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Velvel on National Affairs 

The personal views of the Dean of the Massachusetts School of Law on national events.
Post Frequency: 0.5/day Last Entry: July 18, 2012 at 14:01:00 Recent Entries: 158
By Lawrence Velvel
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The Federal Courts Bow Down, Abjectly, To The Secrecy Demands Of The National Security State
Posted on August 21, 2007August 21, 2007Re: The Federal Courts Bow Down, Abjectly, To The Secrecy Demands Of The National Security State.From: Dean Lawrence R. VelvelVelvelOnNationalAffairs.comDear Colleagues: In case after case we see what little regard the federal judiciary has for truth, for honesty...
The Speech and Debate Clause and Honesty
Posted on August 16, 2007August 16, 2007Re: The Speech And Debate Clause And Honesty.From: Dean Lawrence R. VelvelVelvelOnNationalAffairs.comDear Colleagues: This is the second in a series of postings about some recent federal court decisions that I find either highly objectionable or, at least, in some way deficient...
The Access To Experimental Drugs Case.
Posted on August 15, 2007August 15, 2007Re: The Access To Experimental Drugs Case.From: Dean Lawrence R. VelvelVelvelOnNationalAffairs.comDear Colleagues: Whether deliberately or fortuitously, shortly after posting a piece on the case denying terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs that might save their lives, I received an email on the subject, with an a attached article on the case...
Comments on "The Federal Judiciary, Aping the German Judges, Allows the Government to Force you to Die When you are Sick
Posted on August 15, 2007From: alan thompsonDate: Wed 8/15/2007 5:34 AMSubject: Your latest blog (Judiciary,etc.) excellentHi Dean Velvel-Your latest blog was excellent. The subject you chose was important, and the way you laid the case out as an example of how courts promulgate unreasonable decisions said a lot about how to interpret similar decisions...
Re: Comment on Blog
Posted on August 14, 2007From: gwennmsDate: Mon 8/13/2007 5:40 PMRe: Joe BidenDear Dean Velvel, I was very surprised to read your post about Senator Joe Biden. There are several important points concerning him that I think you seem to pass over rather rapidly.One: he has been in the Senate since he was twenty-nine years old, that is since 1972, I looked it up...
The Federal Judiciary, Aping The German Judges, Allows The Government To Force You To Die When You Are Sick.
Posted on August 14, 2007August 14, 2007Re: The Federal Judiciary, Aping The German Judges, Allows The Government ToForce You to Die When You Are Sick.From: Dean Lawrence R. VelvelVelvelOnNationalAffairs.comDear Colleagues: Only infrequently do I write about judicial opinions...
Re: Jean Edward Smith And Joe Biden
Posted on August 06, 2007August 6, 2007Re: Jean Edward Smith And Joe Biden.From: Dean Lawrence R. VelvelVelvelOnNationalAffairs.comDear Colleagues: I shall use this post to do something I don?t believe I?ve done before: to comment ? relatively briefly ? on two things I saw on Book TV over the weekend...
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What is the difference between a US Citizen and a US National?
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What is the difference between being a US Citizen and being a US National?
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