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29 May 2024, 3:52 pm by Reference Staff
With a List of Suggested Resources**On June 4, 2020 the Washington Supreme Court issued an open letter to the judiciary and legal community recognizing deep-seated and continuing institutional racial injustice and calling for action to address systemic inequities. [read post]
19 May 2024, 6:00 am by Lawrence Solum
"  Judge Richard Posner has developed an approach to statutory interpretation that reflects his general approach to jurisprudence, which he calls "pragmatism. [read post]
3 May 2024, 8:11 am by Eugene Volokh
[UPDATE 5/3/24, 11:55 am: This paragraph has been revised in light of the archived version (which I hadn't been able to find when I first put up the post); thanks to commenter ReadMyLips88, who pointed me to the archived version.] [read post]
13 Apr 2024, 3:33 pm by admin
Prelude to Litigation Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) was a widely used direct α-adrenergic agonist used as a medication to control cold symptoms and to suppress appetite for weight loss.[1] In 1972, an over-the-counter (OTC) Advisory Review Panel considered the safety and efficacy of PPA-containing nasal decongestant medications, leading, in 1976, to a recommendation that the agency label these medications as “generally recognized as safe and effective. [read post]
2 Apr 2024, 12:56 pm by admin
Lay juries usually function well in assessing the relevance of an expert witness’s credentials, experience, command of the facts, likeability, physical demeanor, confidence, and ability to communicate. [read post]
14 Feb 2024, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Steel Merger; blurted out in Minnesota, “a State which is the hotbed of the insurgent [progressive] movement,” that the Payne-Aldrich Tariff, which raised rates to sky-high levels, was “the best tariff bill” the United States ever had;[10] inserted himself into the controversy about conservation policy by firing Chief Forrester Gifford Pinchot while retaining Secretary of Interior Richard Ballinger; and explained his dogged persistence in the face of certain defeat… [read post]