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Iran and European Union Clash Over Commuted Sentence of Stoning for Iranian Woman Convicted of Adultery

Feminist Wire (Ms. Magazine): Ashtiani Controversy Heats Up Between Iran and European Union: The European Union traded barbs with Iran today regarding the case of Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who was convicted of adultery and originally sentenced to...
Posted on Reproductive Rights Prof Blog on September 08, 2010 at 11:57 PM

WHAT AMERICANS HAVE BEEN CRYING OUT FOR: U.S. names Asian carp czar?.

WHAT AMERICANS HAVE BEEN CRYING OUT FOR: U.S. names Asian carp czar.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:56 PM

KANSAS WATCHDOG: 126,000 voters with unknown or invalid mailing addresses in Kansas?.

KANSAS WATCHDOG: 126,000 voters with unknown or invalid mailing addresses in Kansas.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:52 PM

THE MILWAUKEE PARADOX: Claiming to Unite Us, Obama?Once Again?Only Divides. I dunno. More and?

THE MILWAUKEE PARADOX: Claiming to Unite Us, Obama?Once Again?Only Divides. I dunno. More and more people are uniting in opposition. . . .
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:51 PM

DAVE PRICE: Seriously, are there any benighted semi-despots out there Tom Friedman doesn?t have a b?

DAVE PRICE: Seriously, are there any benighted semi-despots out there Tom Friedman doesn’t have a bromantic poli-crush on?
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:15 PM

SEEKING ALPHA: Visualizing the U.S. Higher Education Bubble?.

SEEKING ALPHA: Visualizing the U.S. Higher Education Bubble.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:13 PM

HEH: ?Man, if only we had a Politburo that could assign really effective commissars to trouble spot?

HEH: “Man, if only we had a Politburo that could assign really effective commissars to trouble spots around the country, everything would be so much better!” Or maybe just the newly-invented council-manager system of government!
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:10 PM

FORGET THE ECONOMY: Let?s Talk About Me!?

FORGET THE ECONOMY: Let’s Talk About Me!
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:00 PM

DAVE FOULK ON FACEBOOK: ?Fifty member church in Florida gets international attention when it burns ?

DAVE FOULK ON FACEBOOK: “Fifty member church in Florida gets international attention when it burns somebody else’s holy book. Five thousand member churches hold free clinics to everyone, food pantries, home fix-ups for free…. and never get a mention even in local news. It’s not so much that bad news travels fast, but good [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 10:39 PM

GOODBYE, ALPHA MALE. Hello, geek. Related: Study: Fat men are better in bed. Hey, Ace has bee?

GOODBYE, ALPHA MALE. Hello, geek. Related: Study: Fat men are better in bed. Hey, Ace has been telling us that for years.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 10:27 PM

SET ON ?STUN:? Scientists examine possibility of a phonon laser, or ?phaser.??

SET ON “STUN:” Scientists examine possibility of a phonon laser, or ‘phaser.’
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:38 PM

Donnelly on Popular Constitutionalism & Ordinary Citizens

Tom Donnelly (Harvard Law School) has posted A Popular Approach to Popular Constitutionalism: The First Amendment, Civic Education, and Constitutional Change (Quinnipiac Law Review, Vol. 28, p. 321, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Popular constitutionalists often ignore one...
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 08, 2010 at 9:25 PM

Goldman Reported to Settle Charges with UK Regulator Involving Trader Tourre

The financial press is reporting that UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Goldman Sachs have agreed to settle charges that Goldman failed to disclose that its trader Fabrice Tourre was under SEC investigation when he relocated from New York to...
Posted on Securities Law Prof Blog on September 08, 2010 at 8:43 PM

ONE-DAY-ONLY SALE: The complete Monty Python?s Flying Circus for $34.99?.

ONE-DAY-ONLY SALE: The complete Monty Python’s Flying Circus for $34.99.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 8:00 PM

THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN, colleges would shut down speech criticizing the President. ?

THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN, colleges would shut down speech criticizing the President. And they were right! “School officials at Palm Beach State College kicked members of the Young America?s Foundation off campus after they saw anti-Obama literature at their table.” Video at the link.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 7:49 PM

ILLUSTRATED: Barack Obama?s ?lean government.??

ILLUSTRATED: Barack Obama’s “lean government.”
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 7:47 PM

HOW TO GET BETTER BATTERY LIFE FROM GADGETS?.

HOW TO GET BETTER BATTERY LIFE FROM GADGETS.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 7:32 PM

A BOOMING BUSINESS: Battling bedbugs?.

A BOOMING BUSINESS: Battling bedbugs.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 7:27 PM

TIMING: Senate Gun Hearing The Day Of Delaware Primary?.

TIMING: Senate Gun Hearing The Day Of Delaware Primary.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 7:03 PM

HOW TO MAKE CANDLES from used shotgun shells. Just be sure they?re used?.

HOW TO MAKE CANDLES from used shotgun shells. Just be sure they’re used.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 6:48 PM

FIRST PHOTO: NASA Deep Impact Spacecraft Eyes Comet Target?.

FIRST PHOTO: NASA Deep Impact Spacecraft Eyes Comet Target.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 6:44 PM

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE NEWS: Higher Debt: Is the student loan industry headed for a meltdown? ?

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE NEWS: Higher Debt: Is the student loan industry headed for a meltdown?
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 5:40 PM

A MESSAGE FROM RENEE ELMERS, who?s running against ?Huggin? Bob? Etheridge in North Carolina?.

A MESSAGE FROM RENEE ELMERS, who’s running against “Huggin’ Bob” Etheridge in North Carolina.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 5:36 PM

Peerenboom on Law, Wealth, & Power in China

Randall Peerenboom (La Trobe University, Faculty of Law and Management) has posted Law, Wealth and Power in China (THE COMMERCIAL LAW REVOLUTION, John Garret, Yingjie Guo, eds., Routledge, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This concluding chapter addresses two...
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 08, 2010 at 5:34 PM

EVOLUTION AND the selection of leaders. ?When you view leadership and followership through the pris?

