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New Supreme Court wiki
From the authors of SCOTUS Blog comes another tool for keeping up with the Supreme Court, SCOTUS Wiki. To learn more about the goals of the project and why the creators of the site chose the wiki format, read the About SCOTUS Wiki page...

SCOTUS commentary on Exxon Valdez argument
The SCOTUS blog commentary seems to track my view that SCOTUS will limit punitives. SCOTUS blog The context in which the Supreme Court is deciding the case, maritime law, is interesting...

Letter to SCOTUS
SCOTUS 090105.rtf Please send such letters in support of Lightfoot v Bowen # 08A524

Does SCOTUS Need a Math Geek on Staff
It's a small example of SCOTUS innumeracy but Sonja West's (Georgia) "nerdy and pedantic colleague" Christian Turner deserves his 15 seconds of SCOTUS fame for finding an incorrect mathematical reference in the Court's opinion in Winter v...

SCOTUS Sudoku Update
With yesterday's decision in Washington State Grange and today's decision in Snyder, we return once again to our SCOTUS sudoku puzzle, trying to figure out who is writing the remaining cases...

Constitutional Law II #30: More Tests and School Prayer
In this episode we will examine the coercion test, the history / tradition test, the “stupid legislator” test, as well as briefly examining school prayer and the pledge of allegiance...

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Job Site Fatalities Increase
Safety Experts Concerned

Dating Site
Settles Class Action for $1.5 Million

Sears, Roebuck & Co.
alleging the company’s web site used spyware to track customers Internet use.

Unsafe Work Site
Employee awarded $2.5 million personal injury settlement after suffering burns to his lower body.