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Mark Twain once said, "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in."Based partly on my experience with animals, but mostly on my experience w
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Floyd Abrams, who has often stood up for the First Amendment before the U.S. Supreme Court, was surprised by his latest victory. It came late last month when a state trial judge said that TV should
By James H. Johnston | April 19, 2002
"Political Numeracy"by Michael Meyerson(W.W. Norton & Co., 221 pages, $24.95).Michael Meyerson of the University of Baltimore School of Law takes a refreshing new approa
By Laurie Levenson | September 20, 2001
How do I explain this one to my students? The day after I led my first-year criminal law class in a "hypothetical" discussion of whether ists should be allowed a cultural defense,
By Susan Hackett | May 28, 2002
Susan Hackett, senior vice pre and general counsel of ACCA, presented suggestions for improving the proposed rule. Her April 30 letter, excerpted below, was sent to Michael Glasser, pre
By Jill A. Pryor | April 14, 2008
Is John McCain constitutionally eligible to be president of the United States? As The New York Times recently reported, the fact of Sen. McCain's birth in the Panama Canal Zone re
By Jessika M. A. Rovell | November 3, 2003
With the 2003 judicial elections drawing closer, it is an excellent time to examine the continuing debate and practical realities of judicial selection methods. Pennsylvania is one of eight st
By Evan P. Schultz | March 16, 2009
Article I, Section 8, Clause 17. Repeat: Article I, Section 8, Clause 17. And again: Article I, Section 8, Clause 17. Pay attention because this short, neglected clause from the Co
By Charles Noteboom | October 11, 2002
Can you keep a secret? Do you promise not to tell? Plaintiff sues defendant. Parties settle for an undisclosed amount. Parties seal the court record and retreat to their corners, their secret
By Thaddeus Hoffmeister | April 10, 2006
The majority of Americans, somewhere between 65 percent and 79 percent, support allowing gays to openly serve in the military. The minority, albeit a strong one, see gays in the milita
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