EVOLUTION AND the selection of leaders. “When you view leadership and followership through the prism of evolutionary psychology, many peculiarities about the way we choose our leaders look less odd. For example, political scientists have no convincing rational explanation of why taller candidates almost always beat shorter rivals. But hundreds o
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 5:33 PM

SIPC Schedules Online Forums to Focus on Modernization

The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) will hold its first-ever online forum at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT on September 14, 2010. The "listening post" session is the first of two major national public forums focused on soliciting input about...
Posted on Securities Law Prof Blog on September 08, 2010 at 5:29 PM

SEC & CFTC Announce 2 Public Roundtables on Swaps

Staff from the SEC and CFTC will hold two joint public roundtables in September on issues relating to implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The first roundtable on September 14 will be on issues related...
Posted on Securities Law Prof Blog on September 08, 2010 at 5:22 PM

Nastiness in Legal Academia . . .

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Posted on CYB3RCRIM3 on September 08, 2010 at 4:31 PM

Talking About Housing

The future of housing in the U.S. has been in the news a lot lately. On Monday, the NYT splashed...
Posted on Conglomerate on September 08, 2010 at 4:29 PM

DOT Denies Delta/Virgin Blue Antitrust Immunity

In a surprising move, the Department of Transportation announced today that it plans to deny antitrust immunity to the Delta Air Lines/Virgin Blue alliance despite the existence of an "Open Skies" agreement between the United States and Australia. From the...
Posted on Aviation Law Prof Blog on September 08, 2010 at 4:25 PM

PJTV: Brandi Milloy On The Border: Beyond Illegal: Smugglers, Cartels & Islamic Infiltrators Cross?

PJTV: Brandi Milloy On The Border: Beyond Illegal: Smugglers, Cartels & Islamic Infiltrators Crossing Our Southern Border.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 3:51 PM

BLAST FROM THE PAST: 1970s Biker Magazine Covers. Personally, I always preferred Iron Horse to Eas?

BLAST FROM THE PAST: 1970s Biker Magazine Covers. Personally, I always preferred Iron Horse to Easy Riders, but that’s a matter of taste.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 3:49 PM

CHANGE: Last GE light bulb factory closes. ?It is doubly sad. The workers are losing their jobs, a?

CHANGE: Last GE light bulb factory closes. “It is doubly sad. The workers are losing their jobs, and we, who love traditional light bulbs are being deprived of a product we want. And those vile CFL bulbs? They’re made in China. Thanks a lot, Congress.”
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 3:47 PM

LEARNING TO LOVE the prenup?.

LEARNING TO LOVE the prenup.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 3:35 PM

THAT MAKES FOR A GOOD DRY WEIGHT FIGURE: Microwave-Powered Rocket Ascends without Fuel?.

THAT MAKES FOR A GOOD DRY WEIGHT FIGURE: Microwave-Powered Rocket Ascends without Fuel.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 3:30 PM

DAN MITCHELL: A DEBATE BETWEEN JOHN F. KENNEDY AND BARACK OBAMA ON TAXES. Video at the link?.

DAN MITCHELL: A DEBATE BETWEEN JOHN F. KENNEDY AND BARACK OBAMA ON TAXES. Video at the link.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 3:28 PM

ROBIN HANSON: Romantic Love vs. Religious Conversion?.

ROBIN HANSON: Romantic Love vs. Religious Conversion.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 3:24 PM

REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL: Roll back spending to 2008 levels, extend all tax cuts. ?Be sure to stick aro?

REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL: Roll back spending to 2008 levels, extend all tax cuts. “Be sure to stick around to the end, when George Stephanopoulos makes sure that he asks Boehner about the real pressing issue of ? his tan. Boehner laughs it off with good humor, but seriously, is this the best that [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 3:20 PM

MEGAN MCARDLE: Inflation Won?t Help Us With Our Debt Load. ?The broader availability of informatio?

MEGAN MCARDLE: Inflation Won’t Help Us With Our Debt Load. “The broader availability of information on things like currencies makes it much harder for governments to get seignorage. There’s a lot of data that would tip analysts to a money supply growing unexpectedly rapidly, which means that interest rates on government debt [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 3:07 PM

A NOISEMAKER for electric vehicles?.

A NOISEMAKER for electric vehicles.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 3:00 PM

WITH THE HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE, a textbook bubble? ?Prediction: Just like the unsustainable housi?

WITH THE HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE, a textbook bubble? “Prediction: Just like the unsustainable housing bubble eventually peaked and crashed, the textbook bubble is likewise unsustainable and is set to crash.”
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 2:45 PM

PAM GELLER: My position on the Koran burning in Florida by a whacko church aligned with the vile an?

PAM GELLER: My position on the Koran burning in Florida by a whacko church aligned with the vile anti-military, anti-semitic Westboro Church that defiles the funerals of our honored fallen soldiers. “The burning of books is wrong in principle: the antidote to bad speech is not censorship or book-burning, but more speech. Open [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 2:43 PM

STILL MORE ON THE EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (D-TX) SCANDAL: Johnson requested scholarship money be sent?

STILL MORE ON THE EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (D-TX) SCANDAL: Johnson requested scholarship money be sent directly to family members. “According to letters obtained by the Morning News, however, Johnson was not only involved in the decision to give the money to her family members, she also personally intervened to make sure they literally [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 2:41 PM

Van Schewick on Zittrain on Generativity

I wanted to specially note one of the posts in the Future of the Internet Symposium, hosted by Concurring Opinions. Generative End Hosts vs. Generative Networks? by by Barbara van Schewick is especially keen. Here is a taste: On the...
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 08, 2010 at 2:35 PM

THE EPA?S new grading scale?.

THE EPA’S new grading scale.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 2:28 PM

Do Incumbents Improve Service Quality in Response to Entry?

