Paul L. Boley
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Law in the News

Archive for June, 2008

6/30/2008

L&C Law’s Steve Kanter on Criminal Sentencing in Oregon

The Chief Justice, Dylan and the Disappearing Double Negative
:: Most-Cited Rockers in Judicial Opinions
:: [Insert Song Lyrics Here]: The Uses and Misuses of Popular Music Lyrics In Legal Writing

Not Me! Scalia Says Al Gore to Blame for 2000 Election Mess

9th Circuit Racks Up Usual High Reversal Rate in Supreme Court Term

A Death Penalty Puzzle: The Murky Evidence For and Against Deterrence

Are TV Courtroom-Show Judges Really Judges?

Canadian Loses Appeal of Suit Over Rendition to Syria for Torture
:: Arar v. Ashcroft (pdf)

Citing Supreme Court Precedent, 11th Circuit Reverses Major Copyright Ruling
:: Greenberg v. National Geographic Society (pdf)

Circuit Court: No Detention Based on “Bare Assertions”
:: Compares Government Arguments to Nonsense Poem
:: Parhat v. Gates (pdf)

Google, Pornography and the Internet as ‘Community’

Military Judge Refuses to Delay Trial of bin Laden’s Driver
:: Guantanamo Detainee Charged in Bombing of USS Cole

Taboo Trial Words: ‘Drunk,’ ‘Victim,’ ‘Rape’

DOJ Official Fired After Refusing to Testify to Oversight Committee

U.S to Settle Scientist’s “Person of Interest” Anthrax Lawsuit

Court Says Episcopal Dissidents May Keep Land

6/26/2008

Divided Supreme Court Finds Individual Right to Bear Arms
:: District of Columbia v. Heller
:: Coming Next, Court Fights on Guns in Cities
:: Historic Decision Renews Old Debate
:: Scalia and Stevens Duke It Out

High Court, 5-4, Strikes Down ‘Millionaires Amendment’
:: Davis v. Federal Election Commission
:: Analysis: Court Blows a Hole in Effective Public Financing Plans

Supremes, 5-2, Uphold Western Energy Contracts, Order FERC to Explain Itself
:: Morgan Stanley Capital Group v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County

Diversity Meets Data at George Mason Law

Cal Air Board Announces Plan for Carbon-Credit Trading

The Supreme Court Breakfast Table

9th Circuit OKs Forest Service Salvage Logging Power, Requires Closer Look at Roadless Areas
:: Lands Council v. Martin (pdf)

Klamath Tribe Seeks to Bring Willamette Land Into Trust for Development

Principal EPA Adviser on Climate Change Resigns Over Lack of Progress

Judge Ends Facebook’s Feud With ConnectU
:: The Facebook v. ConnectU (pdf)

Judge Rejects Bid to Let Police Check Immigration Status

Illness Dropped Your GPA? What to Tell Future Employers.

2 Berkeley Tree-Sitters End Protest, Arrested

Judge Rules Court Won’t Step In to Help Vets Gain Mental Health Care
:: Veterans for Common Sense v. Peake (pdf)

Judge Tentatively Approves Settlement of Eating-Disorder Class Action

Lawsuit Over Sun Forces University to Ban Local Baseball Teams

6/25/2008

Five Myths About the New Wiretapping Law
:: Bill Passes First Senate Hurdle, 80-15
:: H.R. 6304