Paul L. Boley
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Lewis & Clark Law School

Law in the News

Archive for February, 2009

2/27/2009

‘Conscience’ Rule on Abortions May Be Rescinded

About to Do Time? Meet Your Best Pal, the ‘Jailhouse Litigator’

Firm Lays Off 190 Associates, 250 Staffers
:: February Free Fall

2/26/2009

Stevens Calls for End of White House Oaths for Justices

Georgia Arrests Revive Assisted-Suicide Debate

Lawmakers Ask Coal-Fired Plant Near Capitol to Switch to Gas

9th Backs Church on Disclosure of Donors to Campaign Against Gay Marriage
:: Canyon Ferry Road Baptist Church of East Helena v. Unsworth (pdf)

‘Enemy Combatant’ Al-Marri Expected to Be Indicted
:: Headed to Peoria

Captive Primate Safety Act, Co-Sponsored by L&C Law’s Blumenauer, Passes U.S. House
:: H.R. 80

Pew Report Builds on ‘Crimmigration’ Work of L&C Law’s Juliet Stumpf
:: Report, A Rising Share: Hispanics and Federal Crime
:: Stumpf, The Crimmigration Crisis: Immigrants, Crime, and Sovereign Power

Justice Alito ‘Imagines’ John Lennon

Supreme Court Questions Use of ID Theft Law Against Illegal Workers

Office of Legal Counsel Nominee Discovers Perils of Blogging and, well, Having Opinions

Child Citizen Protection Act Would Give Leeway on Deportations

Supreme Court Unanimous in Speech, Antitrust Rulings

Rare Transgender Employment Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Burlington Coat Factory

Administration Blocks More Bush-Era Oil Shale Development Leases

Free the Bush Memos

2/25/2009

Supreme Court, 9-0, Lets City Refuse Religious Monument
:: Pleasant Grove City v. Summum

AT&T Wins as U.S. High Court Curbs Antitrust Suits
:: Pacific Bell v. linkLine Communications

Law Applications Surge at Some Schools, But National Increase Is Less Than 1%

E.P.A. Is Told to Reconsider Its Standards on Pollutants
:: American Farm Bureau Federation v. E.P.A. (pdf)

Many of the ‘Hands-On’ Positions in Obama Administration Going to Law Professors

AG Holder Is Not All a-Twitter
:: Twitter Feed

Horse-Slaughtering Plants Endorsed By Missouri House

2Ls Seeing Far Fewer Offers for Summer Associate Positions

Yale Imposes Pay Freeze on Faculty Earning Above $75,000

Classified Documents Allowed in Espionage Trial
:: U.S. v. Rosen (pdf)

Losing Lawyer in Supreme Court Case Sees Possible Gun Ban for Spitters

Lawsuit Over Leaking Law School Library Dismissed

2/24/2009

Court Clears Way for New Regulations on Emissions

Supreme Court, 7-2, Upholds Gun Ban for People Convicted of Domestic-Violence Crimes
:: U.S. v. Hayes