Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 06/22/2022 - 1:00am
More than a half century ago, Creighton invited Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas to address the university community and I, as chair of the Poli Sci Department, was asked to pick him up at the airport.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 06/08/2022 - 12:15am
Barking either side of this statement, “The Second Amendment Should be Repealed,” out loud can start a bar fight in many parts of the U.S. since passions are so strong on the issue of gun control.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 05/25/2022 - 12:00am
The leaked draft opinion by Justice Alito in the Dobbs case foretells the end of Roe v. Wade’s protection of the right to choose to have an abortion for American women and is huge in the constitutional galaxy.
But it raises many side questions which are intriguing to us con law nerds and I’d like the share two with you:
Published by jason@omahadail... on Sun, 05/01/2022 - 10:47pm
“…and if you don’t like it, you can change it,” the Founders of this nation said (paraphrasing the somewhat stuffy parlance of the 18th century contained in the fifth article of the Constitution).
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 04/21/2022 - 2:00am
Recently, new focus has been aimed at an obscure section of the Fourteenth Amendment which could keep such office holders as Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona (a double Creighton alum) off the ballot in his battle to get back into Congress.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 02/25/2022 - 12:00am
Most lawyers agree that becoming an Article III judge — such as on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska — is to reach the top of the profession.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/08/2021 - 12:00am
So long, Roe and Casey!
That’s the main take away from last Wednesday’s Supreme Court argument in the Mississippi abortion case testing the constitutionality of a 15-week limit after which the state bans most pregnancy terminations.