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6 Jul 2012, 5:09 am
Chief Justice John Roberts justified his re-characterization of the “penalty” in Obamacare as a “tax” on the ground that the amount involved is so small as not to be coercive. [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 11:07 am
Obama's finger on the trigger, Democratic leaders in Congress have kept quiet—demonstrating that their opposition to presidential power during the Bush years was political, not principled. [read post]
24 Oct 2006, 6:17 am
They greatly feared a powerful Executive. [read post]
10 May 2010, 7:49 pm
Her presence on the court probably won’t have much immediate impact on the balance of power, given that she’s replacing liberal Justice John Paul Stevens. [read post]
16 Oct 2008, 7:25 pm
Sounds like John McCain's Joe the Plumber could have used a bit more vetting. [read post]
15 Aug 2024, 11:14 am
Additionally, Richard Powers was named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list for another year in a row. [read post]
29 May 2010, 7:46 am
Comstock upheld a federal statute that gives Government the power to civilly commit indefinitely a “sexually dangerous person” after he has completed serving his criminal sentence. [read post]
12 Oct 2008, 12:37 pm
John G. [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 2:14 pm
The Philadelphia Inquirer's John Sullivan last Sunday had this powerful followup to the Pennsylvania judicial scandal, where two judges were convicted of taking millions in kickbacks from privately run juvenile jails that the judges stocked with undeserving kids. [read post]
9 Oct 2009, 2:45 pm
But it turns out that in the corridors of power, he was hardly alone. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 11:52 am
Huber, John Copeland Nagle, Jessica Owley, Melissa Powers, Kalyani Robbins, Hari Osofsky and I will be co-presenting and co-moderating a session on “Generations of Environmental Law. [read post]
19 Mar 2009, 1:01 am
New California Bill May Help Reduce Boating Accidents The California Senate is reviewing a new bill, which if passed, will give authorities the power to suspend boaters' licenses when they are caught operating a boat while intoxicated. [read post]
3 Jan 2008, 1:40 pm
In 1997, in one of his first big roles, Damon played Rudy Baylor (pictured) in “The Rainmaker,” John Grisham’s story of an idealistic young lawyer taking on a powerful law firm and its big, bad insurance-company client. [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 9:30 am
Henry Fetter has written an interesting piece for The Atlantic, looking back at retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens' work as associate counsel to the Monopoly Power Subcommittee of the House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee, and in particular the role he played during the 1951 Celler Hearings regarding the antitrust status of Major League Baseball. [read post]
8 Dec 2007, 11:09 am
Copyright Czar:Several members from both sides of the aisle - including Chairman John Conyers of Michigan and ranking member Lamar Smith of Texas - on Tuesday introduced a bill, H.R. 4279, that would further crack down on intellectual property violations, and create several new government positions with the power to enforce the new law. [read post]
2 Sep 2024, 12:13 am
The famous 19th century poem, "If", by Kipling, is powerful. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 6:22 am
I just subscribed to the Twitter feed of John Raymond Hanger, who presents lots of interesting facts about the energy market, most of them about the United States. [read post]
28 Aug 2008, 7:43 pm
Following Booker, Kimbrough, Rita and Gall; District Courts Exercising Power to Sentence as Deemed Appropriate, Considering Case-Specific Factors, § 3553(a) By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Senior Paralegal Billy Sinclair Before 1984, criminal sentencing in federal courts was heavily criticized because of the disparate sentences imposed for similar conduct and because of the uncertainty as to the length of time offenders would actually serve in… [read post]
22 Apr 2009, 5:57 am
A few draw on ideas from individual philosophers (See my post of Aug. 27, 2008: John Rawls' original position; March 19, 2006: Willard Quine and the fact/value dichotomy; and Oct. 10, 2008: Michel Foucault on power.). [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 8:24 pm
"In a Federal Case Over 'State Secrets,' a Question of Whether Evidence Is Too Secret": In Wednesday's edition of The New York Times, John Schwartz will have an article that begins, "Eleven federal judges of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco offered pointed commentary and tough questions on Tuesday to lawyers arguing a case about secrecy, torture and presidential power. [read post]
