Exactly. (And also - light posting from me for the next week or so as I try to get my exams and papers done so I can graduate from law school.)
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Talk about ripped from the headlines. No, no one would *ever* address our Supreme Court this way, nor would the Court let her or him. But, hey, a law student.
South Dakota voters will consider a ballot initiative to ban abortion in the state this fall. The only change from the last round is that there is now an exception.
Any of you follow the story of Debbie Almontaser and the Khalil Gibran school when it was all happening last year? If not, you missed a shitstorm of hatemongering and aspersion casting. All over a school named after a Lebanese Christian pacifist. The NY Times...
McCain calls Obama Insensitive to Poor People, says the AP.And of course McCain, being a champion of the poor, is in a perfect position to throw this stone.
In an article in today's New York Times, Newark (NJ) mayor Cory Booker compares trying to reduce recidivism rates and get ex-offenders jobs to "running on the beach." It's hard.
The only thing getting me to actually buckle down and study for my last-ever round of exams is the anticipation of my post-exam long weekend in Puerto Rico. And for that, dear LGMers, I need your help. Has any of you every been to Old...
Given all the press recently about the U.S. incarceration rate -- which now tops 1 in every 100 adults -- it should come as no surprise that the US leads.
I continue to think this comic is written by a woman contrary to what its own author claims.
Add this one to the list: going to the Supreme Court to watch oral argument for a case you worked on. I can now attest that it's pretty damn cool. And also, quite an odd experience to find myself nodding along with Scalia and thinking...
Further proof that the Bush administration thinks it is above the law, or that the law is just not worth following: according to the government accountability office (GAO) the administration's.
I just realized that I, um, passed over writing a post telling you all that it's Passover and I'm out of commission for the weekend. Having eaten enough matzo stuffing.