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16 May 2024, 9:01 pm
First, what happened in Alameda County is typical of the prejudices that course through America’s death penalty system.And second, it is just another example of why ending capital punishment is long overdue.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
12 May 2024, 6:00 am
Nelson Lund characterizes “living constitutionalism” as the view that “the scope of a constitutional right is defined largely by judicial perceptions of current social mores. [read post]
9 May 2024, 9:01 pm
”Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
5 May 2024, 9:01 pm
He needs to show his support for Israel, hold the line against law-and-order attacks, but also not alienate younger voters, some of whom are either protesting what is happening in Gaza or are sympathetic to the positions protesters are taking.Whether the war in Gaza, as Senator Bernie Sanders warns, will turn out to be Biden’s Vietnam and tip the election in Trump’s direction, remains to be seen.It would be a supreme irony if the effort on college campuses to speak up for human rights… [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 9:00 pm
”Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 4:15 pm
., the university said law enforcement began clearing out Siemens Hall and Nelson Hall East and the surrounding area. [read post]
28 Apr 2024, 7:49 am
District judge William Nelson expressed doubts over their ages, stating he “cannot look at both defendants and determine unequivocally they are over the age of 18 and where there is competing evidence to the contrary,” and adjourned the hearing to April 30. [read post]
25 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm
They must act in concert to respond to attacks like Mike Johnson’s.Now is the time for all those who value what higher education contributes to our society to rally to their defense.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
21 Apr 2024, 9:00 pm
But given the stereotypes about the Black body that pervade our society, it is not surprising that Black inmates receive different and worse treatment than White inmates in the execution chamber and that they pay a high price for our illusory and failed quest for a humane execution method.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
14 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm
We can only hope that one day the Court will change its mind and say definitively that executing such a person violates the Eighth Amendment.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 9:05 pm
For many business economists and legal academics, the purpose of any business organization is simply stated: to maximize profits. [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm
His effort is a reminder that doing justice, and ensuring that justice is done, has no statute of limitations.It is a lesson that other prosecutors should learn.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
2 Apr 2024, 12:56 pm
Nelson, and Uri Simonsohn, “False-Positive Psychology: UndisclosedFlexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant,” 22 Psychological Sci. 1359 (2011). [4] C. [read post]
31 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
”Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
29 Mar 2024, 6:30 am
Levin, The Activist Investor, on Thursday, March 28, 2024 Tags: Board of Directors, Bylaw, executive pay, Say on pay, Shareholder proposals Transnational Corporate Law Litigation Posted by William J. [read post]
29 Mar 2024, 6:30 am
Levin, The Activist Investor, on Thursday, March 28, 2024 Tags: Board of Directors, Bylaw, executive pay, Say on pay, Shareholder proposals Transnational Corporate Law Litigation Posted by William J. [read post]
26 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
His challenge is to get voters to put nostalgia aside and focus on the kind of future that a second Biden term can offer them.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
21 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
Political leaders, public officials, and citizens need to prepare now for the fierce battle that will occur if Joe Biden wins in November.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
17 Mar 2024, 9:30 pm
Urofsky[Professor Urofksy reviews Laura Kalman’s FDR’s Gambit: The Courtpacking Fight and the Rise of Legal Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 2022) and Michael Nelson’s Vaulting Ambition: FDR’s Campaign to Pack the Supreme Court (University Press of Kansas, 2023).] [read post]
14 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
”The Superior Court of Fulton County has a chance to lift the secrecy if not end of shame of Georgia’s plan to kill Willie James Pye.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
