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Thomas Frieden, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Capitol Hill yesterday for perceived mistakes in the virus’ containment. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

Relist Watch

16 Oct 2014, 7:57 am by John Elwood

The Jones petitioners were favored with a dissent from denial of cert. written by Justice Scalia, joined by Justices Ginsburg and Thomas. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Petitions to watch | Conference of October 17

16 Oct 2014, 7:10 am by Maureen Johnston

Wainwright and his constitutional right to be provided with the “basic tools” for an adequate defense, contrary to Ake v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Handy Chart Determines If Driver of Rental Car Has Standing to Contest Search

15 Oct 2014, 3:39 pm by Michael J. Petro

Thomas, 447 F.3d 1191, 1195-96 (9th Cir. 2006) (same). [read post]

7th Circuit Criminal Law Alert - http://mjpetro.typepad.com/7th_circuit_alert/

The U.S. Supreme Court Revisits Hearsay and the Sixth Amendment

14 Oct 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb

The case, Ohio v. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

No New SCOTUS Cases, Part II

14 Oct 2014, 9:37 am by Bill Otis

Among the cases to which cert was denied today was a very big sentencing case, Jones v. [read post]

Crime and Consequences - http://www.crimeandconsequences.com/crimblog/

Chapter 9 (Ordering Government Through Law: Constitutions, Statutes, Treaties, Regulations, Judicial Decisions, and Other Sources): From "Elements of Law" to "Introduction to the Law and Legal System of the United States"--Building an Introductory Course to the Legal Curriculum for the 21st Century

10 Oct 2014, 11:39 am

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) Since 2010, I have been posting on the development of a new course I have been developing for our first year law school students, "Elements of Law. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

Symposium: The gay marriage cases and federal jurisdiction

9 Oct 2014, 11:41 am by Steven Calabresi

Supreme Court recently struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act in United States v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Shopkick Unable to Shake Text Spam Complaint — Huricks v. Shopkick

8 Oct 2014, 8:21 am by Venkat Balasubramani

Court Finds that SMS Spam Messages are Subject to the TCPA and Rejects First Amendment Defense — Abbas v. [read post]

Technology & Marketing Law Blog - http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

The Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame: Rainmakers Who Ran the Gauntlet

3 Oct 2014, 4:28 pm by Legal Talk Network

Thomas Girardi is an inductee at The Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame who's commonly known for his work in Anderson v. [read post]