Blog readers may be interested to read a new paper by Jeffrey Prince & Daniel H. Simon, Do Incumbents Improve Service Quality in Response to Entry? Evidence From Airlines' On-Time Performance (Working Paper Sept. 1, 2010) (available from SSRN here)....
Posted on Aviation Law Prof Blog on September 08, 2010 at 2:14 PM

THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY?.

THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 2:02 PM

TOWING AN AIRPLANE with a Mazda Miata? Mazdas. Is there anything they can?t do??

TOWING AN AIRPLANE with a Mazda Miata? Mazdas. Is there anything they can’t do?
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 2:00 PM

EVEN ANDY GRIFFITH?S POLL NUMBERS are being driven down by ObamaCare. UPDATE: Jim Treacher: And?

EVEN ANDY GRIFFITH’S POLL NUMBERS are being driven down by ObamaCare. UPDATE: Jim Treacher: Andy Griffith throws away 50 years of good faith in 30 seconds. Ouch. And I doubt he changed anybody’s mind.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 1:59 PM

THE LATEST storyblogging carnival is up!?

THE LATEST storyblogging carnival is up!
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 1:37 PM

Blumm & Dawson on Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Michael C. Blumm and Elizabeth B. Dawson (Lewis & Clark Law School and Lewis & Clark Law School) have posted The Florida Beach Case and the Road to Judicial Takings on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In Stop the Beach...
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 08, 2010 at 12:34 PM

IN THE MAIL: From Scott Rasmussen and Douglas Schoen, Mad As Hell: How the Tea Party Movement Is Fu?

IN THE MAIL: From Scott Rasmussen and Douglas Schoen, Mad As Hell: How the Tea Party Movement Is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System. I’m reading this now. Great book.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 12:00 PM

PJTV: Minority Report: Deroy Murdock, The Reagan Revolution and the Forbes Flat Tax. ?

PJTV: Minority Report: Deroy Murdock, The Reagan Revolution and the Forbes Flat Tax.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:56 AM

THE GERMAN MIRACLE: Germany has cut government spending and its economy is growing smartly. It?s no?

THE GERMAN MIRACLE: Germany has cut government spending and its economy is growing smartly. It’s not the first time that market-friendly policies have led the nation out of crisis. In the following weeks Erhard removed most of the Bizone’s remaining price controls, wage controls, allocation edicts and rationing directives. The effects of d
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:42 AM

THE CHRONICLES OF A gay libertarian survivalist.

THE CHRONICLES OF A gay libertarian survivalist.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:33 AM

Simons on Statistical Knowledge

Kenneth W. Simons (Boston University - School of Law) has posted Statistical Knowledge Deconstructed on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In a wide range of contexts, especially in criminal law and tort law, the law distinguishes between individualized knowledge (awareness...
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 08, 2010 at 11:33 AM

NOT SUCH AN UNCOMMON MOVE: From Fourth-Tier Law School Grad to Millionaire?.

NOT SUCH AN UNCOMMON MOVE: From Fourth-Tier Law School Grad to Millionaire.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:31 AM

IN INDIANAPOLIS, it?s autoworkers vs. autoworkers?.

IN INDIANAPOLIS, it’s autoworkers vs. autoworkers.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:24 AM

COINCIDENCE? ?I THINK NOT!?

COINCIDENCE? “I THINK NOT!”
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:17 AM

More New Philosophy Books

Some recent books that publishers and/or authors kindly sent me: After Herder: Philosophy of Language in the German Tradition by Michael N. Forster (Oxford University Press, 2010). (This is a very important collection, that anyone working in German philosophy of...
Posted on The Leiter Reports on September 08, 2010 at 11:06 AM

SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION: $1.3 Trillion in Broken Spending Data?.

SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION: $1.3 Trillion in Broken Spending Data.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:06 AM

Any philosophy students (undergraduate or graduate) thinking about law school...

...or JD/PhDs will be interested in this. Shoot me an e-mail if you have additional questions.
Posted on The Leiter Reports on September 08, 2010 at 11:02 AM

TSA ATTACKS PHOTOGRAPHERS INSTEAD OF TERRORISTS. ?What should we find suspicious about the figure i?

TSA ATTACKS PHOTOGRAPHERS INSTEAD OF TERRORISTS. “What should we find suspicious about the figure in the picture? That’s he’s carrying a camera near an airport? Maybe it’s the hoodie. But then maybe it’s cold outside. Point is, TSA is putting in our heads that photographers are people we ought to view with suspicion.̶
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 11:00 AM

LAW CLERK IDEOLOGY and the principal-agent problem?.

LAW CLERK IDEOLOGY and the principal-agent problem.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 10:57 AM

Judges: Stay Out Of The Lobby

The Delaware Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee has opined that lobbying and judging do not mix.: Lobbying is political in nature. The purpose of registering as a lobbyist is to promote the interests of a client by influencing the legislature. A...
Posted on Legal Profession Blog on September 08, 2010 at 10:51 AM

Complaint Against Immigration Attorney Reinstated

The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department reinstated a dismissed action brought by an employee who was represented in an immigration matter by an attorney retained by the employer. The court found that there were issues that...
Posted on Legal Profession Blog on September 08, 2010 at 10:40 AM

Post on Zittrain & Post on Generativity

David G. Post (Temple University School of Law) has posted The Theory of Generativity (Fordham Law Review Vol. 78, No. 6, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper was written in response to a request from the editors...
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 08, 2010 at 10:34 AM

LIST: Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, So Far?.

LIST: Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, So Far.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 10:00 AM

REASON TV: Anchor Brewing Company ? A conversation with craft beer pioneer Fritz Maytag. ?

REASON TV: Anchor Brewing Company – A conversation with craft beer pioneer Fritz Maytag.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:59 AM

DO YOU THINK? ?The ongoing increases in college tuition and fees make the housing price bubble seem?

