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We recently received an announcement from the American Bar Association regarding a collaborative effort to mobilize  lawyers to work with and assist poll workers during  the upcoming 2022 election. The ABA announcement reads in part:

”  The American Bar Association is collaborating with the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) and the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) to once again issue a call aimed at mobilizing lawyers to assist as poll workers for the upcoming 2022 election. The Poll Worker, Esq. Initiative encourages lawyers, law students and other legal professionals to assist in upcoming elections by serving as poll workers… ”

Reading this announcement prompted us to search  for some other examples of lawyers organizing, assisting and advising poll workers involved in the upcoming midterm elections. On a more general level we have also identified sources which should provide lawyers and others with useful information related to working at the polls.

During this past week (week ending September 2,2022) we have received listings of 23 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  53 Constitutional Law summaries,  54 Criminal Law Summaries, and no White Collar Law case summaries. The plan is to post 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 September 2, 2022:

Constitutional Law Opinion Summaries.

This posting relates to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) correspondence dated August 25, 2022, in which the CBO answers several questions from Congressmen Kevin Brady and Jason Smith about increased enforcement by the Internal Revenue Service.

It includes a brief summary of the correspondence, a direct link to the letter addressed to Congressmen Brady and Smith, and a CBO Report providing  additional background material.

BRIEF SUMMARY:

During this past week (week ending August 26,2022) we have received listings of 27 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  49 Constitutional Law summaries,  66 Criminal Law Summaries, and 7 White Collar Law case summaries. The plan is to post 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 AUGUST 26, 2022:

Constitutional Law Opinion Summaries.

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 failed to pass in the Senate. The provisions of BBB did, however, become the vehicle for helping move President Biden’s legislative initiatives forward.

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 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 AUGUST 19, 2022:

Constitutional Law Opinion Summaries.

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 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 AUGUST 12, 2022:

Constitutional Law Opinion Summaries.

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 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 AUGUST 5, 2022:

Constitutional Law Opinion Summaries.

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 safety over time?

While researching this question, we noticed an article [subscription required]“Transportation Security for New York City Straphangers” by Samuel Estreicher and Zachray Garrett on Law.com (July 7, 2022) which for us is a well researched article that makes a significant contribution toward framing this issue.  Therefore, although we cannot reproduce or reprint the article, we will attempt to summarize and highlight its basic points.

Estreicher and Garrett propose two measures to help cope subway crime which they say “is up 54% since last year and 39% since last month [May]”. These measures are:

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 the basis of that finding it became obvious that reintroducing some form of Opinion Summaries in the newly reopened  Criminal Law Library Blog should at least be considered seriously. After consulting with the Justia Staff everyone  agreed that it was appropriate to reintroduce  opinion summaries to the Criminal Law Library Blog in the form of  Opinion Summaries Published by Justia. The plan is to post opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.

During this past week (week of July 29,2022) we have received listings of 43 Constitutional Law summaries,  56 Criminal Law Summaries, and 1 White Collar Law case summary.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

Constitutional Law Opinion Summaries.

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