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3 May 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
When Judges Get Free Trips to Luxury Resorts, Disclosure Is Spotty Texas Public Radio – Tom Dreisbach and Carrie Johnson (NPR) | Published: 5/1/2024 Dozens of federal judges failed to fully disclose free luxury travel to judicial conferences around the world, as required by internal judiciary rules and federal ethics law, an NPR investigation found. [read post]
19 Apr 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Ex-Congressman Asks 11th Circuit to Toss Six-Figure Campaign Finance Penalty Courthouse News Service – Kayla Gogging | Published: 4/16/2024 Former U.S. [read post]
18 Apr 2024, 5:55 am by Jonathan Hafetz
(See, for example, Lisa Laplante’s discussion of some limits of technocratic transitional justice mechanisms like truth commissions and trials in Peru; Rachel López’s examination of the need to look beyond prosecutions to address questions of collective memory in Guatemala; Darin Johnson’s analysis of the various mechanisms employed to build support for participatory democracy in Sudan; and Zachary Kaufman’s assessment of political and social responses to the… [read post]
26 Feb 2024, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Although when it crossed his mind Taft did indeed identify with Andrew Johnson and repudiate the radical Republicans who sought to limit executive power (which included his own father), he nevertheless possessed many reasons to support a strong executive apart from relitigating the racial battles of 1868. [read post]
23 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Georgia – Fani Willis’ Testimony Evokes Long-Standing Frustrations for Black Women Leaders MSN – Matt Brown and Jocelyn Noveck (Associated Press) | Published: 2/17/2024 Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is used to prosecuting high-profile, challenging cases. [read post]
16 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
In Alameda County, Court Commissioner Mark Fickes’ opponent in the March 5 election, Michael Johnson, filed a formal complaint against Fickes for publicly supporting District Attorney Pamela Price, whose office regularly argues cases in Superior Court. [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 4:39 am by SHG
Friends, we gather here on this blessed December day to send the year 2023 off into the sunset. [read post]
4 Dec 2023, 3:06 pm by Aaron Moss
Yes, yes, Steamboat Willie will enter the U.S. public domain on January 1, 2024—and that’s a shame. [read post]
10 Oct 2023, 9:03 pm by renholding
I’d like to thank members of the SEC staff for their work on these final rules, including: Erik Gerding, Mellissa Duru, Ted Yu, Nicholas Panos, Valian Afshar, Elizabeth Murphy, Robert Errett, Chris Windsor, Anne Krauskopf, Katherine Bagley, Emma O’Hara, and Pearl Crawley in the Division of Corporation Finance; Megan Barbero, Bryant Morris, Dorothy McCuaig, Ken Alcé, David Russo, Rachel McKenzie, and Brooke Wagner in the Office of the General Counsel; Jessica Wachter, Lyndon Orton,… [read post]
15 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Former FTX Crypto Executive Pleads Guilty to Making Millions in Illegal Campaign Contributions Associated Press News – Jake Offenhartz | Published: 9/7/2023 A former top executive at the failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange pleaded guilty to making tens of millions of dollars in illegal campaign contributions and engaging in a criminal conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transfer business. [read post]
27 May 2023, 2:44 am by Steve Lubet
"Rollin' and Tumblin'" is mostly remembered as a Robert Johnson song -- brought to Chicago by Muddy Waters in the 1950s, and reinterpreted by Cream in the 1960s -- but it was actually written and first recorded by Willie Nebern, who released only a handful of cuts in 1929 (not to be missed at the bottom of the post). [read post]
27 May 2023, 1:41 am by Steve Lubet
"Rollin' and Tumblin'" is mostly remembered as a Robert Johnson song -- brought to Chicago by Muddy Waters in the 1950s, and reinterpreted by Cream in the 1960s -- but it was actually written and first recorded by Willie Nebern, who released only a handful of cuts in 1929 (not to be missed at the bottom of this post). [read post]
3 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
The describes the British treatment of the American colonial legislatures, willy-nilly vetoing their laws. [read post]
11 Nov 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Democrats Buck Midterm History to Win Control of 4 States Yahoo News – David Lieb (Associated Press) | Published: 11/9/2022 Defying historic midterm trends, Democrats wrested control of state legislative chambers away from Republicans in Michigan and Minnesota while also gaining full control of state Capitols in Maryland and Massachusetts. [read post]
3 Nov 2022, 6:32 am
I’d like to thank the members of the SEC staff who worked on this rule, including: Christian Corkery, David Driscoll, Nathan Schuur, Tim Dulaney, Trevor Tatum, Bradley Gude, Angela Mokodean, Brian Johnson, Sarah ten Siethoff, and William Birdthistle in the Division of Investment Management; Hanna Lee, Andrew Glickman, PJ Hamidi, Gregory Scopino, Alex Schiller, Julie Marlowe, Michael Willis, and Jessica Wachter in the Division of Economic Risk and Analysis; Bob Bagnall, Amy… [read post]
20 Oct 2022, 9:12 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  In any event, I do think that it was politically important for Democrats to oppose the way the Republicans were operating politically, and voting to acquit Slick Willy was possibly the best/only way to do that. [read post]