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An Overview Of The October 2006 Supreme Court Term, Erwin Chemerinsky

Erwin Chemerinsky

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The First Thing We Do, Jorge R. Roig

Jorge R Roig

There is currently a concerted effort to dumb down America. In the midst of this, the American Bar Association’s Council of the Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar recently agreed to propose that tenure for law professors be eliminated as a requirement for accreditation of law schools. This article analyzes the arguments for and against tenure in legal academia, and concludes that the main proposed justifications for eliminating tenure are highly questionable, at best. A lawyer is more than a legal technocrat. Lawyers are policy makers and public defenders. They are prosecutors and activists. And the development …

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Tyranny Or Liberty? The Public Sector Union And The First Amendment, Emily A. Jackson-Hall

Emily A Jackson-Hall

What speech is fit for public consumption? What political speech? Thomas Paine said, "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." The First Amendment protects the right to speak by protecting us from laws which would silence us. “Congress shall make no law....abridging the freedom of speech...” A law which permits the government to pick and choose among speakers is dangerous. Preserving the right of your political opponents to voice their opinion is as critical as the fight …