Tuesday audio. I hope to have Abstention papers back to you by the end of the week.

Prep the rest of Chapter 9, including the tweak to Noah C (review puzzle): After the incident, the school enacts a polic...

A public defender does not act under color when representing her client in the criminal-justice process. But this?

Full disclosure: One of the first cases I worked on as a clerk on the district court was a § 1983 action a...

No audio because of Amber Altert; sorry. Abstention Papers due tomorrow.

Prep the rest of Chapter 9, which will carry us through the final two classes. Remember to read Lackey v. Stinnie (Supp Materials), which resolves the circuit split discussed at pp. 343-44. Consider how this interacts w/ Mootness.

Consider a slight twi...

Two news stories of interest:

• This story i...

In February I highlighted a lawsuit against the justices of the Illinois Supreme Court by a retired trial-court judge who had been dismissed from a temporary assignment in retaliation for some pro-MAGA speech.