Alberto Gonzales lost his job over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys who didn’t prosecute enough Democrats. But the really scary thing about the Gonzales Eight scandal isn’t the ones who were let go but the ones who weren’t. What ...
Read More »Loyal Bushies warp Justice Department mission
Alberto Gonzales lost his job over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys who didn’t prosecute enough Democrats. But the really scary thing about the Gonzales Eight scandal isn’t the ones who were let go but the ones who weren’t. What ...
Read More »Napier: Even Atticus Finch needed cash to pay the bills
I realize that I’ve talked an awful lot over the past year or so about the difference between a young lawyer’s hopes and desires to change the world one case at a time, and the reality that the mortgage has ...
Read More »Black: Pimps, g-strings have no place in law school
Robert L. Birmingham, a professor for the University of Connecticut School of Law, recently caused quite a stir when he showed a video clip from a film called Really, Really Pimpin’ in Da South during his “Remedies” course. The film ...
Read More »Pimps, G-strings have no place in law school teaching
Robert L. Birmingham, a professor for the University of Connecticut School of Law, recently caused quite a stir when he showed a video clip from a film called Really, Really Pimpin’ in Da South during his “Remedies” course. The film ...
Read More »Housing decline threatens to last into 2009
Ivy Zelman’s view of the U.S. housing market is gloomy, but it’s probably the most realistic. A veteran Wall Street analyst, Zelman, chief executive of the research firm Zelman & Associates, says it’s unlikely the U.S. housing market will recover ...
Read More »Heartless Los Angeles allows sleeping on sidewalks
Los Angeles, a place not especially known as a compassion-free zone, has agreed to allow people to sleep on its sidewalks. The city on Oct. 10 settled a lawsuit dating from 2003 brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on ...
Read More »Trembley: Internet has resources for adoption law practitioners
Adoption “law” is more than legal theory and precedence. The adoption law practitioner needs to be familiar with federal and state laws and regulations, and international conventions, customs, and protocols. Adoption can be an emotional roller coaster and a huge ...
Read More »Cohen: Daughter of Kentucky blazed trail with no end
I met Ann Niederlander in 1974 when I was 27 and running for magistrate in St. Louis County and she was president of Hadley Township Democratic Club. That was the start of a special friendship that lasted until Ann passed ...
Read More »Daughter of Kentucky blazed a trail with no end
I met Ann Niederlander in 1974 when I was 27 and running for magistrate in St. Louis County and she was president of Hadley Township Democratic Club. That was the start of a special friendship that lasted until Ann passed ...
Read More »Internet has resources for adoption law practitioners
Adoption “law” is more than legal theory and precedence. The adoption law practitioner needs to be familiar with federal and state laws and regulations, and international conventions, customs, and protocols. Adoption can be an emotional roller coaster and a huge ...
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