The 250th anniversary, also called the Semiquincentennial, commemorates the signing of the United States of America’s Declaration of Independence in 1776. Per the Library of Congress: “The Federalist, commonly referred to as the Federalist Papers, is a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison between October 1787 and May […]
Donika Pentcheva has been invited to a Law Review Symposium on Founding Ideals in Constitutional Practice: The Declaration of Independence’s 250-Year Legal Journey. The Law Review Symposium will explore how the principles of the Declaration of Independence have shaped American law and constitutional interpretation through expert panels featuring leading scholars, judges, and legislators. The Law […]
In a case arising out of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals For The Federal Circuit has vacated a three-hundred-million dollars judgment against Apple mainly because of violations of Apple’s Seventh Amendment Constitutional Right to a jury trial which requires unanimity in jury verdicts. […]