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		<title>Immigration Law and In-State Tuition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 15:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tim Geiger In 1996, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act was passed by Congress (IIRIRA).  Section 505 of the IIRIRA restricted granting in-state tuition to undocumented aliens.  Section 505 states in pertinent part, notwithstanding any other provision of law, an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningconlaw.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6199348&#038;post=1387&#038;subd=learningconlaw&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trial by Jury on Trial: The Power to Nullify?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Zachary J. Lee We touched on jury nullification in Criminal Law this semester, and because its support seems to be rooted in the constitutional right to a jury trial, I thought this would be an appropriate forum for exploring the subject. The blogosphere seems to be full of both avid proponents (here and here) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningconlaw.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6199348&#038;post=1329&#038;subd=learningconlaw&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saggy Pants and the Constitution</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jacqui Craig This blurp of news provides more comic relief than anything, but the break is a welcomed one amidst studying and exam woes. The principles underlying the article are indeed basic to our Constitution. In March 2008, nearly three quarters of the population in Riviera Beach approved an ordinance banning saggy pants; an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningconlaw.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6199348&#038;post=1326&#038;subd=learningconlaw&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Look at Executive Agreements</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 04:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vanessa Guillermety Over the past couple months we have studied a number of cases dealing with treaties. This area seems to be at the heart of the interplay of Congress, the Executive and the States. The division of authority in the international agreement process provided by the Constitution seems particular relevant when considering the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningconlaw.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6199348&#038;post=1320&#038;subd=learningconlaw&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The On Going War:  Battle Between Security &amp; Civil Liberities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 12:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Braxton Evans History has a way of repeating itself, is a well known phrase that applies to many areas and aspects of the American experience as a whole and individually.  This phrase is especially true in the area of our continuing political and legal debate in regards to the limits of Presidential power during [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningconlaw.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6199348&#038;post=1303&#038;subd=learningconlaw&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Souter&#8217;s Shadow</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 12:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Braxton Evans According to various news outlets, today Supreme Court Justice David Souter has announced to the Obama administration that he will be leaving the Court at the conclusion of the June session.  Souter has served on the Court since 1990, after being appointed by President George Bush (Bush 41).  http://www.oyez.org/justices/david_h_souter. The announcement, although [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningconlaw.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6199348&#038;post=1301&#038;subd=learningconlaw&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Yankees suck (at protecting the First Amendment)!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 16:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Zachary J. Lee According to a lawsuit filed in April against the New York Yankees and the City of New York, Bradford Campeau-Laurion was forced out of a Yankees game on August 26 last year when he attempted to leave his seat during a rendition of &#8220;God Bless America.&#8221; The lawsuit alleges that an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningconlaw.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6199348&#038;post=832&#038;subd=learningconlaw&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Unwelcome Presence&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kelly Vander Ploeg I found this article about Chae Chan Ping on The New York Times&#8217; website. It originally ran on September 2, 1889, just months after his case. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=990DE6DF1130E633A25751C0A96F9C94689FD7CF Posted in Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningconlaw.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6199348&#038;post=1267&#038;subd=learningconlaw&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Quantum Mechanics of Church and State</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jon Spiers Albert von Bollstädt http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01264a.htm was born around 1200 to a genteel family, the eldest son and heir of the Count of Bollstädt, in a region of what would later become part of Germany and give birth to the likes of such varied personages as Albert Einstein, Johann Georg Faust, Johannes Kepler, Georg [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningconlaw.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6199348&#038;post=1244&#038;subd=learningconlaw&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Justice for All: A New Look at Protected Classes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tiffani Walker He did not kill a transgender woman because she was transgendered or perceived to be gay; he did it because he flew into a rage.  Allen Andrade used that defense in his trial for murder in Colorado.   A jury, however, did not buy the defense, and convicted him in under two hours [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningconlaw.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6199348&#038;post=1241&#038;subd=learningconlaw&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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