SCOTUS Keeps DADT in Place
The Supreme Court has denied a request by the Log Cabin Republicans that the stay of an injunction barring enforcement of […]
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The Tea Party's Judiciary
Last Tuesday, while Democrats were losing control of the House and maintaining tenuous control of the Senate, three Iowa Supreme
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DADT and the 9th Circuit Stay
Ari Ezra Waldman, HLS grad from ’05 and current faculty member of the Western School of Law in San Diego,
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Flawless Victory for Kagan
From today’s Supreme Court argument in Schwarzenegger v. EMA, a nice shout out for those of us who got our
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Banks, Law Firms, and Court Systems Violating Homeowners’ Due Process Rights
Media coverage of the foreclosure crisis continues, with a New York Times piece on Bank of America’s resumption of foreclosures
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US convicts child soldier of war crimes; first time since WWII.
For the first time since World War II a child soldier has been tried for– and convicted of– war crimes.
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Terror Trials: Guantanamo detainee pleads guilty to avoid trial
Omar Khadr, a 24-year old former child soldier detained at Guantanamo pled guilty Monday on terrorism-charges in order to avoid
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"Don't Ask Don't Tell" injunction stayed by 9th Circuit
A three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit has granted an emergency request by the government to stay the injunction against
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Supreme Court will not hear case of two ejected from Bush event
Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court refused to review the dismissal of Weise v. Casper. The case dates to 2005, when
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Do They Really Have to Do This?
http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/10/gay-ban-newly-defended/ So, I generally don’t believe that the Obama Administration lies to the American people, but this makes me wonder.
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Cash for Convictions
“The interests of justice…are not well served when a witness’s reward is contingent on the conviction of a defendant rather