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David D. Cole is an American Law Professor at Georgetown University. He has published in various legal fields including civil rights, criminal justice, constitutional law and law and literature. He has litigated First Amendment and other constitutional issues and contributes regularly to the media on topical legal issues. Georgetown University, incorporated as the The President and Directors of the College of Georgetown, is a private university in the United States, located in Georgetown, a historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. With roots extending back to March 25, 1634 and founded in its current form on January 23, 1789...
Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...
Criminal justice system flowchart Criminal justice refers to the system used by government to maintain social control, prevent crime, enforce laws, and administer justice. ...
Constitutional law is the study of foundational or basic laws of nation states and other political organizations. ...
The first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. ...
Academic Career
Professor Cole studied first at The Oratory School in the United Kngdom and is a member of the Georgetown University Law Faculty. His main areas of expertise are constitutional law, in particular First Amendment law, criminal procedure and law relating to United States federal courts. The Oratory School is an all-boys, Catholic, boarding public school in Great Britain. ...
Constitutional law is the study of foundational or basic laws of nation states and other political organizations. ...
The first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. ...
Criminal procedure refers to the legal process for adjudicating claims that someone has violated the criminal law. ...
The United States federal courts are the system of courts organized under the Constitution and laws of the federal government of the United States. ...
He has lectured and contributed academic articles on related topics including U.S. drugs policy, the U.S. War on Terror, capital punishment, and Judicial Review. Massive mark-ups for drugs, UK Govt report Prevalance of drug use 1991-2006 The War on Drugs is an initiative undertaken by the United States with the assistance of participating countries, which is intended to combat the illegal drug trade —to curb supply and diminish demand for certain psychoactive...
The war on terrorism or war on terror (abbreviated in U.S. policy circles as GWOT for Global War on Terror) is an effort by the governments of the United States and its principal allies to destroy groups deemed to be terrorist (primarily radical Islamist organizations such as al-Qaeda...
Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ...
Judicial review is the power of a court to review a law or an official act of a government employee or agent for constitutionality or for the violation of basic principles of justice. ...
Legal career After graduating from Yale Law School, Professor Cole served as a law clerk to Judge Arlin M. Adams of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He then became a staff attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he litigated a number of major First Amendment cases, including: The Sterling Law Building Sculptural ornamentation on the Sterling Law Building Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. ...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States District Courts: District of Delaware District of New Jersey Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania District of the United States Virgin Islands The court is based at...
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The first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. ...
He continues to litigate First Amendment and other constitutional issues as a volunteer staff attorney at the Center where he is also a member of the Board of Directors. Holding A Texas statute that criminalized the desecration of the American flag violated the First Amendment. ...
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2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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All Things Considered, sometimes abbreviated ATC, is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. ...
Awards Professor Cole has received numerous awards from professional bodies and campaigning groups for his civil rights and civil liberties work, including from the American Bar Association, the National Lawyers Guild, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the American Muslim Council, and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of the Freedom of Expression. Civil liberties is the name given to freedoms that protect the individual from government. ...
American Bar Associations Washington, DC office The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. ...
The National Lawyers Guild is a progressive Bar Association in the United States for lawyers and law students, as well as paralegals, legal secretaries, jailhouse lawyers, and other legal workers. ...
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is a United States grassroots civil rights organization founded in Washington, DC by U.S. Senator James Abourezk in 1980. ...
The American Muslim Council is a Muslim organization aimed at empowerment of American Muslims. ...
Notable Publications - Playing by Pornography's Rules: The Regulation of Sexual Expression, 143 U. Pa. L. Rev. 111 (1994)
- No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System (The New Press 1999)
- Terrorism & the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security with James X. Dempsey (The New Press 2d rev. ed. 2002)
- Enemy Aliens: Immigrants' Rights and American Freedoms in the War on Terrorism (New Press 2003)
The University of Pennsylvania Law Review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, published by an organization of second and third year J.D. students at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. ...
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