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Maryland’s top court will weigh if the law against child sexual exploitation applies to a teacher who sent sexually charged text messages outside of class.
Corpus linguistics is an emerging tool in statutory, constitutional interpretation. Corpus linguistics bug is spreading in Sixth Circuit and others. Two recent cases show Sixth Circuit is thought leader in this legal analysis variant, powerful transmission vector.
Regardless of your perspective on the respective roles of Congress, the President and the Courts in creating federal environmental law, an essay by Sam Sankar of EarthJustice is well worth your time.
Opinion is Supreme Court judicial deference to how federal agencies, including EPA, interpret laws passed by Congress is coming to an end now that the Supreme Court has more Republican appointees
Many state and federal statutes provide that when property is used in certain prohibited ways, ownership of the property passes to the government. Often, the statutes allow these forfeitures to be declared in civil proceedings against the property itself, without the normal safeguards of the criminal process. Indeed, if no one claims the property after proper notice, the government’s assertion of ownership can become incontestable without any judicial proceedings at all. Statutes authorizing such civil or administrative forfeiture might seem like egregious violations of both property ...