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The Cardinal Lawyer: Agriculture = Applied environmental protection

Posted on July 25, 2009
Professor Andy Kleinschmidt of Ohio State University Extension, also known as @akleinschmidt on Twitter, has honored me in a way that is as flattering as it is unusual. During a recent #foodchat session on Twitter (which alternates with the related #agchat series), I remarked: "Q7: I try to describe agriculture as applied environmental protection, just as agricultural economics is now 'applied economics...

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: More Rarities Found in Library

Posted on July 21, 2009
More sping cleaning, more rarities: While going through our collection of uncataloged antiques, I found 4 previously unknown (at least to the current staff) books owned John Marshall Harlan. Here’s a screenshot of the title page of one of them: John Marshall Harlan's opy of the Law of Infancy (I love the subject matter of some of these 19th century treatises...

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Rare Pierce Butler Letter Found In Library Book

Posted on July 19, 2009
The things you find when cleaning house… The Law Library here at the University of Louisville has had a collection of donated books that have sat neglected, unloved, and worst of all, uncataloged in our attic for who knows how many decades.  This summer, I started going through the books and officially adding them to our collection...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Reception benefiting the KLEO Summer Institute

Posted on July 15, 2009
I encourage readers of The Cardinal Lawyer to join me at a reception benefiting the Kentucky Legal Education Opportunity (KLEO) Summer Institute: Thursday, July 16, 2009 5 p.m. Louisville Bar Center 600 West Main Street Suite 110 Louisville, KY 40202 read more

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Faculty Blogs: Forecastle Goes Forth and Inspires

Posted on July 14, 2009
This past weekend, I volunteered at the Forecastle Festival, an annual event that is equal parts music, art, and activism.  The festival was founded in Louisville by JK McKnight eight years ago and has grown from a small crowd at Tyler Park to a large gathering of several thousand people at the Belvedere...

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Wall Street Journal Republishes Brandeis Confirmation Articles

Posted on July 13, 2009
Every time there are confirmation hearings for a new Supreme Court justice, there is renewed interest (at least on the media’s part) in the confirmation hearings of Brandeis.  The Brandeis nomination set the standard for contentious confirmation hearings...

Faculty Blogs: Sotomayor Hearings Begin Today

Posted on July 13, 2009
Hearings of the Senate Judiciary Committee begin today.  The committee will decide whether to recommend that the full Senate confirm President Obama's nomination of U.S. Circuit Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill the vacant seat that David Souter held prior to his retirement at the end of the Court's business in June...

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: New Brandeis Biography Coming Out Soon

Posted on July 12, 2009
Mel Urofsky is unquestionably the premiere Brandeis scholar today.  Back in the 1960’s he and David Levy started publishing Brandeis’ correspondence in what became a 7 volume set. Since then he has published numerous articles and books on Zionism, progressivism and other causes Brandeis was involved with...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Provost Willihnganz responds to J. Bruce Miller's attack on the University of Louisville

Posted on July 12, 2009

The Cardinal Lawyer: Summersong

Posted on July 10, 2009
What gulfs between him and the seraphim! Slave of the wheel of labor, what to him Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades? What the long reaches of the peaks of song, The rift of dawn, the reddening of the rose? — Edwin Markham, The Man with the Hoe (1898) Jean-François Millet, L'homme à la houe (1860-62) »  Reprinted from the July 2009 issue of Louisville Bar Briefs   « In this summer of disquiet, of economic uncertainty and instability, we may yet redeem this season if we transform poetry into motion and song into resolve...

Faculty Blogs: Kent School Talk

Posted on July 09, 2009
Today I spoke to around 20 students in the psychopathology class in the Kent School of Social Work.  This was my third time to address a section of this course, and it was as enjoyable as always.  I was asked many excellent questions by this highly motivated group.

The Cardinal Lawyer: The Law School's Academic Success Program

Posted on July 09, 2009
Kimberly Ballard, director of academic success, has announced important changes in the Law School's Academic Success Program: I am particularly excited about two changes that we will be implementing for the incoming Law School class. First, we are in the process of rebranding the Law School's academic support program...

Faculty Blogs: Law of the Realm of the King of Pop

Posted on July 08, 2009
Yesterday's touching memorial service ends one chapter in the story of Michael Jackson, but the story is by no means over.  The stage is likely to shift from the Staples Center and Forest Grove to the courts of California.  There may be dozens of actions arising in coming months, but for the fan of celebrity law, I think four areas are worth watching:  Case 1:  X...

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis and the Making of Regulated Competition

Posted on July 06, 2009
Cover of Louis D Brandeis and the Making of Regulated Competition A new Brandeis book has just come out: Louis D. Brandeis  and the Making of Regulated Competition, 1900-1932 by Gerald Berk. It’s about Brandeis’ belief that it was competition and not monopoly that should be regulated and how that led to the formation of the Federal Trade Commission...

The Cardinal Lawyer: J. Bruce Miller's misleading characterization of the Law School

Posted on July 06, 2009
In its July 6, 2009, edition, the Louisville Courier-Journal published letters to the editor that responded to a June 28, 2009, opinion column by J. Bruce Miller, "Louisville's two educational myths." I understand that further responses from the University of Louisville are forthcoming...

