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High Court mulls faith-based initatives (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the question of whether taxpayers have the right to challenge the White House’s aggressive promotion of federal financial aid for religious charities.
Blogless DA Blamed for Blogging
I am surprised at how little response there was among legal bloggers to Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle story, Blogging Prosecutors Raise Some Eyebrows. Doug Berman weighed in at Sentencing Law and Policy with a statement in support of every professional…
Supreme Court Says ‘Crawford’ not Retroactive
The Supreme Court’s 2004 decision Crawford v. Washington redefined the standard for admission of out-of-court statements by witnesses absent from trial in criminal cases. The impact of the decision was, as Wikipedia described it, immediate and profound. The question remained…
Manage a Law Firm? Are You Crazy?
In her new book, Managing the Modern Law Firm: New Challenges, New Perspectives, editor Laura Empson of Oxford University writes: Some parents dream of their children becoming lawyers. None ever dream of their children becoming law firm managers. Why would…
YouTube as Legal Strategy
Next week’s National Law Journal will include this piece by Washington reporter Marcia Coyle, Gitmo Detainee Featured on YouTube May Be Set Free. It begins: The power of the Internet, most people would agree, is awesome, but has it done…
Guantanamo detainees appeal to US Supreme Court (AFP)
AFP - Two foreign prisoners at the US "war on terror" detention camp at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have asked the US Supreme Court to rule on their legal rights under the US Constitution.
Court won’t apply rule to molester case (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court unanimously reinstated a Nevada child molester’s conviction Wednesday in a decision that continued the justices’ refusal to apply recent rulings on criminal procedure to older cases.
Lawyer argues for parents’ right to sue (AP)
AP - Parents should not be forced to hire a lawyer to sue public school districts over their children’s special education needs, the lawyer for parents of an autistic child told the Supreme Court Tuesday.
Justices view chase video in police case (AP)
AP - Video of a police chase that left a Georgia teenager paralyzed — the “scariest chase I’ve seen since ‘The French Connection,’” one Supreme Court justice said — played a key role Monday in arguments over the actions of a sheriff’s deputy.
War contractor suffers setback in suit (AP)
AP - A private security company sued by the families of four employees slain in Iraq suffered a setback Monday when the Supreme Court refused to intervene in the case.