Santa Clara University School of Law Professors Available; Conference on International Law and the Supreme Court This Week

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Several Santa Clara University School of Law professors are available to discuss
various immigration, international and other cases on the Supreme Court docket.
Also, a November 6-7 conference will feature experts on international-law issues
likely to affect certain current Supreme Court cases (see last item for
details).

EXPERTS:

1. International Law Source: David Sloss, director, Center for Global Law and
Policy at Santa Clara University School of Law. dlsloss@scu.edu

2. Business/Constitutional Law Source: Bradley Joondeph, professor of
constitutional law at Santa Clara University School of Law. bjoondeph@scu.edu

3. Civil Rights/Constitutional Law Source: Margaret Russell, professor of
constitutional law at Santa Clara University School of Law. mrussell@scu.edu

4. Immigration Law Source: Pratheepan "Deep" Gulasekaram (pronounced
goo-la-say-ka-rum), Professor specializing in immigration law and federal/state
pre-emption issues at Santa Clara University School of Law. pgulasekaram@scu.edu

Reporters can also reach the professors via Deborah Lohse of SCU Media
Relations, 408-554-5121 or dlohse@scu.edu

CASES AT ISSUE:

Cases with International Law implications: Kiyemba v. Obama (non-enemy
combatants being held in Guantanamo Bay); Samantar v. Yousuf (whether a former
official of a failed state, now residing in the U.S., is immune from tort
lawsuits under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act); Graham v. Florida &
Sullivan v. Florida (constitutionality of life without parole for juvenile
offenders)

Other cases: Free Enterprise Institute v. PCAOB (constitutionality of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act) and United States v. Comstock (whether federal civil
commitment of "sexually dangerous persons" beyond their prison sentences is
within Congress's powers); Pottawattamie County v. McGhee (whether prosecutorial
immunity should apply for deliberately framing suspects) Shady Grove v. Allstate
(class actions in federal court) Salazar v. Buono (public cross display and
First Amendment) Holder v. Humanitarian Action Network (USA Patriot Act);
McDonald v. Chicago (Second Amendment - guns)

Immigration Cases: (Chicanos por la Causa v. Napolitano / U.S. Chamber of
Commerce v. Candelaria). The Supreme Court recently asked the Solicitor General
to file briefs, indicating the court may take up the controversial case later.

CONFERENCE:

Santa Clara University School of Law Conference International Law in the Supreme
Court: Continuity or Change? takes place Nov. 6 & 7 at Santa Clara University,
500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, Calif. 95053

More than a dozen international-law scholars will discuss key milestones and
cases in international law and how some cases currently before the Supreme Court
could or should be influenced by such precedent.

Link: http://law.scu.edu/international-law-in-supreme-court/

Santa Clara University
Deborah Lohse, 408-554-5121 (Media Relations)
dlohse@scu.edu

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