February 4, 2012 7:00 am
2004—Asked by the state senate whether its November 2003 ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health really imposes same-sex marriage, the Massachusetts supreme court answers yes…
February 3, 2012 3:50 pm
February 3, 2012 12:00 pm
Just a reminder: My Facebook page is at facebook.com/EdWhelanEPPC, and my Twitter account is @EdWhelanNRO.
You’re also welcome to join my e-mail…
February 3, 2012 7:00 am
1988—By a vote of 97-0, the Senate confirms President Reagan’s nomination of Ninth Circuit judge Anthony M. Kennedy to fill the seat of retiring Justice Lewis Powell. Kennedy was…
By: Matthew Huisman
February 3, 2012 2:50 pm
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February 3, 2012 2:31 pm
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February 3, 2012 1:31 pm
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February 3, 2012 1:15 pm
By: Kenneth Anderson
February 4, 2012 2:13 pm
With sadness I report the closure of one of the world’s great stand-alone book reviews, the Revista de Libros de la Fundacion Caja Madrid. For the past twenty years, it has served as the leading…
By: Jonathan H. Adler
February 4, 2012 9:02 am
Indiana Secretary of State Charles White was convicted of voter fraud, among other charges, this week for lying about this address on voter registration forms and voting in the wrong precinct. White…
By: Jonathan H. Adler
February 3, 2012 5:49 pm
There’s much speculation and debate over whether non-citizens and others who are ineligible vote in U.S. elections, but relatively few documented instances. That makes this report by…
By: Eugene Volokh
February 3, 2012 4:40 pm
Liberty Counsel points to these these excerpts of an interview with Justice Ginsburg on Egyptian television, and argues: In a recent interview with Egyptian television, Supreme Court Justice Ruth…
Jack M. Balkin
February 3, 2012 2:24 pm
I've been swamped this past month, and even now don't really have the time I'd like to return to posting on my favorite Blogsite, especially since I have a number of pent-up postings on such topics…
Jack M. Balkin
February 3, 2012 12:58 pm
Liza GoiteinTwo weeks ago, I made my first trip to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. I went as a representative of one of several non-governmental organizations invited to observe the military commissions that…
Jack M. Balkin
February 1, 2012 1:41 pm
I am now writing the portion of the Bingham biography that deals with his role as one of the prosecutors in the military trial of John Wilkes Booth's alleged co-conspirators. When I began my…
Jack M. Balkin
January 31, 2012 8:36 am
Next Friday, February 10, the Stanford Technology Law Review is holding its annual symposium, and this year's topic is an important one: First Amendment Challenges in the Digital Age. Of the three…
By: Howard J. Bashman
February 4, 2012 12:20 pm
Today in The Cincinnati Enquirer, Dan Horn has an article that begins, "Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters called on Friday for Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer to stop deciding death penalty cases because of the justice's…
By: Howard J. Bashman
February 4, 2012 12:15 pm
This article appears today in The Savannah Morning News.
By: Howard J. Bashman
February 4, 2012 12:14 pm
The Newark Star-Ledger contains this article today.
By: Howard J. Bashman
February 4, 2012 12:10 pm
This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports today that "Legislators says rejection of Pa. redistricting imperils April…
By: Elie Mystal
February 3, 2012 5:01 pm
Instead of hiring a new professor to teach Cross Cultural Comparison of Masturbatory Prohibitions, I want law schools to start paying six figures to people they hire to work in their career services…
By: Christopher Danzig
February 3, 2012 4:30 pm
* If you ever encounter a one-eyed, dart-throwing lawyer, for the love of God, don’t misspell his name. [LA Weekly] * WikiLeaks and Anonymous are still doing their thing. Right now, that thing…
By: Susan Moon
February 3, 2012 3:50 pm
You may be one of those people who realized early on that law firm partnership is not for you. For me, this was the case even before I started law school. Law was going to be a second career for me…
By: Elie Mystal
February 3, 2012 3:21 pm
This is a gruesome story and sad story. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that a 78-year-old man jumped out of his office at 111 W. Washington Street…. The man, an attorney, apparently jumped…
February 4, 2012 5:58 pm
Part 2 on the flip. Open Thread. Total TD Passes – Eli Manning Under 2½ (-190) Longest Completion – Eli Manning Over 45½ (-125) Player to score the first TD in the game? Aaron…
February 4, 2012 5:43 pm
Megaupload's Kim DotCom may be in jail, but he's not giving up. The New Zealand Herald reports he has filed papers in the New Zealand High Court seeking the return of his seized funds and…
February 4, 2012 5:33 pm
Looks like Newt Gingrich fizzled in Nevada and Mitt Romney will win the state's Republican caucusesby double digits. Here's the makeup of voters: 4 of 5 are Conservative, 3 out of 4 said they…
February 3, 2012 6:53 pm
Yes, it's still snowing here. In other news, Lance Armstrong dodged a bullet. The U.S. Attorneys Office in Los Angeles announced the doping investigation is finally done, and no more charges…
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By: Lyle Denniston
February 3, 2012 7:31 pm
The Obama Administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to expand by a half-hour — to a total of six hours — the time allowed for oral arguments in late March on the constitutionality of the new federal health care law. In a ten-page motion, U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., said the added [...]
By: Marissa Miller
February 3, 2012 4:44 pm
With the Court still in its mid-term recess, today’s clippings focus on the activities of Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. The AP’s Mark Sherman (via the Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle) reports that Justice Ginsburg has returned from her visit to Egypt and Tunisia, a trip that was sponsored by the State Department. Speaking [...]
