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Archive for May, 2005

5/31/2005

Deep Throat’s Identity Is Revealed
:: Post Confirms Former FBI Official was Key Watergate Source
:: Vanity Fair Article
:: Same Article, As Published (pdf)

‘Extraordinary Circumstances’: The New Calculus for a Supreme Court Nominee

In Cold Comfort to Arthur Andersen, Court Unanimously Overturns Verdict, Backs Corporate Lawyers
:: Arthur Andersen v. U.S.
:: A Rebuke of Justice Department

Court, 7-2, Ends Injunction Following Johnnie Cochran’s Death, Allow Case to Continue
:: Tory v. Cochran

Court Accepts Review of “Major” Death Penalty Case

High Court, 9-0, Finds Room in First Amendment for Accommodating Religion in Jail
:: Cutter v. Wilkinson

Conviction of Russian “Oligarch” Brings Shock, Relief

5/29/2005

Erin Brockovich Ellis to L&C Law Grads: Define Yourself

High Court to Decide Prickly Cases Soon

Path Cleared for Rehnquist’s Retirement

Shadowy Preparations For Death

5/28/2005

U.S. Case Draws Vermont Into Debate on Death Penalty

5/27/2005

Laurence Tribe’s Big Surprise
:: Find the Letters and More on BoleyBlogs!

Judge Rejects Bush Salmon Plan
:: National Wildlife Federation v. NMFS (pdf)

Pentagon Confirms 5 Cases of Quran ‘Mishandling,’ No Flushing
:: Guantanamo: Just Shut It Down
:: What is Torture? An Interactive Primer

N.Y.’s Highest Court Rules Mayor May Face Trial Over Gay Marriages

Ohio Workers’ Comp Official Resigns Amid Coin Scandal

Judge Judy: Judging All the Way To the Bank

5/26/2005

Unbecoming Justice Blackmun

Less Filibustering, More Rock

Bootleggers & Baptists at the Supreme Court

L&C Law Alum M. Clyde Stoltzfus Named 2005 Veteran Small Business Champion

Was Newsweek Right?
:: FBI Interviews of Detainees
:: Guantánamo the “Gulag of Our Times”
:: Amnesty International Report 2005

What’s That Thingy Court Reporters Type On?

Compliant Congress, Executive Oligarchy

In the Name of Justice, Don’t Name “Persons of Interest”

Judge’s Ethics, Impartiality Questioned in CT Death Penalty Case

Transparent Oregon Government? Not in My House

Georgia Courtroom Shooter Gets New Lawyer in Dispute Over Bar Dues

5/25/2005

Sexual Orientation Bias Ban Removed From Civil Unions Bill
:: Oregon SB 1000

Blame Mr. Smith

Cal Supremes May Extend Child Support, Visitation to Same-Sex Ex