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Transparency Rules In U.S. Elections Need Updating To Reflect 21st Century Realities, Rebecca Green Dec 2014

Transparency Rules In U.S. Elections Need Updating To Reflect 21st Century Realities, Rebecca Green

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What We Should Learn From Garner And Ferguson Cases, Jeffrey Bellin Dec 2014

What We Should Learn From Garner And Ferguson Cases, Jeffrey Bellin

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No abstract provided.


Ferguson — What Now?, Timothy Zick Nov 2014

Ferguson — What Now?, Timothy Zick

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Shadow Trial: Prosecutors In Ferguson Violated Our Right To An Open Criminal Justice System, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick Nov 2014

Shadow Trial: Prosecutors In Ferguson Violated Our Right To An Open Criminal Justice System, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick

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St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch’s decision to “open up” the grand jury proceedings by including massive amounts of testimony and evidence has been decried as “highly unusual,” “deeply unfair,” and evidence that police officer Darren Wilson received “special treatment.” McCulloch’s move to include a good deal of exculpatory evidence and testimony led to a three-month, closed-door proceeding that included 70 hours of testimony, including 60 witnesses and three medical examiners. The breadth of the evidence presented to the grand jury has led many to declare that it turned the entire proceeding into something that walks and quacks an awful …


The Shrews That Tame Wall Street?, Mehrsa Baradaran Nov 2014

The Shrews That Tame Wall Street?, Mehrsa Baradaran

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Although plenty of men are whistleblowers and financial reformers, too, the ones making the most noise are women. Women are significantly underrepresented in Wall Street firms as well as in Congress and the regulatory agencies.


The Cost Of Public Protest, Timothy Zick Nov 2014

The Cost Of Public Protest, Timothy Zick

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Zick On Public Protest And Ferguson, Timothy Zick Nov 2014

Zick On Public Protest And Ferguson, Timothy Zick

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The Incredible Wrongness Of The Warren Report - The Official Inquiry Into The Assassination Of Jfk Is Deeply Flawed, Donald E. Wilkes Jr. Nov 2014

The Incredible Wrongness Of The Warren Report - The Official Inquiry Into The Assassination Of Jfk Is Deeply Flawed, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

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This article will explain why a reevaluation of the Report in light of the new information requires rejection of other key aspects of the Report.


Delaware’S Familiarity, Brian J. Broughman, Darian M. Ibrahim Nov 2014

Delaware’S Familiarity, Brian J. Broughman, Darian M. Ibrahim

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Discredited: The Warren Report 50 Years Later, Donald E. Wilkes Jr. Nov 2014

Discredited: The Warren Report 50 Years Later, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

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In the half-century since the Warren Report, a vast mass of additional evidence and new information relating to the assassination has emerged. There have been reinvestigations by Congress. Hundreds of thousands of pages of government documents have been declassified. Responsible private researchers, including academic scholars from major universities, have undertaken their own studies and published authoritative books and articles calling into question the accuracy of the Warren Report. The strange, listless behavior of the Warren Commission itself has been amply documented.

We must, after 50 years, face the hair-raising, inescapable truth: The critics who warned us about the Warren Report …


Up Close And Personal With Delaware, Darian M. Ibrahim, Brian J. Broughman Oct 2014

Up Close And Personal With Delaware, Darian M. Ibrahim, Brian J. Broughman

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The Rooney Rule, N. Jeremi Duru Oct 2014

The Rooney Rule, N. Jeremi Duru

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Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around: The Supreme Court Is Harming People With Its Inscrutable Gay Marriage Actions, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick Oct 2014

Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around: The Supreme Court Is Harming People With Its Inscrutable Gay Marriage Actions, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick

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The Supreme Court’s decision Monday (Oct. 5, 2014) to decline the appeals of decisions striking down same-sex marriage bans in five states was, to most court-watchers, a huge surprise. It was also a deeply strange move given the magnitude of the constitutional issue and the general confusion about what a non-decision actually means. While Monday’s denial of certiorari was not technically a decision on the merits, most supporters of same-sex marriage celebrated the move as part of the justices’ inexorable crawl toward marriage equality. And in Virginia, Oklahoma, Colorado, and other affected states, gay couples who have waited—in many cases …


Judging In The Age Of Technology, Fredric I. Lederer Oct 2014

Judging In The Age Of Technology, Fredric I. Lederer

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No abstract provided.


