Monthly Archives: January 2013

On Sunday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill allowing illegal immigrants to obtain temporary driver’s licenses under certain conditions, such as 1) being able to provide proof of one-year state residence, and 2) having an unexpired passport from their … Continue reading →

On Friday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the constitutional authority to fill a vacancy can be used in the time between the end of one Congress and the start of another, or when there is a formal … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, President Obama signed twenty-three executive actions, most of which are intended to strengthen existing gun laws and deal with issues of mental health and school safety.  The President also called on Congress to pass stricter gun control laws, … Continue reading →

The law library will be open the following hours for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend: Friday, January 18:  7:00am-8:00pm Saturday, January 19:  9:00am-5:00pm Sunday, January 20:  3:00pm-11:00pm Monday, January 21:  1:00pm-11:00pm Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, January … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Justice Thomas broke an almost seven-year long span of silence during Supreme Court oral arguments during the case of Boyer v. Louisiana–apparently to poke fun at his alma mater, Yale Law School.  While it was apparently difficult to hear … Continue reading →

On Friday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in six new cases, including one in which they will decide on whether the right to remain silent exists for individuals who have not been arrested, but are being interviewed by the police … Continue reading →

Want more practice Bluebooking before you go out into the workplace this summer? Check out the Citation Workstation available on LexisNexis.  To access it, simply log in to Lexis (not Lexis Advance) and click on Citation Workstation on the right … Continue reading →

  This week, our focus is on federal statutes. The U.S. House of Representatives is the keeper of the U.S. Code. Their new beta site is much easier to use. It has a nice Popular Name Tool. You can also … Continue reading →

On Friday, January 18th at 10:30am, the ABA Section of Litigation is streaming a live program commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, the landmark case recognizing the right to appointed counsel for indigent criminal defendants.  The program is … Continue reading →

Tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Missouri v. McNeely, which considers the issue of whether police require a court order before getting a blood sample from an individual suspected of drunk driving. In the case at hand, … Continue reading →