Constitutional Law

Week in Review: April 14 - April 18

Stories

• Richard B. Katskee, assistant legal director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State and attorney who argued before the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Borden v. School District of the Township of East Brunswick, analyzed the recent Third Circuit decision, which ruled that a New Jersey high school football coach cannot participate in pre-game prayer activities with his players.
• Frank Kendall, an observer from Human Rights First, provided an account of a Guantanamo Bay detainee who refused to participate in military court proceedings and reported on the trial of Omar Khadr, captured in Afghanistan when he was 15 years old.
• Megan McCraken, an attorney with the Death Penalty Clinic at U.C. Berkeley School of Law, examined the Supreme Court's recent decision regarding the use of lethal injection.
• The federal government will soon require DNA samples from all citizens arrested in connection with any federal crime.
• Negotiations between Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy and President George Bush resulted in a reshuffling of judicial appointments.
• Law school rankings can be a costly career guide.

Resources

• Video clips from a recent ACS panel discussion on the state secrets privilege.
• Video from an appearance by Jack Goldsmith, former United States Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel under President George W. Bush, on the Daily Show.
• Coverage of two hearings on national security letters.
• This week’s Supreme Court decisions and a cert denial.
• Register for the 2008 ACS National Convention!

Full post as published by ACS Blog on April 18, 2008 (boomark / email).