International Law And Dworkin's Legal Monism, Michael S. Green Sep 2014

International Law And Dworkin's Legal Monism, Michael S. Green

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No abstract provided.


Criminalizing Politics, Jeffrey Bellin Sep 2014

Criminalizing Politics, Jeffrey Bellin

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Advice For Ferguson From The Supreme Court, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick Aug 2014

Advice For Ferguson From The Supreme Court, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick

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This article looks at the factors regarding protestors and counselors set forth in the Supreme Court's decision in McCullen v. Coakley and puts them in the Ferguson, Missouri context.


A Short History Of Postal Banking, Mehrsa Baradaran Aug 2014

A Short History Of Postal Banking, Mehrsa Baradaran

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Every other developed country in the world has postal banking, and we actually did too. It is important to remember this forgotten history as we begin to talk seriously about reviving postal banking because the system worked and it worked well. Postal banking, which existed in the United States from 1911 to 1966, was in fact so central to our banking system that it was almost the alternative to federal deposit insurance, and served as such from 1911 until 1933. The system prevented many bank runs during a turbulent time in the nation’s banking history—essentially performing central banking functions before …


Allison Orr Larsen On Intensely Empirical Amicus Briefs And Amicus Opportunism At The Supreme Court, Allison Orr Larsen Jul 2014

Allison Orr Larsen On Intensely Empirical Amicus Briefs And Amicus Opportunism At The Supreme Court, Allison Orr Larsen

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Hobby Lobby And Corporate Social Responsibility: A View From The Right, Alan J. Meese Jul 2014

Hobby Lobby And Corporate Social Responsibility: A View From The Right, Alan J. Meese

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Quick Change Justice, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick Jul 2014

Quick Change Justice, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick

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The architecture of the U.S. Supreme Court Building is rife with turtles. There are turtles holding up the lampposts in the courtyard and turtles engraved in the stone decor. You can buy turtle coffee mugs at the gift shop. The turtle is said to represent the slow and deliberate pace of justice. This is an institution, the turtle tells us, that moves slowly, deliberately, and removed from the knee-jerk pace of the political branches.

Yet moments before they adjourned for their summer recess, the justices proved they can act quite quickly and recklessly when it comes to violating the terms …


Symposium: Surprising Unanimity, Even More Surprising Clarity, Adam M. Gershowitz Jun 2014

Symposium: Surprising Unanimity, Even More Surprising Clarity, Adam M. Gershowitz

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Nineteenth Century Corporate Law: A New Lens For Religious Freedom Scholars, Nathan B. Oman May 2014

Nineteenth Century Corporate Law: A New Lens For Religious Freedom Scholars, Nathan B. Oman

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Hobby Lobby, Corporate Law, And Rfra, Alan J. Meese May 2014

Hobby Lobby, Corporate Law, And Rfra, Alan J. Meese

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The Post Office Banks On The Poor, Mehrsa Baradaran Feb 2014

The Post Office Banks On The Poor, Mehrsa Baradaran

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Approximately 88 million people in the United States, or 28 percent of the population, have no bank account at all, or do have a bank account, but primarily rely on check-cashing storefronts, payday lenders, title lenders, or even pawnshops to meet their financial needs. And these lenders charge much more for their services than traditional banks. The average annual income for an “unbanked” family is $25,500, and about 10 percent of that income, or $2,412, goes to fees and interest for gaining access to credit or other financial services. But a possible solution has appeared, in the unlikely guise of …


The Ever-Shrinking Case For A Constitutional Right To Same-Sex Marriage, James G. Dwyer Feb 2014

The Ever-Shrinking Case For A Constitutional Right To Same-Sex Marriage, James G. Dwyer

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No abstract provided.


Some Thoughts On Technology And The Practice Of Law, Fredric I. Lederer Jan 2014

Some Thoughts On Technology And The Practice Of Law, Fredric I. Lederer

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No abstract provided.