Chastek Blawg

A Prayer in Spring OH, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year Oh, give us pleasures in the orchard white, Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night; And make us happy in the happy bees, The swarm dilating round the perfect trees. And make us happy in the darting bird That suddenly above the bees is heard, The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill, And off a blossom in mid air stands still. For this is love and nothing else is love, The which it is reserved for God above To sanctify to what far ends He will, But which it only needs that we fulfill. -Robert Frost (1874-1963)

In a decision that may be felt across the nation by public officials on social media, federal judge Naomi Buchwald ruled Trump's Twitter feed a public forum, affirming that it was used in an official capacity as a town hall for those seeking information and updates from the president. The ruling states: "We hold that portions of the @realDonaldTrump account -- the "interactive space" where Twitter users may directly engage with the content of the President's tweets -- are properly analyzed under the "public forum" doctrines set forth by the Supreme Court, that such space is a designated public forum, and that the blocking of the plaintiffs based on their political speech constitutes viewpoint discrimination that violates the First Amendment In so holding, we reject the defendants' contentions that the First Amendment does not apply in this case that the President's personal First Amendment interests supersede those of plaintiffs." This

The 9th Circuit will be the first federal appeals court to hear arguments about President Donald Trump's decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Oral arguments begin today at 1pm. The Trump administration must convince the court that it was justified in ending the DACA program that has protected over 700,000 people. To stay up to date, please visit the 9th Circuit's webpage at  https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/content/view.php?pk_id=0000000927

Chastek Library is now in Summer session. For more information on Chastek Library hours, please visit http://libguides.law.gonzaga.edu/hours

Gonzaga University School of Law hours have been updated for Fall 2018. The building will remain open to the law school community,  however, public hours have been limited in the new semester. Beginning August 2018, general public hours are: Monday through Thursday: 7:00 am until 7:00 pm Friday: 7:00 am to 6:00 pm Saturday: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Sunday: closed to the general public