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Archive for June, 2007

6/29/2007

Supreme Court to Hear Guantánamo Detainees’ Case After All
:: First Such Switch in 60 Years
:: Rulings and Motions

Rachel Carson’s Birthday Bashing

How To Keep Brown Alive
:: Sorry Now? The Liberal and Moderate Lawyers Who Supported Roberts

High Stakes in Battle Over Subpoenas

6/28/2007

Supreme Court, 5-4-1, Limits Use of Race in Placement of Students
:: Seattle Public Dropped Racial Tiebreaker 5 Years Ago
:: A Warning Against Overreading the School Cases
:: Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1

Bush Invokes Executive Privilege, Won’t Supply Subpoenaed Documents on Firings of Prosecutors

Supremes, 5-4, Abandon 96-Year-Old Precedent Banning Price Floors
:: Leegin Creative Leather Products v. PSKS

High Court, 5-4, Blocks Execution of Mentally Ill Killer
:: Panetti v. Quarterman

Senate Blocks Effort to Revive Immigration Overhaul

6/27/2007

PEAC’s Clean Water Act Victory Leaves Boaters Fishing for Ways to Avoid EPA Permits
:: L&C Law’s Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center (PEAC)
:: Northwest Environmental Advocates v. EPA (pdf)

Even in Agreement, Scalia Puts Roberts to Lash

World Heritage Committee Acts on IELP Petition to Protect Threatened Park
:: Petition to Place La Amistad National Park on the List of World Heritage in Danger (pdf)
:: International Environmental Law Project (IELP)

Cheney’s Stealth Moves on Environmental Laws Led to Pro-Business Turn, Klamath Fish Kill

Law Schools Unlikely to Boycott Magazine Rankings

Justice Stevens Calls on History He Lived in ‘Bong Hits’ Dissent

Padilla Jury Watches Bin Laden Interview Over Protests

Cheney vs. National Archives: You Make the Call

Cheney’s Office, White House Subpoenaed in Eavesdropping Probe

When Armed Citizens Patrol the Streets

Former #2 at Interior Gets 10 Months in Prison for Lying to Congress About Abramoff Ties

What’s Wrong With the Patent System? Fuzzy Boundaries and the Patent Tax

Senate Agrees to Resume Immigration Debate
:: ‘Return-Home’ Amendment Defeated

Bid to Study Draining Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Dies

Ex-Governor Blames Rove for Conviction

Biodata Tests a New Frontier for Employment Litigation

6/25/2007

New Scrutiny as Immigrants Die in Custody

A Lawless Land: Would Closing Gitmo Make Any Difference to the Detainees’ Rights?

Bush Claims Oversight Protection Exemption for Own Office, Too

L&C Law School Leads Growing Field of Animal Law
:: Login to read full story (L&C only)
:: National Center for Animal Law

High Court, 5-4, Loosens Limits on Election Ads
:: FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life
:: Analysis – Big Win for Campaign Finance Deregulation

Supremes, 5-4, Side With Business, Say Endangered Species Act Takes Back Seat to Clean Water Law
:: National Association of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife

Justices, 5-4, Rule Against Student Drug Speech in ‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ Case
:: Morse v. Frederick