Articles Posted in Constitutional Law

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During the week ending May 16, 2025 we have received listings of 13 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  23 Constitutional Law summaries, 1 U.S. Supreme Court Summary, 51 Criminal Law Summaries, 1 White Collar Law Summary,  1 Intellectual Property Summary, 1 internet Law Summary and 3 Medical Malpractice Summaries.  We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

Opinion Summaries Posted for Week Ending  May 16, 2025:

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Opening Statement:

In a democracy founded on the rule of law, the independence of the legal profession is not merely a professional concern, it is a public necessity. Recent events involving unprecedented attempts to target a prominent law firm highlight the critical intersection between the role of lawyers and the constitutional limits on presidential power. Understanding this moment requires not only examining the specific facts but appreciating the broader principles at stake: free speech, access to counsel, and the preservation of democratic governance against executive overreach.

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During the week ending May 8, 2025 we have received listings of 21 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  26 Constitutional Law summaries, 63 Criminal Law Summaries, 4 White Collar Law Summaries,  7 Intellectual Property Summaries,,  1 Copyright Law Summary and 2 Medical Malpractice Summaries.  We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

Opinion Summaries Posted for Week Ending  May 8, 2025:

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During the week ending May 1, 2025 we have received listings of 18 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  16 Constitutional Law summaries, 2 U.S. Supreme Court Summaries, 55 Criminal Law Summaries, 1 White Collar Law Summary,  6 Intellectual Property Summaries,, and 2 Medical Malpractice Summaries.  We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

Opinion Summaries Posted for Week Ending  May 2, 2025:

Criminal Law

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This posting consists of commentary on  Roger Citron’s article, Judge Wilkinson’s Dualist Opinion in Abrego Garcio v. Noem: Judicial Review of Executive Action in a Transformative Time,  amplified with information from additional sources related to Bruce Ackerman’s theory of the United States as a dualist democracy.

In his article, Roger Citron revisits Bruce Ackerman’s theory of the United States as a dualist democracy, presenting a timely analysis of how this framework sheds light on current constitutional tensions. Through a close reading of Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III’s opinion in Abrego Garcia v. Noem, Citron suggests we may be witnessing an effort at higher lawmaking—a constitutional transformation driven not just by legal arguments, but by political and public realignment.

Ackerman’s concept of dualist democracy, introduced in We the People: Foundations, distinguishes between two modes of governance (Bruce Ackerman, We the People: Foundations 6–8 (1991),

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During the week ending April 25, 2025 we have received listings of 17 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  23 Constitutional Law summaries, 1 U.S. Supreme Court Summary, 51 Criminal Law Summaries, 1 White Collar Law Summary,  3 Intellectual Property Summaries,, and 2 Medical Malpractice Summaries.  We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

Opinion Summaries Posted for Week Ending  April 25, 2025:

Criminal Law

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During the week ending April 18, 2025 we have received listings of 13 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  15 Constitutional Law summaries, 1 U.S. Supreme Court Summary, 42 Criminal Law Summaries, 3 White Collar Law Summaries,  1 Intellectual Property Summary, 1 Internet Law Summary, and 1 Medical Malpractice Summary.  We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

Opinion Summaries Posted for Week Ending  April 18, 2025:

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The U.S. Constitution enshrines a system of separation of powers, ensuring that legislative, executive, and judicial branches operate independently while keeping one another in check. This structure is meant to prevent the concentration of power and to safeguard individual liberty. But in recent years, many legal scholars, judges, and concerned citizens have raised a critical question: Has the balance of power shifted too far in favor of the Executive Branch?

Following a brief discussion about what the Founding Fathers believed about separation of powers, this post examines key constitutional flashpoints—executive orders, emergency powers, war powers, pardons, and more—illustrating how modern challenges are testing the limits of our separation-of-powers framework.

What the Founding Fathers Believed About Separation of Powers

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During the week ending April 11, 2025 we have received listings of 26 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  24 Constitutional Law summaries, 2 U.S. Supreme Court Summaries, 51 Criminal Law Summaries, 2 White Collar Law Summaries,   and 4 Intellectual Property Summaries. We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

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During the week ending April 4, 2025 we have received listings of 18 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  24 Constitutional Law summaries, 2 U.S. Supreme Court Summaries, 63 Criminal Law Summaries, 2 White Collar Law Summaries,   3 Intellectual Property Summaries, 1 Internet Law Summary,  and 6 Medical Malpractice Summaries. We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

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