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15 Jan 2015, 12:09 pm
by George Wise Money and politics may dominate the legislative and executive branches of government, but the courts, and more specifically jury trials, are the one place where regular folks can hold corporations and institutions responsible for wrongful acts. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 3:19 pm
Not two weeks after the President announced his executive action on immigration, 17 states, including Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin, led by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, are challenging the executive action under the U.S. [read post]
14 Nov 2014, 8:08 am
Louisiana – Louisiana Politicians Spent Lavishly on Meals, Golfing, Gifts, Other Perks in 2013 New Orleans Times-Picayune – Lee Zurdik (WVUE) and Manuel Torres | Published: 11/6/2014 Records show Louisiana politicians spent millions of dollars in 2013 on meals, golf rounds and club dues; gifts to unnamed recipients; tickets to Louisiana State University and New Orleans Saints football games; and other events. [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 11:35 am
Louisiana, 373 U.S. 267, 273 (1963). [read post]
26 Oct 2014, 8:23 pm
(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]
16 Oct 2014, 9:31 am
You can find the text of FBI Directory James Comey’s remarks as delivered today at Brookings here or below. [read post]
29 Jul 2014, 6:12 am
Some, as World War II and Korean War veterans did in Louisiana as the Deacons for Defense and Justice, formed organizations to protect nonviolent civil rights workers. [read post]
30 May 2014, 12:40 pm
Instead of striking down the use of relocation centers on constitutional grounds, the Court instead held that the War Relocation Authority exceeded its authority under Executive Order No. 9066 by subjecting loyal and law-abiding citizens to its conditional release procedure.Justice Murphy concurred with the decision, but again heavily criticized the majority.I join in the opinion of the Court, but I am of the view that detention in Relocation Centers of persons of Japanese ancestry… [read post]
19 May 2014, 11:27 am
I’m a little amazed state legislatures would vote to make a law that the executive branch can ignore at will. [read post]
10 Mar 2014, 9:13 am
Staten wrote up an arrest warrant which was not executed until `several months later. [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 9:52 am
State Board of CPAs of Louisiana (5th Cir. 1998), the Fifth Circuit considered the status of Louisiana’s state board of CPAs, which had made rules prohibiting CPAs from “engaging in the practice of . . . [read post]
28 Nov 2013, 4:24 am
The Founders themselves struggled with the problems of creating a government—and an executive branch within that government—with power adequate to protect security yet with power bounded in such fashion as not to menace the liberty of people or the sovereignty of states that made up the union. [read post]
10 Oct 2013, 6:04 pm
Much of D.C. may be suffering from the partisan gridlock gripping the White House and Congress, but the Least Dysfunctional Branch is back, rested, and ready to get to work. [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 3:23 am
For instance, Michael Hecht, president and chief executive of the Greater New Orleans Inc. [read post]
16 Jun 2013, 3:49 pm
Windsor 12-307Disclosure: Kevin Russell of the law firm Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys work for or contribute to this blog in various capacities, was among the counsel on an amicus brief filed by former senators in support of Edith Windsor in this case.Issue: (1) Whether Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection of the laws as applied to persons of the same sex who are legally married under the laws of their State;… [read post]
10 Jun 2013, 11:38 am
Windsor 12-307Disclosure: Kevin Russell of the law firm Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys work for or contribute to this blog in various capacities, was among the counsel on an amicus brief filed by former senators in support of Edith Windsor in this case.Issue: (1) Whether Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection of the laws as applied to persons of the same sex who are legally married under the laws of their State;… [read post]
30 May 2013, 11:13 am
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa has issued subpoenas seeking all the executive branch’s communications about Benghazi talking points. [read post]
22 May 2013, 9:01 pm
Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, who has (at least in his own mind) some possibility of becoming the next Republican nominee for President, brought a convention of conservatives to its enraged feet over the weekend, saying: “By being here today, every one of you has just signed up for an audit by the IRS. [read post]
22 May 2013, 6:00 am
Yaser Esam Hamdi had been born in Louisiana, and thus had a plausible claim to citizenship as well. [read post]
18 May 2013, 10:55 pm
While the food safety community has mostly stood behind the domestic catfish industry on this one, we’ve had to feel just a little whacky as no one at USDA or elsewhere in the executive branch of government much liked where this was going. [read post]