By: Lyle Denniston
February 3, 2012 12:03 pm
The Supreme Court will conclude its oral arguments for the current Term with the major case on a state’s power to pass laws to control undocumented immigrants living in the state — Arizona v. United States (docket 11-182) — on April 25. The Court on Friday released the April calendar, listing cases to be heard [...]
By: Kali Borkoski
February 3, 2012 10:48 am
At its February 17, 2012 Conference, the Court will consider such issues as the burden of persuasion for warrantless searches of residences, the use of a defendant’s pre-arrest silence, grandparent visitation, whether human genes are patentable, and exhaustion under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This edition of “Petitions to watch” features petitions raising issues [...]
August 6, 2010 7:53 am
The Senate's final vote to confirm Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court was notably partisan, and it was punctuated by a kerfuffle between Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., who was presiding over the Senate…
August 6, 2010 7:47 am
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Elena Kagan for a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court mostly along partisan lines, 63-37. The margin was narrower than the one for Sonia Sotomayor a year ago (68-31)…
August 3, 2010 3:07 pm
The Senate opened debate today on the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan, with Judiciary ranking member Jeff Sessions leading the GOP opposition. Kagan is unfit to sit on the high court…
August 3, 2010 12:46 pm
The Senate today kicks off debate on Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination as Republicans, buoyed by an unexpected Democratic "no" vote, argue for opposing Kagan over social issues. Democratic aides…
By: Joe Palazzolo
February 3, 2012 3:25 pm
This opinion today from Judge William Fletcher on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit backhands the U.S. Forest Service for an environmental impact statement "with more than the usual…
By: Ashby Jones
February 3, 2012 1:21 pm
The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.
That old truism ran through our mind today when we read the latest news about private-equity firm Carlyle Group LP.
By: Sam Favate
February 3, 2012 11:31 am
Its getting to be tax time again. But filing W2s isnt what the State of Arizona had in mind when they hit Amazon.com with a $53 million bill for uncollected sales taxes, the latest attempt from a…
By: Joe Palazzolo
February 3, 2012 11:08 am
SEC waivers have made it easier for the companies -- like JPMorganChase, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America -- to raise money and avoid legal liability if their forecasts are off.
By: Ted Frank
December 24, 2011 2:44 pm
I cannot begin to say how devastated I am at the sudden death of Larry Ribstein this morning, just two days shy of his fortieth wedding anniversary. Larry was so creative and innovative in so many…
By: igorodetski
December 22, 2011 7:15 am
Hans Bader, senior attorney and counsel for special projects with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses David Segal's recent article in the New York Times on the law school accreditation…
By: Ted Frank
December 21, 2011 7:44 am
By: igorodetski
December 21, 2011 7:15 am
Once the subject of an inspiring tale of recovery in the context of civil justice reform, Madison County, Illinois has found itself yet again featured in the American Tort Reform Association's annual…
February 3, 2012 4:55 pm
by Nicole Flatow
The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday approved the nomination of law firm partner Paul Watford [pictured] to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a circuit that is now…
February 3, 2012 4:05 pm
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) threatened to escalate Republican obstruction of judicial nominees this week by saying he would block every single nominee unless Richard Cordray is removed as director of the…
February 3, 2012 12:42 pm
by Jeremy Leaming
Alabama’s harsh anti-immigrant law is already costing the state billions in lost revenue, according to a study by Samuel N. Addy, an economist at the University of…
February 2, 2012 4:19 pm
By Russell Wheeler, a visiting fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies Program
The judicial confirmation arena has been a battleground during the Obama administration, as it…
By: Garrett Quinn
February 4, 2012 1:43 pm
Henderson, Nev. – When people gathered at Green Valley
High School to participate in the 2012 Republican caucus, it looked
like organized chaos. Lines of people were snaking from three
different…
By: Garrett Quinn
February 4, 2012 1:15 pm
Las
Vegas - After starting his day in the remote town of Pahrump
Ron Paul returned to Sin City to make one last push before today's
caucuses. Paul visited a gun store and an…
By: Zach WeissmuellerSharif Christopher Matar
February 4, 2012 6:51 am
"I think it's definitely possible to be a libertarian and a
Mormon," says Dustin Peterson, BYU-Idaho student and board member
of Latter-Day Saints for Ron Paul.
Peterson, who spent time…
By: Garrett Quinn
February 3, 2012 7:57 pm
Pahrump, Nev. - This is the only county Rep. Ron
Paul (R-Texas) won in the 2008 Nevada Caucus, and Paul's
campaign event at the Skate Zone today made it
pretty clear why. The entirely…
By: Kent Scheidegger
February 3, 2012 3:59 pm
The Federalist Society's teleforum on felon voting from last August is now available as podcast here. Participants are Nancy Abudu of the ACLU and Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage…
By: Kent Scheidegger
February 3, 2012 1:42 pm
A person who commits murder at the age of 17 years, 364 days is exempt from the death penalty, regardless of how horrible the crime or how many people he kills.Should that one day further exempt the…
By: Kent Scheidegger
February 3, 2012 1:20 pm
The calendar for April arguments in the US Supreme Court is available here. There are no state criminal cases or state-prisoner habeas cases on the docket. Should we be grateful for…
By: CJLF Staff
February 3, 2012 12:06 pm
Loughner Still Not Competent to Stand Trial: Michael Kiefer of The Arizona Republic reports U.S. District Judge Larry Burns wrote in a court order Thursday that a psychologist says Jared Loughner is…
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