Constitutional Law

Week in Review: May 26 - May 30

Stories

• An examination of due process for immigrants, by Donald Kerwin, Executive Director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
• A discussion of the importance of civil justice in our legal system, by Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Executive Director of The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
• An update on President Bush’s use of the pardon power
• A discussion of recent legislation to address copyright issues for “orphan works”
• Coverage of a recent protest at the D.C. Superior Court
• An article about White House allegedly interfering with an EPA decision on tailpipe emissions

Resources

• A new report on terrorism and the court system from Human Rights First
• Information about a new initiative aimed at creating equal opportunities in state jobs and contracts, launched by Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick
• An article about creating public access to legal information, by the Open House Project
• ACS resources related to class action lawsuits and the emerging threat of regulatory preemption

Full post as published by ACS Blog on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).