Religion & Law

New L&C Law Scholarship: How Will Morse v. Frederick Be Applied
Erwin Chemerinsky, How Will Morse v. Frederick Be Applied?, 12 Lewis & Clark Law Review 17 (2008) In 2007, the Supreme Court decided Morse v. Frederick, a 5-4 decision in which Chief Justice Roberts, writing for the majority, decided that a student could be punished for displaying a banner with the words ?BONG HiTS 4 JESUS? [...

Morse v. Frederick Symposium Papers Available From Lewis and Clarke Law Review
First Amendment Law Prof Blog April 13, 2008 posting entitled Speech and the Public Schools After Morse v. Frederick: Papers Presented at Lewis and Clark Law School Symposium Available Online summarizes and provides links to the law review papers that...

Symposium on Morse v. Frederick
The Lewis & Clark Law Review has posted online the various contributions to their symposium, "Speech and the Public Schools After Morse v. Frederick." In the symposium, Kenneth Starr "explores the divided factions of the Court"; Erwin Chemerinsky considers the opinion's implications and urges that Justice Alito's opinion take center stage going forward; Sonja West offers reasons for concern that the ruling could have a "chilling effect on even protected expression"; Stephen Kanter asks what a close reading of the various opinions suggests about the Court's future direction; Doug Laycock "explores the extent to which inculcating particular ideas can be...

Blog Scan
Thoughts on the oral arguments in Kennedy v. Louisiana: Sherry Colb at FindLaw posted an article today reporting the the U.S. Supreme Court's oral arguments in Kennedy v. Louisiana...

Ind. Courts - COA hears oral arguments in Hammond
Yesterday morning a panel of the Indiana Cuort of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case of Gladys E. Tobias vs. Margaret & Thomas Mannella in a courtroom in Hammond Indiana. (The case was listed in Monday's ILB "Oral arguments...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Thursday, Jan. 17th: 9:00 AM - Alan Jones v. State - After serving the executed portion of a sentence for child molesting, Jones...

Oral HRT
More Than Doubles the Risk of Blood Clots

Blood Clots
Associated with Oral Contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin

Generic Versions
Barr Pharmaceuticals to pay $5.9 million settlement for blocking the sale of oral contraceptives.

Oral Sodium Phosphate
or OSP has allegedly been recalled for acute kidney injury and kidney failure.