Arbitrators' Ex Parte Consultations and Investigations

Jurisdiction Stripping, Constitutional Supremacy, and the Implications of Ex Parte Young

THEODORE J. WEIMAN On July 22, 2004, the House of Representatives passed the Marriage Protection Act of 2004, a bill that would strip the federal courts of jurisdiction over cases challenging the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. Two months later, the House passed a similar bill that would curtail federal court jurisdiction for challenges to the constitutionality of the Ple...

R v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Ex parte Blood. 17 October 1996.

England's Court of Appeal, Civil Division, upheld the lower court decision that, without the necessary written consent of the deceased husband, the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act prohibits the storage of his cryopreserved sperm and its use in artificial insemination by the widow. When doctors retrieved sperm from Stephen Blood, he was already comatose from meningitis and would die ...

Primera Parte*

The DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition, text Revision) defines attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a disorder usually first diagnosed during infancy. Its essential feature is a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that is more frequent and severe than typically observed in individuals at a comparable leve...

Evaluation of the Pilot Program for Video Conferencing of ex parte Temporary Protective Order Hearings

Evaluation of the Pilot Program for Video Conferencing of ex parte Temporary Protective Order Hearings