DO YOU THINK? “The ongoing increases in college tuition and fees make the housing price bubble seem pretty tame by comparison, and we should therefore be very concerned about the possibility that we might now be facing an unsustainable higher education bubble.” If something can’t go on forever, it won’t.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:55 AM

JOHN HINDERAKER: Selective Enforcement At Obama?s Justice Department?.

JOHN HINDERAKER: Selective Enforcement At Obama’s Justice Department.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:50 AM

CHANGE: State Budget Crises Mount as Medicaid Rolls Soar?.

CHANGE: State Budget Crises Mount as Medicaid Rolls Soar.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:47 AM

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: Those damned capitalists are still here!?

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: Those damned capitalists are still here!
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:42 AM

ROBERT HIGGS: More Government ?Stimulus? Will Ensure Protracted Economic Stagnation?.

ROBERT HIGGS: More Government ?Stimulus? Will Ensure Protracted Economic Stagnation.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:36 AM

HANS VON SPAKOVSKY: There Really Is Something Rotten In The Justice Department. ?It?s too bad th?

HANS VON SPAKOVSKY: There Really Is Something Rotten In The Justice Department. “It?s too bad that a private citizen has to carry out the responsibility of the Justice Department because it has failed to do so and, in fact, refuses to do so for ideological and political reasons that have nothing to do [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:35 AM

Lakeland targets homeless with new camping law -- but says the city isn't criminalizing homelessness

Lakeland has a new ordinance on the books that bans unauthorized camping in the city limits. It?s aimed at the homeless.The City Commission voted unanimously to approve the ordinance, which prohibits homeless people from sleeping on the street or in parks. It takes effect immediately.Mayor Gow Fields said the city hears the fears of the homeless who ar
Posted on the 13th juror on September 08, 2010 at 9:27 AM

BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE: There Are Now Enough Vacant Properties In China To House Over Hal?

BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE: There Are Now Enough Vacant Properties In China To House Over Half Of America.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:26 AM

MAN DEFENDS HOME FROM GANG, is arrested by police?.

MAN DEFENDS HOME FROM GANG, is arrested by police.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:24 AM

TIM CARNEY: Credit card regulation: Big government vs. small business?.

TIM CARNEY: Credit card regulation: Big government vs. small business.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:17 AM

ACTUALLY, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, ?THAT MANY?? Gallup: Just 1/3 Of Americans Approve Of The Job Eithe?

ACTUALLY, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, “THAT MANY?” Gallup: Just 1/3 Of Americans Approve Of The Job Either Party Is Doing. “A new Gallup Poll out this morning finds barely one-in-three Americans approves of the job being done in Congress by either party ? 32% approval for Republicans and 33% for Democrats.”
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:16 AM

COMING SOON: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel??

COMING SOON: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel?
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 9:05 AM

ALEX KNEPPER: FRIENDLY ADVICE TO THE WHINER-IN-CHIEF?.

ALEX KNEPPER: FRIENDLY ADVICE TO THE WHINER-IN-CHIEF.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 8:54 AM

HMM: At least 70 House seats in play, says Obama?s campaign adviser. Is he inflating? So that i?

HMM: At least 70 House seats in play, says Obama’s campaign adviser. Is he inflating? So that if the Republicans “only” pick up 50, it can be spun as a Democratic victory? Or are things really that bad?
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 8:39 AM

PETER BEINART: Obama?s Foreign Policy Has Failed?.

PETER BEINART: Obama’s Foreign Policy Has Failed.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 8:11 AM

JOHN RATZENBERGER: We Need More Skilled Workers?.

JOHN RATZENBERGER: We Need More Skilled Workers.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 8:09 AM

GREGG EASTERBROOK: It?s time for Obama to stop declaring new recovery plans. Here?s what the?

GREGG EASTERBROOK: It?s time for Obama to stop declaring new recovery plans. Here?s what the endless succession of plans has in common ? they haven?t worked. If something hasn?t worked, why does this cause us to think more of the same is required? The White House, Treasury Department and Congress should stop contemplating new plans. Endless [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 8:04 AM

A Unified Standard for Controlling Shareholders

I don't know how this one slipped by me. Early in July, Vice Chancellor Laster certified an interlocutory appeal by the defendants in the In re CNX Gas Corporation Shareholders Litigation (May 25, 2010 memo opinion) case. At issue was...
Posted on M & A Law Prof Blog on September 08, 2010 at 5:55 AM

LOS ANGELES: Leading the Nation in Vacant Lots?.

LOS ANGELES: Leading the Nation in Vacant Lots.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 4:07 AM

The Pleading Problem

It is hard to imagine a topic in civil procedure that has garnered more attention recently than pleading standards. The Supreme Court?s decision last Term in Ashcroft v. Iqbal) prompted an onslaught of commentary and critiques. A particularly troubling aspect… Read More »
Posted on The Legal Workshop on September 08, 2010 at 4:01 AM

Markel on Taxation of Punitive Damges

Dan Markel (Florida State University College of Law) has posted Overcoming Tradeoffs in the Taxation of Punitive Damages (Washington University Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: As explained in a companion piece (Taxing Punitive Damages, co-authored with...
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 08, 2010 at 1:24 AM

University librarian?s recommendation of controversial book for required reading list was not protected speech in First Amendment retaliation, constructive discharge suit

Savage v Gee, ___F.Supp.2d____(S.D.Ohio, June 7, 2010), is an interesting case. A ?conservative? Quaker head reference librarian at a university, who was part of a committee charged with selecting a book for required freshman reading, was unable to pursue his...
Posted on Adjunct Law Prof Blog on September 08, 2010 at 1:00 AM

Pinellas Hope adds apartments to its community of tents and sheds

Pinellas Hope II offers 80 new permanent efficiency apartments, in addition to its 250 tents.Pinellas Hope, which already houses more than 250 people in temporary tents and small wooden sheds, has opened 80 new permanent efficiency apartments.The newest addition, called Pinellas Hope II, cost about $4 million. Pinellas County, as well as the cities of
Posted on the 13th juror on September 08, 2010 at 12:57 AM

COMING TO THE GAME LATE: Now Obama wants tax cuts for business. Plus an astounding deficit graphic?

