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By Marjorie Cohn Israel has commenced full-scale warfare on the people of Gaza. The recent tensions began about six weeks ago when Israeli forces abducted 17 Palestinian teenage boys in the occupied West Bank. Then, on June 12, three Israeli teenagers were abducted in the southern West Bank; Israel…

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Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social…

By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law “We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snowflake.” – Francis Bacon quoted as part of the Sermon today at Trinity Episcopal…

By Benjamin G Davis. Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law So assuming the current Executive actually worries about the sincere religious beliefs of shareholders, managers, and employees of any entity with corporate form who have sincere religious objections to their employer having a health…

Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University if Toledo College of Law Read this: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/post-hobby-lobby-a-plea-for-religious-accommodation/373853/ Given the kinds of sincere religious based efforts (whatever the detriment to oppressed people comes from these sincere beliefs) going forward, those people of faith who have experienced the religious…

By Ruben J. Garcia Burwell v Hobby Lobby justifiably received much attention on Monday here and throughout the Internet. The attention given to Hobby Lobby might have led some to overlook “the other 5-4 decision” yesterday that also had great implications for the rights and protections of low-wage…

By Marjorie Cohn In one of the most significant Fourth Amendment rulings ever handed down by the Supreme Court, all nine justices agreed in an opinion involving two companion cases, Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie, that police generally need a warrant before reading data on the cell phone…

Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law With a 50 year anniversary of the Civil Rights Act being celebrated today, I thought we should fast forward to this speech of LBJ that spoke of and to the American soul. I still remember…

By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law Watching the pundits, it has really been quite enough finding Bush Administration retreads (and other oh so serious people) speaking with straight faces about going back into Iraq.  The current meme is that we…

Call for Nominations: SALT Great Teacher Award and M. Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award SALT holds an annual dinner each year during the January AALS meeting. Mark your calendars: This year the dinner will be on January 4, 2015 at a location TBA in Washington D.C. A highlight…

Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law The Bond v. United States case came out today in which the Supreme Court supposedly ducked the Missouri v/ Holland question by focusing on interpreting the implementing legislation for the chemical weapons convention under federalism…

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by Marjorie Cohn The recent torturous execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma has propelled the death penalty into the national discourse. The secret three-drug cocktail prison authorities administered to Lockett – the first to render him unconscious, the second to paralyze him, and the third to stop…

Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Teaching Conference Legal Education in a Time of Change: Challenges and Opportunities  Call for Panels and Papers  Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Teaching Conference, in partnership with the  12th Annual LatCrit-SALT Junior Faculty Development Workshop…

SALT is proud to announce the inaugural recipient of the Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Assistant Professor Kwoka. The award recognizes an outstanding recent entrant into legal education who demonstrates a commitment to justice, equality and academic excellence through teaching. Designed to honor an emerging teacher and support an outstanding…

2014 JUNIOR FACULTY TEACHING AWARD  SALT is proud to announce the inaugural year of the Junior Faculty Teaching Award. The award recognizes an outstanding recent entrant into legal education who demonstrates a commitment to justice, equality and academic excellence through teaching. Designed to honor an emerging teacher and…

The Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) expresses dismay at the United States Supreme Court’s decision April 22, 2014 in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action.  SALT filed an amicus brief supporting the Respondents to the appeal from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which struck down Michigan’s Proposal 2 on the…

By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law, Visiting Professor Spring 2014, Albany Law School As we know, Schuette’s 6-2 boys against the girls decision came down today. A succinct description of it in the wake of Fisher is we have…

Cross post from Jurist.org JURIST Guest Columnists Leonard M. Baynes and David L. Gregory, both of the St. John’s University School of Law, discuss the anniversary of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the interplay of racial and economic justice … This year marks the fiftieth…