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Will Tight Budget Keep Oregon’s AG From Prosecuting Polluters?
Posted on January 27, 2009Will Tight Budget Keep Oregon’s AG From Prosecuting Polluters?
The View From the 3L, About to Enter a Brave New Legal World
Posted on January 27, 2009The View From the 3L, About to Enter a Brave New Legal World :: Also, How Two Lawyers Managed to Look Busy
Bill Seeks to Make Cell Phone Cameras Go Click
Posted on January 27, 2009Bill Seeks to Make Cell Phone Cameras Go Click :: Camera Phone Predator Alert Act, H.R. 414
Unanimous Court Expands Ability to Sue in Sexual Harassment Investigations
Posted on January 27, 2009Unanimous Court Expands Ability to Sue in Sexual Harassment Investigations :: Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson Cty.
Ruling 9-0, Supremes Redefine Police Pat-Downs
Posted on January 27, 2009Ruling 9-0, Supremes Redefine Police Pat-Downs :: Arizona v. Johnson
A Torturous Process: Tort Suits Prove Inadequate to Challenge Anti-Terror Policies
Posted on January 27, 2009A Torturous Process: Tort Suits Prove Inadequate to Challenge Anti-Terror Policies
Hang Him Up? The Bad Judge and His Image
Posted on January 27, 2009Hang Him Up? The Bad Judge and His Image
Another Immigration Prison Death, and Mounting Questions
Posted on January 27, 2009Another Immigration Prison Death, and Mounting Questions
High Court’s Fourth Amendment Decision May Influence First Amendment Law
Posted on January 27, 2009High Court’s Fourth Amendment Decision May Influence First Amendment Law
Bush’s ‘War’ On Terror Comes to a Sudden End
Posted on January 23, 2009Bush’s ‘War’ On Terror Comes to a Sudden End :: Executive Order - Closing of Guantanamo :: Executive Order - Review of Detention Policy Options :: Executive Order - Ensuring Lawful Interrogations :: Judge Gives Obama Chance to Weigh In on Definition of ‘Enemy Combatant’ :: Memorandum - Review of the Detention of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri
Judge Asks That Obama Not “Storm the 4th Circuit” With Ideologues
Posted on January 23, 2009Judge Asks That Obama Not “Storm the 4th Circuit” With Ideologues
Obama Sides With Bush in Spy Case
Posted on January 23, 2009Obama Sides With Bush in Spy Case :: In re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation (pdf)
Project Open Closet: When Do the Legal Skeletons Come Tumbling Out of the Justice Department
Posted on January 23, 2009Project Open Closet: When Do the Legal Skeletons Come Tumbling Out of the Justice Department?
ACLU Lays Off a Tenth of Workforce Partly Due to Madoff Losses
Posted on January 23, 2009ACLU Lays Off a Tenth of Workforce Partly Due to Madoff Losses
Obama Isn’t the First President to Retake Oath — or Forgo Bible
Posted on January 23, 2009Obama Isn’t the First President to Retake Oath — or Forgo Bible
Court Turns Away Suit Over Confederate Flag Shirts
Posted on January 23, 2009Court Turns Away Suit Over Confederate Flag Shirts :: Barr v. Lafon (pdf)
Oath of Office Is Administered Again
Posted on January 22, 2009Oath of Office Is Administered Again :: Audio
Obama Blocks Some of Bush’s Last-Minute Environmental Decisions
Posted on January 22, 2009Obama Blocks Some of Bush’s Last-Minute Environmental Decisions
The Law-School Debt Trap: How to Escape It and Have a Career in Public Service Law
Posted on January 22, 2009The Law-School Debt Trap: How to Escape It and Have a Career in Public Service Law
L&C Law’s Jim Huffman on the I-5 Bridge: If You Don’t Build It, They Won’t Come
Posted on January 22, 2009L&C Law’s Jim Huffman on the I-5 Bridge: If You Don’t Build It, They Won’t Come
Obama to Shut Guantánamo Site and C.I.A. Prisons
Posted on January 22, 2009Obama to Shut Guantánamo Site and C.I.A. Prisons :: Draft Order (pdf)
Banks Switch Fed Oversight by Switching to State Supervision
Posted on January 22, 2009Banks Switch Fed Oversight by Switching to State Supervision
Obama Orders Easier Access to Public Records
Posted on January 22, 2009Obama Orders Easier Access to Public Records :: Executive Order - Presidential Records
Law School Holds Open House in ‘Second Life’
Posted on January 22, 2009Law School Holds Open House in ‘Second Life’
Ex-U.S. Attorney Iglesias to Prosecute Suspects at Guantanamo
Posted on January 22, 2009Ex-U.S. Attorney Iglesias to Prosecute Suspects at Guantanamo
Outcry Erupts Over Reports That Israel Used Phosphorus Arms on Gazans
Posted on January 22, 2009Outcry Erupts Over Reports That Israel Used Phosphorus Arms on Gazans
High Court Allows Judges to Cut Crack Sentences Due to Policy Disagreement
Posted on January 21, 2009High Court Allows Judges to Cut Crack Sentences Due to Policy Disagreement :: Spears v. U.S.
Supremes, 6-3, Reinstate WA Murder Conviction
Posted on January 21, 2009Supremes, 6-3, Reinstate WA Murder Conviction :: Waddington v. Sarausad
Court, 9-0, Sides With Police in Search, Abandons 2-Step Immunity Test
Posted on January 21, 2009Court, 9-0, Sides With Police in Search, Abandons 2-Step Immunity Test :: Pearson v. Callahan
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