COMING TO THE GAME LATE: Now Obama wants tax cuts for business. Plus an astounding deficit graphic.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 12:53 AM

KOS MEDIA AND RESEARCH 2000 reach tentative settlement?.

KOS MEDIA AND RESEARCH 2000 reach tentative settlement.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 12:32 AM

THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN THIS WOULD HAPPEN: Judge Keeps Ban on Stem Cell Funds. And?

THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN THIS WOULD HAPPEN: Judge Keeps Ban on Stem Cell Funds. And they were right!
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 12:28 AM

Mazzone on Liptak on Polarization of Supreme Court Clerks

Check out Response to Adam Liptak on the Polarization of Supreme Court Clerks by Jason Mazzone on Balkinization.
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 08, 2010 at 12:11 AM

TIM CAVANAUGH: Manliness Is Next to Joblessness. ?Daily Markets? Mark Perry declares the Great Man?

TIM CAVANAUGH: Manliness Is Next to Joblessness. “Daily Markets’ Mark Perry declares the Great Mancession in session, with help from a mesmerizing time-lapse chart tracking employment growth by job type since 2008. Click here to watch the real-time shrinking of majority male sectors in opposition to the growth of two majority female [...
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 12:11 AM

UH OH: Here Are 13 Signs That We?re Actually In A Depression Right Now?.

UH OH: Here Are 13 Signs That We’re Actually In A Depression Right Now.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 12:01 AM

CLIVE CROOK: Obama Surrenders On Jobs?.

CLIVE CROOK: Obama Surrenders On Jobs.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 08, 2010 at 12:00 AM

JONATHAN CHAIT: ?Obscure blogger linked by InstaPundit.? Ipse dixit! But does the Washington Ex?

JONATHAN CHAIT: “Obscure blogger linked by InstaPundit.” Ipse dixit! But does the Washington Examiner’s Fenty endorsement change the analysis?
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 11:55 PM

HEH: ?He could end all of this if he?d just show us his dog licence.??

HEH: “He could end all of this if he’d just show us his dog licence.”
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 11:46 PM

ERIC SCHEIE on environmental eliminationists and Ebola?.

ERIC SCHEIE on environmental eliminationists and Ebola.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 11:24 PM

Will Bank Capital Reserve Requirements Be Doubled?

The Basel Committee is suggesting, according to Der Speigel, that banks should hold 9% of their assets in cash-like tier...
Posted on Conglomerate on September 07, 2010 at 11:23 PM

A TEA PARTY MAJORITY?

A TEA PARTY MAJORITY?
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 11:18 PM

Faculty Hiring Announcement: Stetson University

Via The Faculty Lounge, here is a hiring announcement from Stetson University College of Law. Among other things, Stetson is looking to hire two to four tenured/tenure-track faculty members, and one area of need is civil procedure.
Posted on Civil Procedure Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 11:12 PM

THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE shortlist?.

THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE shortlist.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 10:52 PM

Federal Judge Denies Obama Adminstration's Request to Stay Stem Cell Ruling

Wall St. Journal: Judge Refuses to Stay Stem-Cell Ruling, by Brent Kendall: A federal judge refused Tuesday to stay his ruling that blocked the federal government from funding human embryonic stem-cell research. In a three-page order, U.S. Chief District Court...
Posted on Reproductive Rights Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 10:48 PM

Two New Reports Focus on Maternal Health and Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health in Mexico

Guttmacher News Release: New Reports Document The Needs Of Young Mexican Women And Barriers To Improving Maternal Health In Mexico: Regional Disparities Affect Adolescent Women's Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Two reports released today by the Guttmacher Institute,...
Posted on Reproductive Rights Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 10:38 PM

Focus on the Family Pushes Abstinence-Only Curriculum in China

Wash. Post: Abstinence program partners Chinese officials with U.S. evangelicals, by William Wan: BEIJING - If all goes according to plan, this fall a girl somewhere in China's Yunnan province will tell her boyfriend she can't have sex with him....
Posted on Reproductive Rights Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 10:30 PM

France's First Lady Works With Industry Friends to Launch "Born HIV Free" Campaign

The Huffington Post: With a Little Help From My Friends, by Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: A few weeks ago, my friend, the designer Jean Paul Gaultier, launched with Elle magazine a special t-shirt he has designed for the Born HIV Free campaign,...
Posted on Reproductive Rights Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 10:27 PM

VERONIQUE DE RUGY: How Unreliable Is CBO Scoring??

VERONIQUE DE RUGY: How Unreliable Is CBO Scoring?
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 10:24 PM

CAN THE LEFT RAISE MIDDLE-CLASS INCOMES? Prof. Bainbridge has his doubts?.

CAN THE LEFT RAISE MIDDLE-CLASS INCOMES? Prof. Bainbridge has his doubts.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 10:21 PM

An Audio Diary Follows a Journey of Changing Gender

NPR: Becoming Miles: The Journey Of Changing Sexes, by Sarah Reynolds: Megan Taylor grew up feeling she was living in the wrong body. In her 20s, she decided to do something about it. First, she changed her name to Miles....
Posted on Reproductive Rights Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 10:19 PM

INTRODUCING the Student Free Press Association.

INTRODUCING the Student Free Press Association.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 10:17 PM

JAMES TARANTO ON THE CHANGING RACIAL ZEITGEIST: ?It used to be that white conservatives were ever f?

