Because of the close, ideologically divided vote, you may give slim credit to last month’s 5-4 Supreme Court decision slamming the U.S. handling of suspected enemy combatants. You might write off as knee-jerk liberal, Sept. 10 naivete the commentary (like ...
Read More »Black: Is justice obtained if not consistently applied?
The death penalty is one of the few issues with which I have difficulty reconciling my rather liberal criminal defense tendencies. While the concept of the state executing another human being is repugnant to me, I find that on rare ...
Read More »Is justice obtained if not consistently applied?
The death penalty is one of the few issues with which I have difficulty reconciling my rather liberal criminal defense tendencies. While the concept of the state executing another human being is repugnant to me, I find that on rare ...
Read More »Gohn: Supreme Court rules while Bush runs out the clock
It is naturally gratifying to see the Supreme Court spitting in the eye of the Global War on Law — uh, Terror waged by our president and his lawyers. Boumediene v. Bush, decided June 12, takes out another pillar of ...
Read More »Supreme Court rules while Bush runs out the clock
It is naturally gratifying to see the Supreme Court spitting in the eye of the Global War on Law — uh, Terror waged by our president and his lawyers. Boumediene v. Bush, decided June 12, takes out another pillar of ...
Read More »Gitell: Case of tell-all press secretary speaks of possible legal limits
Amid the furor behind the specific allegations of President Bush’s ex-White House press secretary Scott McClellan, and the ensuing fallout with his former friends and with Bush, lies an important question: Should there be a legal limit on what a ...
Read More »Jones :Progressive lawyers seek client feedback
I recommend client surveys as an invaluable and “must do” management tool to my clients and workshop attendees. But for those readers who are not ready to have face-to-face meetings for the purpose of obtaining such feedback, here are some ...
Read More »Progressive lawyers seek client feedback
I recommend client surveys as an invaluable and “must do” management tool to my clients and workshop attendees. But for those readers who are not ready to have face-to-face meetings for the purpose of obtaining such feedback, here are some ...
Read More »Case of tell-all press secretary speaks of possible legal limits
Amid the furor behind the specific allegations of President Bush’s ex-White House press secretary Scott McClellan, and the ensuing fallout with his former friends and with Bush, lies an important question: Should there be a legal limit on what a ...
Read More »McFadden: The art of throwing people under the bus
Responsibility! The definition of the word is known by all of us in this profession, but it is very rare that you will hear anyone use it in the following: “I take full responsibility for…” It is an unfortunate but ...
Read More »The art of throwing people ‘under the bus’
Responsibility! The definition of the word is known by all of us in this profession, but it is very rare that you will hear anyone use it in the following: “I take full responsibility for…” It is an unfortunate but ...
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