Guns The Second Amendment vs. the Seventh Amendment: The Distinction Between Substantive and Procedural Rights Substantive rights have a core that can be meaningfully interpreted and protected; they ...

Although the affinities between the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and the Seventh Amendment right to civil jury trial seem strong, there are crucial differences. The first concerns ...

On May 13, 2015, the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, opined in Cynthia Lozano v. WCAB (B258000) that a 2009 amendment to Labor Code section 3212.1 may be applied retroactively to an ...

Courts must distinguish substantive from procedural duties in agency review to preserve reasoned decision-making.