Federal Judiciary

"The idea here, which McCain cant say, but I can, is to essentially kill the U.N."
Said Charles Krauthammer.

Do You Believe in Magic
The title of this post is not just The Lovin Spoonful song, but a question a school district actually put to a teacher (via Tampa Bay Online): The telephone call that spelled the end of Jim Piculas' career as a...

Is the law bleeding the NHS to death
For Dr Spencer at his Norfolk surgery, the whoops-a-daisy moment came when he dosed a woman with bismuth. Startled by her dyspeptic response, and eager to reassure her increasingly agitated husband, he swallowed a spoonful of the stuff himself...

Website Tracks Religious Rhetoric In Presidential Campaign
Earlier this month, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs launched it Faith 2008 database. The website tracks religious rhetoric in the Presidential campaign by candidate and theme...

new flyer available for DC conference on rhetoric
A new flyer has been issued concerning the "How Legal Rhetoric Shapes the Law: The Language of Violence and Torture" conference that American University, Washington College of Law is sponsoring on November 7, 2008...

Mercer to host Law & Rhetoric workshop preceding AALS meeting
Mercer University School of Law will sponsor a Law & Rhetoric Workshop, Legal Writing Through a Rhetorical Lens, on Tuesday, January 6, 2009, at the Hilton San Diego, Gaslamp Quarter...