Student Brief: Nahmod on Constitutional Torts, Over-Deterrence and...
By student blogger Moshe Marvit Recently Professor Sheldon Nahmod presented a talk to the Chicago-Kent College of Law faculty about the Supreme Court’s recent decision of Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S.Ct....
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The Constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
By Sheldon Nahmod [via Nahmod Law] On January 18, 2012, I blogged about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act whose constitutionality is currently before the Supreme Court. In that post, I...
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Ryburn v. Huff: New Supreme Court Qualified Immunity Decision and a Slapdown...
By Sheldon Nahmod [via Nahmod Law] In the course of my section 1983 presentations to attorneys and judges, I have occasionally referred to the Ninth Circuit as “the circuit that the Supreme Court loves...
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Filarsky v. Delia: A New Supreme Court Private Individual Immunity Decison
By Sheldon Nahmod [via Nahmod Law] I blogged on November 10, 2011, about the Supreme Court‘s grant of certiorari in Delia v. City of Rialto, 621 F. 3d 1069 (9th Cir. 2011), sub nom Filarsky v. Delia,...
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Nahmod — Myths About the Constitution
This is the second post in Professor Sheldon Nahmod’s new series of posts called “Know Your Constitution.” The series intends “to educate citizens about the Constitution and the Supreme Court with a...
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Nahmod — Myths About the Supreme Court
The following is the third post in Professor Sheldon Nahmod’s new series of posts called “Know Your Constitution.” The series intends “to educate citizens about the Constitution and the Supreme Court...
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Faculty Weigh In on SCOTUS Decisions (*Updated 7-12)
A flurry of decisions has been handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in the last few weeks as the October Term 2012 comes to a close. Many of our faculty have closely followed or participated in some...
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Fisher and Shelby County: Two of a Kind
By Sheldon Nahmod [via Nahmod Law] The Supreme Court handed down two important decisions on race in this last week of its 2012 Term that have more in common than appears on first reading. Fisher The...
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The Agency for International Development Case — Free Speech and Gov’t Funding
By Sheldon Nahmod [originally posted on Nahmod Law] The Supreme Court handed down an important First Amendment decision on June 20, 2013, that has attracted relatively little attention thus far. The...
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Lane v. Franks: New Supreme Court Public Employee Free Speech Decision
By Sheldon Nahmod [Reposted from Nahmod Law] Lane v. Franks: New Public Employee Free Speech Decision The Supreme Court, on June 19, 2014, handed down an important public employee free speech decision...
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“Get Over It”: Nahmod on Scalia and SCOTUS
By Sheldon Nahmod [reposted from Nahmod Law] Twitter: @NahmodLaw. It is one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in history. No, I’m not referring to Dred Scott v. Sanford, which held that blacks could...
View ArticleCert Granted in Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach: Section 1983 First Amendment...
by Professor Sheldon Nahmod Suppose a section 1983 plaintiff alleges that a city had him arrested in retaliation for the exercise of his First Amendment rights. He claims that he was arrested (although...
View Article“Swatting” and Section 1983: Some Preliminary Thoughts
by Professor Sheldon Nahmod Suppose, either as some sort of misguided prank or motivated by malice, an individual calls the police anonymously and informs them falsely that a man has killed his father...
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The George Floyd Case and Section 1983: A Police Officer’s Constitutional...
By Sheldon Nahmod [originally posted on the Nahmod Law blog on June 25, 2020] The Intervention Question Suppose a police officer continues to use life-endangering force even after it is obvious that a...
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Faculty Weigh In on SCOTUS Decisions (*Updated 7-12)
A flurry of decisions has been handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in the last few weeks as the October Term 2012 comes to a close. Many of our faculty have closely followed or participated in some...
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Fisher and Shelby County: Two of a Kind
By Sheldon Nahmod [via Nahmod Law] The Supreme Court handed down two important decisions on race in this last week of its 2012 Term that have more in common than appears on first reading. Fisher The...
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The Agency for International Development Case — Free Speech and Gov’t Funding
By Sheldon Nahmod [originally posted on Nahmod Law] The Supreme Court handed down an important First Amendment decision on June 20, 2013, that has attracted relatively little attention thus far. The...
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Lane v. Franks: New Supreme Court Public Employee Free Speech Decision
By Sheldon Nahmod [Reposted from Nahmod Law] Lane v. Franks: New Public Employee Free Speech Decision The Supreme Court, on June 19, 2014, handed down an important public employee free speech decision...
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“Get Over It”: Nahmod on Scalia and SCOTUS
By Sheldon Nahmod [reposted from Nahmod Law] Twitter: @NahmodLaw. It is one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in history. No, I’m not referring to Dred Scott v. Sanford, which held that blacks could...
View ArticleCert Granted in Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach: Section 1983 First Amendment...
by Professor Sheldon Nahmod Suppose a section 1983 plaintiff alleges that a city had him arrested in retaliation for the exercise of his First Amendment rights. He claims that he was arrested (although...
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