Commentary

  • The American Lawyer

    Where Did the Time Go?

    By Aric Press | July 2, 2001

    We've been worried about pro bono.Last year we caught the attention of The New York Times and decent lawyers everywhere with a report about the steep drop in volunteer pro

  • Legal Times

    Roadblock to Justice

    By Paul Butler | October 2, 2000

    In Indianapolis v. Edmond, the Supreme Court will decide whether the police can randomly stop drivers to investigate whether their cars contain drugs. The case, argued today, should res

  • Legal Times

    Overplaying the Race Card

    By Roger Clegg | November 22, 1999

    In the 1960s, the NAACP was fighting for the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and the Fair Housing Act. At that time, there were Jim Crow schools, segregated lunch counters, and Bull Connor

  • Legal Times

    A Seat at the Board

    By J. Robert Brown Jr. and Celia Taylor | April 12, 2004

    There is a strong push in U.S. corporate governance to increase shareholder power to nominate directors. For example, Walt Disney removed Michael Eisner from his chairmanship, and MCI in

  • New York Law Journal

    Originalism and Constitutional Interpretation

    By Philip Weinberg | October 21, 2002

    "Desperately Seeking Certainty: The Misguided Quest for Constitutional Foundations" by Daniel A. Farber and Suzanna Sherry University of Chicago Press, Chicago

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    Ease Burdens on Business

    By William A. Niskanen | December 29, 2006

    The stereotype is that Democrats are less open to the concerns of American business than are Republicans. The surprising - indeed, encouraging - reality is that the new Democratic majority in

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    Return to Real 'Mens Rea' in Destruction of Internal Files

    By James Dabney Miller | January 31, 2005

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision this month to review Arthur Andersen's criminal conviction for destroying internal documents relating to its audits of Enron was both surprising and welcome.

  • Legal Times

    Party Animals?

    By Abner J. Mikva | December 18, 2000

    Judge X is a Democrat, says the reporter. But Judge Y is a Republican, notes the TV commentator.The media were most diligent in mentioning the previous party affiliations of the variou

  • Legal Times

    Left Hanging

    By David A. Wilson and David Z. Seide | October 15, 2007

    For someone under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the cloud of uncertainty can be frustrating and demoralizing. In the past, people have sometimes waited

  • Legal Times

    A Funeral for Free Speech?

    By Ronald K.L. Collins and David L. Hudson Jr. | April 17, 2006

    Decency respects the dead, whereas the First Amendment respects freedom. Which kind of respect should prevail when the two collide? Specifically, can funeral protests be outlawed

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