JAMES TARANTO ON THE CHANGING RACIAL ZEITGEIST: “It used to be that white conservatives were ever fearful of being cast as racist. Today Tucker feels it necessary to declare defensively that she isn’t prejudiced. Liberals, even black liberals like Tucker, no longer feel confident simply asserting their moral superiority when it comes to ma
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 10:17 PM

Pursley on Schapiro on Federalism

Garrick B. Pursley (The University of Toledo College of Law) has posted Federalism Compatibilists (Texas Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Reviewing Robert A. Schapiro, Polyphonic Federalism (Chicago, U. Chicago Press 2009). Robert Schapiro?s ambitious Polyphonic Federalism...
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 07, 2010 at 9:47 PM

STACY MCCAIN: Anti-Palin Folks Behind Effort To Revive Murkowski Candidacy. Murkowski has to be th?

STACY MCCAIN: Anti-Palin Folks Behind Effort To Revive Murkowski Candidacy. Murkowski has to be thinking about whether a spoiler run in Alaska is worth the enmity of Tea Party folks nationwide. My guess is she’ll decide that it’s not.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 9:39 PM

A BOLD TAX PLAN: People Should Smoke And Drink More. It?s for the children!?

A BOLD TAX PLAN: People Should Smoke And Drink More. It’s for the children!
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 9:17 PM

ONE-DAY ONLY SALE: Taxi, the complete series?.

ONE-DAY ONLY SALE: Taxi, the complete series.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 8:00 PM

I got called out by Alberto Gonzales!

It's not every day that you get singled out for criticism in a law review article by a former U.S. Attorney General, but it's happened to me! I noticed that Alberto Gonzales has published "Waging War Within the Constitution" in...
Posted on The Yin Blog on September 07, 2010 at 7:49 PM

DAVID ADDINGTON GOES TO HERITAGE, Jack Goldsmith comments?.

DAVID ADDINGTON GOES TO HERITAGE, Jack Goldsmith comments.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 7:45 PM

HEH: The BBC Fails to Understand the Tea Party Movement ? Says the Telegraph UK?.

HEH: The BBC Fails to Understand the Tea Party Movement — Says the Telegraph UK.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 7:28 PM

WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: Buck Up, America! I don?t want to minimize the challenges that face us, a?

WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: Buck Up, America! I don?t want to minimize the challenges that face us, and especially the suffering of those among us who?ve lost jobs and seen the value of their homes and their savings erode. Indeed, in the months to come I will be posting about the challenges ahead of us [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 7:25 PM

L.E.D. LIGHTS DETHRONE COMPACT FLUORESCENTS. That shouldn?t be hard. I jumped on the CFL bandwagon?

L.E.D. LIGHTS DETHRONE COMPACT FLUORESCENTS. That shouldn’t be hard. I jumped on the CFL bandwagon early, but the CFLs have absolutely failed to live up to their promised longevity. (I haven’t noticed any visible electricity saving, either, though that may just be a function of how much electricity we use for other [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 7:00 PM

EYE SCANNERS coming to an airport near you?.

EYE SCANNERS coming to an airport near you.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 6:29 PM

Thanks To My Summer Research Assistants!

Now that Labor Day has come and gone, it's time to say THANKS to my fabulous research assistants, CUNY Law students AMY HAGER ('11) and JENN FEELEY ('12), for their work this summer researching issues for this blog.
Posted on Reproductive Rights Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 5:59 PM

BRYAN PRESTON: It?s Time To Worry About Houston. ?Voter fraud and a suspicious fire threaten the N?

BRYAN PRESTON: It’s Time To Worry About Houston. “Voter fraud and a suspicious fire threaten the November elections in Texas? largest city.”
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 5:51 PM

SEC Announces Field Hearings on Municipal Bond Market

The SEC announced today that it is launching a series of field hearings to examine the municipal securities markets, starting in San Francisco on September 21. Topics will include disclosure and transparency, credit ratings, and internal controls. Among participants will...
Posted on Securities Law Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 5:27 PM

JAIL TIME for biofuel subsidy fraud?.

JAIL TIME for biofuel subsidy fraud.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 5:24 PM

Herstein on the Duty of Care and a Duty "to Try"

Ori J. Herstein (Cornell University - School of Law) has posted Responsibility in Negligence: Why the Duty of Care is Not a Duty 'To Try' (The Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 403-428, July 2010)...
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 07, 2010 at 5:21 PM

SEC Charges Colorado Adviser with Fraud in Marketing Hedge Funds to Senior Citizens

The SEC charged Boulder, Colo.-based investment adviser Neal R. Greenberg with fraud and breach of fiduciary duty in the marketing and recommendation of his firm's hedge funds to investors, including many elderly clients. According to the SEC, Greenberg falsely stated...
Posted on Securities Law Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 5:15 PM

Seventh Circuit Addresses Arbitrability Issues in Brokerage Customer's Agreement

The Seventh Circuit recently issued an interesting opinion on the "who decides" question in the securities arbitration context. In Janiga v. Questar Capital Corp. (7th Cir. Aug. 2, 2010), the investor Janiga was a Polish immigrant who, despite having lived...
Posted on Securities Law Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 5:10 PM

?WHAT THE HECK IS A ZESTER?? Good grief, doesn?t everyone know that??

“WHAT THE HECK IS A ZESTER?” Good grief, doesn’t everyone know that?
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 4:00 PM

MARKDOWNS ON Fall Outdoor Essentials?.

MARKDOWNS ON Fall Outdoor Essentials.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 4:00 PM

TERMINATOR ROBOTS in miniature, flying form? Don?t be ridiculous. That?s never going to happen?.

TERMINATOR ROBOTS in miniature, flying form? Don’t be ridiculous. That’s never going to happen.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 3:24 PM

LARRY RIBSTEIN: Owning The Law: What comes next after the death of big law firms??

LARRY RIBSTEIN: Owning The Law: What comes next after the death of big law firms?
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 3:11 PM

TREATING ARTHRITIS with topical NSAID creams?.

TREATING ARTHRITIS with topical NSAID creams.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 3:03 PM

Stop Means Stop

An Illinois hearing board has recommended a nine-month suspension of an attorney who engaged in unauthorized practice during a period of disciplinary suspension. The board concluded: Respondent admitted he engaged in the unauthorized practice of law, and there is little...
Posted on Legal Profession Blog on September 07, 2010 at 2:48 PM

THE BOOT is no respecter of position?.

