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12 Aug 2013, 2:30 pm
"... and their disaster capitalism education 'reform,' grew up in and has never rejected the religious right (while selling himself as gay-friendly, he's cultivated the same extremist movement that has promoted homophobia in Uganda and benefited from their mythology of Newark's 'transformation'), is steeped in Wall Street money and philosophy and is deeply admired by the usual right-wing think tanks." [read post]
The College Athletes Bill of Rights, spearheaded by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), aims to set up a federal commission consisting of nine members appointed by the US president. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 10:42 am
According to the folks at Politico, the Obama campaign has released a playlist of music that will be piped in at re-election rallies, rope lines, and similar events from now until November: "Different People" (No Doubt) "Got to Get You in My Life" (Earth, Wind & Fire) "Green Onions" (Booker T & The MG's) "I Got You" (Wilco) "Keep on Pushing" (The Impressions) "Keep Reachin' Up" (Nicole Willis & the Soul… [read post]
A Delhi official approved the prosecution of Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy on Tuesday based on charges of sedition. [read post]
15 Jul 2021, 4:47 am by SHG
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) has joined with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) to propose serious marijuana reform legislation. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 11:57 am
I have not blogged at all about the ugly allegations against  federal judge Samuel Kent, but this latest news about  his case from Mary Flood at the Houston Chronicle means that Judge Kent may soon to become my new post-Booker federal sentencing poster-child. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 9:29 am
Now, in light of Booker and Carty, 520 F.3d 984 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc), Lowe is no longer good law because any element of a sentencing decision, discretionary or not, may be "unreasonable. [read post]
29 Jan 2007, 4:43 am
  Democrats have slim majorities in both houses of Congress, Booker declared aspects of the old rules unconstitutional, and most everyone agrees that mandatory minimum and crack sentencing rules are unfair. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 1:26 pm
Bar president Tracy Booker and Secretary Keenya Greeling did great work planning the vent. [read post]
12 Oct 2006, 7:50 am
California, the latest in the Apprendi-Blakely-Booker line of cases--what I found most interesting about the arguments was the degree to which they reminded us of the steepness of the learning curves in the early years of the Roberts Court. [read post]
6 May 2009, 5:46 am
Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005) may have for a client at sentencing, we keep a lookout for favorable Eleventh Circuit and Georgia federal sentencing decisions as an aid to practitioners. [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 12:45 pm by Douglas A. Berman
As reported here, two notable US senators "are urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to decriminalize marijuana on his own" by "asking Garland and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to use powers granted them under the Controlled Substances Act to deschedule — or decriminalize — marijuana at... [read post]