Faculty Blogs: Usage - Errors versus Preferences

Posted on July 01, 2009
Eugene Volokh's article Correcting Students' Usage Errors Without Making Errors of Our Own, 58 J.L.E. 533 (2008) reminds those of us who have been teaching or practicing for some time of something we probably learned early on when commenting on the writing of a student or new lawyer:  there is a difference between an actual usage error and a manner of writing that most lawyers prefer...

Faculty Blogs: For the Fans of Celebrity Probate Law: Michael Jackson's 2002 Will

Posted on July 01, 2009
I'm somewhat embarassed to jump on the MJ media blitz, but as a librarian I like primary documents:  Last Will of Michael Joseph Jackson The documents of the Michael Jackson Family Trust referenced in the will are not (yet) public, but the beneficiaries are reported to be Jackson's three children and his mother.

Faculty Blogs: Minnesota Supreme Court Rules for Franken in Disputed Senate Race

Posted on June 30, 2009
In a per curium decision*, the Minnesota Supreme Court found that Coleman attorneys "did not establish that, by requiring proof that statutory absentee voting standards were satisfied before counting a rejected absentee ballot, the trial court's decision constituted a post-election change in standards that violates substantive due process...

Faculty Blogs: Souter's Last Day at the Court; Decision in Firefighters Case Expected

Posted on June 29, 2009
Today is the the last day of the 2009-09 Supreme Court term and a decision is expected in the New Haven firefighters case (Ricci v. DeStephano), a case appealed from Judge Sotomayor's Second Circuit and one that may figure in her nomination hearings. (Two other cases are still unresolved)...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Follow LouisvilleLaw on Twitter

Posted on June 28, 2009
Once again The Cardinal Lawyer hails the Twitter revolution.The Law School now has its own

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis on the Daily Show

Posted on June 26, 2009
Jon Stewart used (and mocked!) Brandeis’ most famous quote repeatedly last night on a segment about transperancy in the Obama White House. Here it is for that 1% of the population who doesn’t have basic cable.

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: John Marshall Harlan and an Unsung Civil Rights Case

Posted on June 25, 2009
Harlan’s dissents in Plessy v. Ferguson and the Civil Rights Cases are well known, but the June 2009 issue of the ABA Journal has a story about Harlan’s role in another little known, but significant,  civil rights case: United States v. Shipp...

Jennifer Martin's Blog: Containing the Crisis and Promoting Economic Recovery

Posted on June 24, 2009
Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth A. Duke spoke on June 15, 2009 at the Women in Housing and Finance Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on whether the government's actions so far in the economic crisis have been effective. Although Governor Duke believes that the programs have been "broadly successful in relieving stresses in the key credit markets," the job is not complete...

Faculty Blogs: SLA, Part 4: Final Installment

Posted on June 23, 2009
On Tuesday morning, members of the Information Technology Division gathered at 7 AM for one last meeting. Having fallen on the heels of the dance party, motions were passed by weary-eyed board members without much discussion. After breakfast, I attended ?Mashups: Future of Changing Content?, led by Nicole Engard, a self-proclaimed open-source evangelist and editor of Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data...

Jennifer Martin's Blog: President Obama Announces Financial Regulation Reform

Posted on June 23, 2009
A couple of days late, but better than never! Obama hits all from consumer and financial institution overreaching to the lack of proper regulatory oversight. Obviously, leading to the current financial crisis. Where to go from this mess? Overhaul the financial regulatory system, of course...

The Cardinal Lawyer: The zoo story

Posted on June 22, 2009
The Louisville Zoo train derailment The June 1 derailment took place behind the Louisville Zoo's Gorilla Forest exhibit. The train's three cars and its engine were tipped on their sides. The train can carry 40 to 50 people. The Louisville Zoo's train derailed on June 1, 2009...

Faculty Blogs: SLA, Part 3: Onions and Embassies

Posted on June 22, 2009
Despite the late night, I awoke rather refreshed and eager to embark on yet another busy day. For the morning?s first session, I dropped in briefly on ?Globalization: Emerging Opportunities for the Library Profession? then moved on to ?Reaching Next-Gen Users with Unified Discovery Services?...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Jim Chen's Bit.ly bookmarks

Posted on June 21, 2009
One positive byproduct of my Twitter account (where I write as J.C. Redbird), my Facebook account, and my other adventures in social networking is the record of my URL-shortening activities on Bit.ly. Bit.ly is quite arguably the best and most sophisticated tool for compressing URLs...

Jennifer Martin's Blog: $1.9 Million Verdict for Illegal Music Downloads

Posted on June 21, 2009
Friday's news saw the announcement of a $1.9 million verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a Minnesota mother of four, for illegal music downloads. The woman swapped songs on the Kazaa Internet network. Vivendi S.A. and other music vendors brought the case over 24 specific songs...

Faculty Blogs: Warns Institute Day Two

Posted on June 19, 2009
We had another interesting and productive day at the Warns Institute today.The day began with Jeff Calabrese's somewhat depressing but engagingly presented overview of the state of national  and Kentucky of unemployment insurance.   He noted that the Kentucky fund is bankrupt  and concluded with thoughts about what types of measure the state can take to repay federal loans and refinance the fund: cutting benefits, raising unemployment taxes on employers, and implementing a tax on employees...

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