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On October 18th, the Supreme Court granted qualified immunity to officers in two cases on a per curiam basis, summarily reversing lower courts in each: Rivas-Vi...
On September 29th and October 1st during our 86th Annual Conference in Minneapolis, MN, IMLA was able to announce and recognize our 2021 award winners. These aw...
For more than 30 years, from September 15- October 15, the United States has recognized and celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month. This month-long recog...
As discussed in a prior article, Spain is divided into 17 “autonomous communities” which comprise 50 provinces. Within these provinces, there are more than ...
“We the People”. These three simple words embody the very idea of self-governance and establish the foundation for a political structure of government tha...
IMLA is pleased to announce that Executive Director and General Counsel Chuck Thompson is the recipient of the American Bar Association’s 2021 Jefferson Fordh...
It is generally said that in the American system of impartial justice—which we Spaniards know (I admit) basically through cinema, films, and television—the ...
The Basics of the Federal Judiciary By: Chris Balch The Constitution of the United States establishes the judicial power of the National Government in “one Su...
