by jweinell | Feb 9, 2013 | Amicus, Human Rights
If you haven’t yet read the leaked white paper about the legality of drone strikes, you really ought to do so now. Considering that this seems to be the present and the future of military action, and that this is all generally shrouded in secrecy, it’s important to...
by jweinell | Nov 15, 2012 | Amicus, LGBTQ Rights, Reproductive Rights
The Petraeus kerfuffle has occupied enough of our attention with its astounding combination of titillation, schadenfreude, espionage, and disbelief that people are still sending shirtless photos of themselves around the internet. The Onion has spoken, and this must...
by jweinell | Nov 6, 2012 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Education & Youth
With this year’s big affirmative action case, Fisher v. University of Texas, being one of the highlights of the Supreme Court’s current term, it is worth circling back to CRCL’s previous treatment of the issue. As one of the most visible (and controversial) civil...
by jweinell | Oct 16, 2012 | Amicus, Poverty and Economic Justice
Several months ago I blogged about the creation of Google’s new privacy policy. Now, regulators in Europe, led by the French CNIL, are challenging the implementation of the privacy policy, alleging both that Google gives insufficient notice to users about data...
by jweinell | Sep 30, 2012 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Voting and Elections Rights
Three years ago, in Caperton v. Massey, the Court was confronted with a case from West Virginia in which a judge failed to recuse himself when the chairman and principal officer of a corporation involved in the lawsuit had spent substantial amounts of money through an...