Criminal Law

Gordon B. Hinckley, RIP
Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died this evening at the age of 97.It would be hard to overestimate his influence on the modern face of Mormonism...

Romney's Attendance At Mormon Leader's Funeral Analyzed
Today, funeral services were held in Utah for Mormon Church President Gordon B. Hinckley. The AP carries an interesting political analysis of Mitt Romney's attendance at the funeral:The death of Mormon church President Gordon B...

"Siblings Support Greater Freedom for Hinckley"
"Siblings Support Greater Freedom for Hinckley": The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, "The siblings of presidential assailant John W. Hinckley Jr. told a federal judge in Washington yesterday that they do not view him as a danger to the community and believe he would benefit from obtaining a driver's license and spending more unsupervised time at their mother's home...

"Doctors Request Increase in Freedom, Driver's License for Hinckley"
"Doctors Request Increase in Freedom, Driver's License for Hinckley": This article appears today in The Washington Post.

Gordon Tullock Retires From George Mason
News like this, is in no small part due to men scholars like Gordon Tullock whose presence at the law school was a significant one.  Gordon announced his retirement today (HT: Boettke)...

Gordon: Counsel not ineffective in failure to insist on allocution
In Gordon v. U.S., No. 05-16703 (March 7, 2008), the Court held that the defendant did not establish ineffective assistance of counsel. Gordon claimed that his counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the district court?s failure to address Gordon personally at sentencing...

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...