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  • Legal Times

    This Is a Job for Superdelegates

    By David L. Ponet and Ethan J. Leib | February 25, 2008

    The Democratic Party's superdelegates may wind up choosing the party's candidate and thus potentially our nation's next president.Yet, perhaps surprisingly for a decision of such

  • Legal Times

    Up a Tree Without a 9-Iron

    By Jeffrey Standen | January 19, 2004

    I'm not a bad golfer, and so frequently my fellow lawyers will ask me how to play the game. Most golfing lawyers, when asked for such advice, do little more than hand the eager novice a

  • Legal Times

    Should They Whistle While They Work?

    By Paul R. Rice and Peter C. White | January 26, 2004

    A recent investigation of Spiegel Inc. by the Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed how the retail company fraudulently withheld negative financial information to hide the comp

  • Legal Times

    The Not-So-Simple Gift

    By James H. Johnston | June 25, 2007

    �Tis the gift to be simple, �tis the gift to be free,�Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be.— Elder Joseph BrackettIn Latin, pro bono publico

  • Legal Times

    Reduce Global Warming

    By Carl Pope | December 25, 2006

    After the 2006 midterm elections, the House and Senate are undoubtedly greener. The new House leadership has already pledged to shift subsidies and tax breaks from polluting ener

  • Legal Times

    If Jurors Only Knew

    By Evan P. Schultz | February 2, 2004

    A small drama played out late last year at the trial of John Muhammad, the older of the two Washington, D.C.-area snipers. The Virginia jurors, after unanimously finding Muhammad guilty of mur

  • Legal Times

    Unhappy Families

    By Evan P. Schultz | March 15, 2004

    George W. Bush says he's "troubled by activist judges" who are letting gays and lesbians marry. He's half-right. In the controversy raging over the place of gays in American society, som

  • The Recorder

    May I See Your Permit, Mr. Monkey?

    By William W. Bedsworth | November 17, 2008

    G . K. Chesterton said, “When you break the big laws, you do not get liberty. You do not even get anarchy. You get small laws.” And when you break the small laws, some

  • Legal Times

    Letters to the Editor: Even Supporter's Word Choices Cast Aspersions on Atheists; Reform CFIUS, But Carefully

    May 1, 2006

    EVEN SUPPORTER'S WORD CHOICES CAST ASPERSIONS ON ATHEISTSTo the editor:George Mason University law professor Ilya Somin's choice of wording in his April 17 commen

  • Legal Times

    Hail, Paulson

    By David Reiss | September 29, 2008

    The Roman Republic had an effective response to extreme crisis. The Senate would authorize the selection of an individual to serve as the magister populi. He would have ex

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