THE BOOT is no respecter of position.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 2:40 PM

TOYOTA doubling down on hybrid technology?.

TOYOTA doubling down on hybrid technology.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 2:23 PM

$1 Billion to Expand O'Hare

Just one day prior to his stunning announcement that its leader will not seek reelection as Chicago's Mayor in 2011, the Daley Administration announced that it needs an additional $1 billion to continue its massive O'Hare Airport expansion project. See...
Posted on Aviation Law Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 2:02 PM

SALON.COM, 1999: We are all page-view whores now. WaPo, 2010: Us, too!?

SALON.COM, 1999: We are all page-view whores now. WaPo, 2010: Us, too!
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 1:59 PM

STANDARD ADVICE ON GOOD STUDY HABITS turns out to be wrong. ?In recent years, cognitive scientists ?

STANDARD ADVICE ON GOOD STUDY HABITS turns out to be wrong. “In recent years, cognitive scientists have shown that a few simple techniques can reliably improve what matters most: how much a student learns from studying. The findings can help anyone, from a fourth grader doing long division to a retiree taking on [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 1:58 PM

Feltz & Cokely on Experimental Philosophy & Manipulations of Popular Sentiment Regarding Terrorism

Adam Feltz (Departments of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies Schreiner University) and Edward T. Cokely (Max Planck Institute for Human Development Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition) have posted The Terror of 'Terrorism': An Empirical Investigation on the Internet. Here is...
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 07, 2010 at 1:58 PM

A Delayed Report, A Lame Excuse

Today's award for chutzpah goes to Hearing Committee No. Ten of the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility. After taking nearly three years to decide a disciplinary case, the hearing committee explains why: Both parties filed overlong post-hearing briefs:...
Posted on Legal Profession Blog on September 07, 2010 at 1:54 PM

Liptak on Politicization of the Supreme Court & Clerk Selection

In today's New York Times, Adam Liptak has a piece entitled Polarization of Supreme Court Is Reflected in Justices? Clerks.
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 07, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Yaphe on Rodell's Critique of Legal Education & Felix Frankfurter

Andrew Yaphe (Stanford Law School) has posted ?Reputation, Reputation, Reputation?: Fred Rodell, Felix Frankfurter, and the Reproduction of Hierarchy in the Unlikeliest of Places on SSRN. Here is the abstract: If he is remembered at all, Fred Rodell is thought...
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 07, 2010 at 12:45 PM

Scotus Blog 4.0

Here.
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 07, 2010 at 12:41 PM

IN THE MAIL: From David Drake, In the Stormy Red Sky. ?

IN THE MAIL: From David Drake, In the Stormy Red Sky.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 12:00 PM

Neither Lawyer Or Prosecutor

The South Carolina Supreme Court has held that the prosecution of misdemeanor offenses by a non-lawyer business agent violated criminal statutes regulating the unauthorized practice of law. The court considered the public policy interests: If a private party is permitted...
Posted on Legal Profession Blog on September 07, 2010 at 11:51 AM

J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS: Doing the DOJ?s Job for Them: Demanding Valid Voter Rolls Before November. ??

J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS: Doing the DOJ?s Job for Them: Demanding Valid Voter Rolls Before November. “I have sent notice letters to 16 states informing them that they are in violation of the National Voting Rights Act. Private lawsuits may follow if they do not comply.” Related: Small Sample of Philly Voter Rolls Reveals [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 11:45 AM

WHAT WE NEED NOW? The ?Public Sector Pension Sustainability Act.??

WHAT WE NEED NOW? The ?Public Sector Pension Sustainability Act.?
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 11:33 AM

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Krugman Is Wrong to Wish for World War II. ?One can read Krugman-like argumen?

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Krugman Is Wrong to Wish for World War II. “One can read Krugman-like arguments in Greek newspapers today ? that only more massive borrowing can stimulate Greek demand, provide jobs, and grow Greece out of its recession. As if present-day deficits and aggregate debt with soon-to-be-rising interest payments don?t really [...
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 11:29 AM

MEDICAL NEWS from 1969?.

MEDICAL NEWS from 1969.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 11:17 AM

AUDITING AL SHARPTON: ?An accounting firm hired by Al Sharpton?s National Action Network found the ?

AUDITING AL SHARPTON: “An accounting firm hired by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network found the civil-rights group in such financial disarray that it flunked its record-keeping — and may not even survive, The Post has learned.” Plus this: “The organization has suffered recurring decreases in net assets — and has
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 11:08 AM

ROGER SIMON: Holocaust Denial: George Soros vs. the Tea Parties?.

ROGER SIMON: Holocaust Denial: George Soros vs. the Tea Parties.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 11:04 AM

NEXT BIG-DEBT FUTURE: Concord Coalition?s August 2010 Plausible Budget Baseline shows $15.2 trillio?

NEXT BIG-DEBT FUTURE: Concord Coalition’s August 2010 Plausible Budget Baseline shows $15.2 trillion in Federal Deficits from 2010-2020.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 11:00 AM

DANAH BOYD: How Censoring Craigslist Helps Pimps, Child Traffickers and Other Abusive Scumbags. Th?

DANAH BOYD: How Censoring Craigslist Helps Pimps, Child Traffickers and Other Abusive Scumbags. They told me if I voted for John McCain, bluenoses would be shutting down Internet sites that they found offensive. And they were right!
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 10:57 AM

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE HOMELESS: ?Doesn?t wash! Doesn?t pass the smell test! W?

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE HOMELESS: “Doesn’t wash! Doesn’t pass the smell test! Wow. Just… wow.”
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 10:46 AM

Will the 'Just Say No' Defense Ever Get Litigated?

