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Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center Seeks An Evidence Professor

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HEBERT LAW CENTER seeks to hire pre-tenure or tenured lateral faculty members in constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, federal courts and procedure, evidence, and professional responsibility. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, PAUL M. Applicants should have a J.D. from an ABA-accredited.

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Hiring Announcement: LSU (Federal Courts & Procedure)

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Hebert Law Center: LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, PAUL M. HEBERT LAW CENTER seeks to hire pre-tenure or tenured lateral faculty members in constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, federal courts. Below is a hiring announcement from Louisiana State University, Paul M.

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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Encouraging Illegal Immigration

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Supreme Court upheld a federal law that criminalizes “encouraging or inducing” an immigrant to come or remain in the United States unlawfully. According to the Court, the law does not run afoul of the First Amendment. The Court further found that the context and the statutory text both supported its interpretation.

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Supreme Court narrowly interprets ban on “encouraging or inducing” immigrants to remain unlawfully in the United States

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Share On Friday the Supreme Court issued its decision in United States v. The question before the justices was whether a federal law that criminalizes “encouraging or inducing” an immigrant to come or remain in the United States unlawfully violates the First Amendment’s guarantee of the freedom of speech.

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Capital defendant whose lawyer conceded guilt despite his objection seeks relief from Supreme Court

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a capital defendant’s request for habeas relief on the ground that his lawyer conceded guilt over his objection, as in 2018’s McCoy v. After McCoy , Tyler unsuccessfully sought relief in Louisiana state courts. In Tyler v.

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A Critique On The Territorial Jurisdiction Of Courts In India

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It would be imperative to take into cognizance the concept of jurisdiction which is a conglomeration of two terms, such as juris (meaning “law”) and diction (meaning “to speak”), which can be translated as presuming the appropriate forum that has the potential to “speak the law.”

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Supreme Court Approves First Execution by Nitrogen Gas in Bizarre Capital Punishment Case

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The district court rejected the effort. With that change, Smith now seeks to enjoin the Defendants from carrying out his death sentence using the Protocol, arguing it unconstitutionally superadds pain such that the court should order the Defendants to amend it or execute him by firing squad, a ‘relatively uncommon and archaic’ method.”

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