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‘Father of Miranda’ Yale Kamisar dies at 92

ABA Journal

Yale Kamisar, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School who influenced landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the rights of criminal defendants, has…

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Arthrex on Remand: Commissioner of Patents Drew Hirshfeld and the Problem of Shadow Acting Officials

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Editors note – I invited Professor Nina Mendelson (University of Michigan Law School) to author a guest post after reading her 2020 Admin. Law Review article titled “ The Permissibility of Acting Officials: May the President Work Around Senate Confirmation? The leading Supreme Court decision, United States v.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

After growing up in the segregated South, Drew Days attended Yale Law School, worked as a civil rights lawyer alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., In that role, he argued 17 cases before the Supreme Court, including U.S. And I had their ear, explaining Supreme Court decisions on a regular basis over many years.

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Race and College Admissions: The Supreme Court’s Train Whistle Docket Just Got a Lot Louder

JonathanTurley

The court has spent decades issuing often conflicting and vague 5-4 rulings on the use of race in admissions. Bollinger , the Court divided 5-4 on upholding admissions criteria used to achieve “diversity” in a class at Michigan Law School. In 2003 in Grutter v. For critics, that is an understatement.

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Pew: Half of Americans Disapprove of Affirmative Action in College Admissions

JonathanTurley

The court has spent decades issuing often conflicting and vague 5-4 rulings on the use of race in admissions. Bollinger , the Court divided 5-4 on upholding admissions criteria used to achieve “diversity” in a class at Michigan Law School. In 2003 in Grutter v. For critics, that is an understatement.