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15 Oct 2021, 5:01 am
And Thomas Jefferson copied into his commonplace book Beccaria's statement that "laws that forbid the carrying of arms … disarm those only who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes" and therefore "make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. [read post]
14 Oct 2021, 5:01 am
Nor does the brief address the dismissal by Justice Thomas of such arguments based on the Statute of Northampton and its state analogues articulated in his dissent from the denial of certiorari in Rogers v. [read post]
Centaurs, Jean Valjean, and a proposed three-sentence ruling on the meaning of favorable termination
13 Oct 2021, 2:58 pm
Justice Stephen Breyer introduced Jean Valjean, the protagonist sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. [read post]
13 Oct 2021, 12:32 pm
Justice Stephen Breyer followed up on Kagan’s questions. [read post]
12 Oct 2021, 5:01 am
In 1786, Virginia enacted an act on affrays – drafted by Thomas Jefferson – forbidding a person to "go nor ride armed by night nor by day, in fairs or markets, or in other places, in terror of the country …. [read post]
11 Oct 2021, 5:01 am
Thomas Jefferson advised his nephew to "[l]et your gun . . . be the constant companion of your walks. [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 3:01 pm
Justice Stephen Breyer expressed concern about the scope of Crawford and its potential to eradicate all hearsay exceptions. [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 10:43 am
Thomas noted that the whole point of Klein’s effort is to tie the torture to Poland. [read post]
6 Oct 2021, 12:05 pm
Justice Stephen Breyer was the most upfront about the complexities involved, stating, “I have a terrible time understanding where all these different standards are and how they fit together … and I doubt that a lot of habeas judges will understand it either. [read post]
6 Oct 2021, 7:43 am
Thomas questioned Frederick about the possibility of Mississippi simply refiling the case. [read post]
4 Oct 2021, 5:37 pm
” In the case of Arkansas inmate Mickey Thomas, Sotomayor similarly conceded that “Thomas’ claim does not satisfy this Court’s traditional criteria for granting” review. [read post]
4 Oct 2021, 3:57 pm
Justice Stephen Breyer’s wife, Joanna, soon takes her seat in the VIP section. [read post]
4 Oct 2021, 3:30 pm
Justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer are the only remaining members of the Crawford court. [read post]
4 Oct 2021, 12:56 pm
Thomas J. [read post]
1 Oct 2021, 8:52 am
Year M&A+I Data Points Activity By Month (Q3 2021) July – 3 August – 6 September – 5 Activity By Month (Q3 2020) July – 5 August – 5 September – 4 Activity By Month (Q3 2019) July – 5 August – 4 September – 2 M&A+I Events (Running Listing: November 2001 – Today) eDiscovery Mergers, Acquisitions, and Investments Event DateAcquired (Investee)Acquirer (Investor)Amount (Estimated $) 22-September-21AlyneMitratech 14-September-21Legal… [read post]
1 Oct 2021, 4:00 am
The subpoenas come a week after it issued subpoenas targeting two top Trump White House officials, the chief of staff to the acting defense secretary, and longtime Trump adviser Stephen Bannon. [read post]
25 Sep 2021, 4:13 pm
Brian Cathcart is Professor of Journalism at Kingston University London and the author of ‘The Case of Stephen Lawrence’ (1999) This post originally appeared in the Byline Times and is reproduced with permission and thanks. [read post]
24 Sep 2021, 8:17 am
Robert Thomas (Michigan) Sponsors: Journal of Corporation Law, the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Market Ethics, and Wharton’s Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research The symposiasts will be hosted by Georgetown Law, with audience members participating via Zoom. [read post]
23 Sep 2021, 5:06 pm
Conservatives Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett were all in dissent, joined by liberal Elena Kagan. [read post]
20 Sep 2021, 11:03 am
I've already written another article in this vein critiquing recent work by Stephen Sachs on treating originalism as a standard, rather than implementation procedure, and there are several other outlines and drafts in the pipeline.Legal oddities. [read post]
