Constitutional Law

ACSBlog in Review: Jan. 21 - Feb. 1, 2008

Stories:

• Judge Patricia Wald testified on the state secrets privilege.
• A federal judge's top ten observations on sentencing.
• An analysis of whether statements made by U.S. Supreme Court nominees provide any insight into their future behavior.
• Coverage of a presidential signing statement in which the President declared his intent to ignore provisions of the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act.
• A district attorney has hired a defense lawyer to free those wrongly convicted by his office.

Resources:

• ACS announced the judges for its Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on regulatory and administrative law.
• ACS released an issue brief by Fatima Goss Graves on Restoring Effective Provisions Against Sexual Harassment in Schools.
• This past week's Congressional hearings.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on February 02, 2008 (boomark / email).