leaves Indian Child Welfare Act intact

The court upheld the law's preferences for Native tribes when American Indian children are adopted, ruling that the law does not impermissibly impose a federal mandate on traditionally state-regulated areas of power. (Alito & Thomas dissented)

#Law #LawFedi #ICWA #SCOTUS #JuvenileLaw #ChildWelfare #Fostering #Adoption #ConLaw

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/15/1182121455/indian-child-welfare-act-supreme-court-decision

By a 7-2 vote, the Supreme Court leaves Indian Child Welfare Act intact

The court upheld the law's preferences for Native tribes when American Indian children are adopted, ruling that the law does not impermissibly impose a federal mandate on traditionally state-regulated areas of power. (Alito & Thomas dissented)

#Law #LawFedi #ICWA #SCOTUS #JuvenileLaw #ChildWelfare #Fostering #Adoption #ConLaw

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/15/1182121455/indian-child-welfare-act-supreme-court-decision

@pluralistic this is a well asserted thread.
The #conlaw, being one of the branches of the Law that the is very much affected by the judicial activism and politics, losted its so dear settlement of its decisions.

RT @doctorow
For many #ConstitutionalLaw scholars, last years' #Dobbs decision on #AbortionRights at the #SupremeCourt came as a dismaying shock, because it showed conclusively that #conlaw wasn't a realm of ideologically consistent intellectual foment, but rather, a matter of *politics*. 1/

Retired lawyer wholeheartedly endorses this thread.
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RT @doctorow
For many #ConstitutionalLaw scholars, last years' #Dobbs decision on #AbortionRights at the #SupremeCourt came as a dismaying shock, because it showed conclusively that #conlaw wasn't a realm of ideologically consistent intellectual foment, but rather, a matter of *politics*. 1/
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1639678791671861249

For many #ConstitutionalLaw scholars, last years' #Dobbs decision on #AbortionRights at the #SupremeCourt came as a dismaying shock, because it showed conclusively that #conlaw wasn't a realm of ideologically consistent intellectual foment, but rather, a matter of *politics*.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/25/consequentialism/#dotards-in-robes

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San Diego federal judge had defendant’s 13-year-old daughter handcuffed. Now he’s under review.

Multiple studies have shown that “scared straight” tactics — which typically involve youths being exposed to harsh conditions in adult prisons, usually with parental permission — are ineffective and can also increase criminality and delinquency.

#Law #LawFedi #California #FederalLaw #42US1983 #CivilRights #ColorOfLaw #Trauma #ConLaw #JudicialMisconduct #JuvenileJustice

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-01/san-diego-federal-judge-benitez-handcuff-girl

#USA #ConLaw #Copyright

What Is Congress Supposed to Promote? https://cyber.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/progress.html

New #Patent #History alert, with a bonus for those US #LawProfs interested in the evergreen question: when did the Brits allow trial by jury in 1791?#LegalHistory #IPHistory #ConLaw
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4353137

Out-of-State Licensed Attorney 'Qualifies as Counsel Under the 6th Amendment,' State High Court Concludes in Novel Case:
The court’s decision last week was its first opportunity to define the meaning of “counsel,” as opposed to “effective counsel,” under the federal constitution.

#Law #LawFedi #6thAmendment #BenchSlap #Ethics #AttorneyDiscipline #Appeal #Washington #Idaho #BarAdmission #ConLaw

https://at.law.com/N6TfqL

@kthhrrsn #Abortion #ConLaw #Law #Lawyers
Now THAT's creative!!!!

. . . says this graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center (Class of 81); inactive but still licensed to practice law in CA & DC.

@mmasnick Literally zero clue. Can he get someone to do a crash course #conlaw course for him?

Allowing "good content" is literally the opposite of being a #freespeech absolutist. Sigh.

@brentsimmons I'm so confused, I thought I remember hearing #Musk say he was a #FreeSpeech absolutist. </sarcasm>

Maybe he needs to take a #ConLaw class so he can learn that what he's saying now re: good content is pretty much the opposite of a 1A constitutional analysis.

#lawfedi #lawtwitter

Original Intent vs Living OGL!

#ConLaw #GeekLaw #DiceLawyer #OGL #DnD #Jokes #Gamers #TTRPG

@Popehat Every time a #conlaw #1A issue comes up in the public discourse, I issue a nearly audible groan because I then have to explain-- yet again-- to all of my non-lawyer friends and family that constitutional #freespeech analysis is not done in any semblance of a way that non-lawyers think it is.

#conlaw #scotus #MoorevHarper #originalism

The government’s lawyers pummeled the justices’ arguments—and one of their own could land the final blow. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/supreme-court-elections-legislature-trump-north-carolina.html