INTRODUCTION The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) HR 5376 was signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 16, 2022, after a tortuous route through the legislative process. HR 5376 grew out of the Build Back Better Act (BBB) which passed the House on September 27, 2021, but…
During this past week (week ending August 19,2022) we have received listings of 27 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 78 Constitutional Law summaries, 79 Criminal Law Summaries, and 4 White Collar Law case summaries. The plan is to post opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in…
During this past week (week ending August 12,2022) we have received listings of 19 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 77 Constitutional Law summaries, 77 Criminal Law Summaries, and 4 White Collar Law case summaries. The plan is to post opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in…
During this past week (week ending August 5,2022) we have received listings of 21 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 60 Constitutional Law summaries, 63 Criminal Law Summaries, and 2 White Collar Law case summaries. The plan is to post opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in…
Public transportation is the backbone of most large cities including New York City. Ideally subways enable people to move quickly and safely to their respective places for work, school, or other destinations important to them. How are New York City subways measuring up to this ideal in terms of public…
After reviewing some of my earlier postings over the years and their corresponding comments, it became clear that many readers from that time were accessing on a regular basis the Opinion Summaries that were being posted on the Criminal Law Library Blog, prior to its initial closing in 2012. On…
This Summer after reviewing some of my earlier postings over the years and their corresponding comments, it became clear that many readers from that time were accessing on a regular basis the Opinion Summaries that were being posted on the Criminal Law Library Blog, prior to its initial closing in…
Upon his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2022. Justice Breyer will be receiving a number of awards including the following for his distinguished service while on the Court: The American Bar Association (ABA) has announced that it will be honoring the Honorable Stephen G. Breyer its…
No. 21–429. Argued April 27, 2022—Decided June 29, 2022 Castro-Huerta was convicted of child neglect in Oklahoma state court. The Supreme Court subsequently held that the Creek Nation’s eastern Oklahoma reservation was never properly disestablished and remained “Indian country.” Castro-Huerta then argued that the federal government had exclusive jurisdiction to prosecute…
INTRODUCTION Court personnel, litigants and their attorneys clearly felt the impact of Covid-19 as they were struggling to stand upright in a world turned upside down. Personal lives were disrupted. Court operations were chaotic. Filings, motions, depositions, hearings, trials were massively upset with many defaults and dismissals. The self-represented faced…