I'm of the mind that the answer to that question is likely no. In his Stanford Law Review paper of a few years ago (Professorial Bear Hug), Vice Chancellor Strine made it clear that ... well ... it wasn't clear....
Posted on M & A Law Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 10:16 AM

REVIEWING THE REVIEWERS: A roundup of book reviews from all over?.

REVIEWING THE REVIEWERS: A roundup of book reviews from all over.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 10:00 AM

OUR PARANOID ruling class. Related: The secret to Maslow?s success: ?Maslow was influential bec?

OUR PARANOID ruling class. Related: The secret to Maslow’s success: “Maslow was influential because he was very smart, wrote well, and had many good ideas. But he was also influential because his theory told many of the cultural elites of the era that they were objectively more mental healthy and more psychologically developed than [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 9:44 AM

THINGS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED OVER THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND: My Washington Examiner column on envi?

THINGS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED OVER THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND: My Washington Examiner column on environmentalists and “eliminationist rhetoric.” But can I really be serious? Let’s end the war on drugs. Michael Barone on the higher education bubble. Plus more on the subject from Roger Kimball and The New York Times. And a mortgage-bubb
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 9:41 AM

CHANGE: Android Share Of Mobile Web Use Soaring, iPhone Falling?.

CHANGE: Android Share Of Mobile Web Use Soaring, iPhone Falling.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 9:31 AM

ED DRISCOLL: Building A Bridge To The 13th Century. Plus more on eliminationist rhetoric from ou?

ED DRISCOLL: Building A Bridge To The 13th Century. Plus more on eliminationist rhetoric from our self-described “betters.”
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 9:15 AM

Emails and the Common Interest Rule

As Wikipedia notes, the attorney-client privilege is one of the oldest recognized privileges for confidential communications. The United States Supreme Court has stated that by assuring confidentiality the privilege encourages clients to make `full and frank disclosures to their attorneys, who are then better able to provide cand
Posted on CYB3RCRIM3 on September 07, 2010 at 9:02 AM

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Congressional ?Charities? Rake in Millions from Business?.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Congressional ‘Charities’ Rake in Millions from Business.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 8:56 AM

CHANGE: Muslim Americans missing George W. Bush. Hey, join the club, pal?.

CHANGE: Muslim Americans missing George W. Bush. Hey, join the club, pal.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 8:20 AM

HOME DEFENSE: 69-Year-Old Grandma Shoots Intruder With Her .38 Special. ?Police quickly determined?

HOME DEFENSE: 69-Year-Old Grandma Shoots Intruder With Her .38 Special. “Police quickly determined that 18-year-old Michael O?Neal Bynum, a neighbor of Jones?, was a suspect. He is in stable condition at the hospital after being treated for a gunshot wound to his abdomen. Bynum was on probation for a previous burglary conviction, and [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 8:12 AM

TUNKU VARADARAJAN: Obama?s Vanishing Sex Appeal. ?After he turned on America as a candidate, reali?

TUNKU VARADARAJAN: Obama’s Vanishing Sex Appeal. “After he turned on America as a candidate, reality has finally caught up with the president?twenty months into office, Obama stands exposed as a floundering Man, not a panacea-laden Superman. . . . In office, as his political aura diminished, so did his sexual magnetism. In [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 8:08 AM

Philosopher of Religion Keith Parsons Calls It Quits

This is striking: Over the past ten years I have published, in one venue or another, about twenty things on the philosophy of religion. I have a book on the subject, God and Burden of Proof, and another criticizing Christian...
Posted on The Leiter Reports on September 07, 2010 at 8:02 AM

Law & Versteeg on Global Constitutionalism

David S. Law (Washington University in St. Louis; Washington University: School of Law & Department of Political Science) & Mila Versteeg (University of Oxford) have posted The Evolution and Ideology of Global Constitutionalism (APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper) on SSRN....
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 07, 2010 at 6:02 AM

FROM BEN CUNNINGHAM, A roundup of Tea Party news from all over?.

FROM BEN CUNNINGHAM, A roundup of Tea Party news from all over.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 3:08 AM

Pollis on Interlocutory Appeals for MDLs

Andrew S. Pollis (Case Western Reserve University School of Law has posted The Need for Non-Discretionary Interlocutory Appellate Review in Multidistrict Litigation to SSRN.Multidistrict litigation, or ?MDL,? is a tool for managing complex litigation by transferring cases with common questions...
Posted on Civil Procedure Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 2:19 AM

Primus on Administrative Searches

Eve Brensike Primus (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Disentangling Administrative Searches (Columbia Law Review, Vol. 111, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Everyone who has been screened at an international border, scanned by an airport metal detector,...
Posted on Legal Theory Blog on September 07, 2010 at 1:34 AM

NLRB Issues Major Decision Holding That N.Y.S. Neutrality Statute Does Not Invalidate The Election

Independence Residences, Inc., 355 NLRB No. 153 (August 27, 2010), is an important, but unusual case. An employer filed election objections after it lost the election because it claims that it was chilled by NYS Labor Law Sec. 211-a which...
Posted on Adjunct Law Prof Blog on September 07, 2010 at 1:00 AM

IT PAYS to be crazed.

IT PAYS to be crazed.
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 12:32 AM

JONATHAN ADLER ON BEDBUGS, THE EPA, AND FEDERALISM. ?If local communities wish to strike a differen?

JONATHAN ADLER ON BEDBUGS, THE EPA, AND FEDERALISM. “If local communities wish to strike a different risk balance than the feds, the EPA should not stand in their way. It is one thing for the EPA to inform local choices, and help clarify the relevant health trade-offs, quite another to impose one set [...]
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 12:30 AM

LexisNexis Top Business Law Blogs

"Top blog" contests always make me a bit queasy, but things are a little slow on Labor Day, so I...
Posted on Conglomerate on September 07, 2010 at 12:16 AM

TIME: Those Jews Sure Like Money, Don?t They??

TIME: Those Jews Sure Like Money, Don’t They?
Posted on Instapundit.com on September 07, 2010 at 12:02 AM

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