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Why Is Julian Assange “Scared” Of Being Extradited To The USA?

by Kris | Jun 21, 2012 | Supreme Court of the United States

I have no idea. Whereas Bradley Manning is allegedly responsible for delivering stolen classified documents to Wikileaks and can be charged with espionage and breach of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, it’s difficult to see how Assange himself could be...

Written Constitutions & Post Office Privatisation

by Kris | Apr 23, 2012 | Miscellany, Public law, Supreme Court of the United States

Carl Gardner recently blogged about “Written constitutions, a warning from America” and noted his bemusement that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could be “struck down” by the Judicial Branch as being...

Birthers, Law and Reading Comprehension

by Kris | Apr 14, 2010 | Miscellany, Supreme Court of the United States

“Birthers”, if you didn’t know, refers to people who think Barack Obama does not satisfy the “natural born citizen” requirement contained in the US Constitution and thus is ineligible to be President of the United States. Some birthers...

Constitutional Law for the Perplexed: Equal Protection and Marriage

by Kris | Feb 27, 2010 | Public law, Supreme Court of the United States

I like to deal with common misunderstandings on Day One of Public law, and, being a bit of a pedant, I like to clarify that the UK is a constitutional monarchy and the US is not a “democracy”: It’s a constitutional republic. Democracies, as far as...

US Constitution: Originalism v Stare decisis

by Kris | Dec 30, 2009 | Public law, Supreme Court of the United States

As an Anglo-American lecturer in English Criminal and Public (constitutional and administrative) law, I am bemused by the myriad of approaches to US Constitutional interpretation. So here’s a question: Is Miranda v Arizona “unconstitutional”?  How do...

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