Call me a bleeding heart liberal if you want (or a bleeding-heart ex-liberal, or whatever suits your fancy). But I am outraged whenever I hear of a miscarriage of justice, especially in a murder case. And although the issue of … Continue reading →
Was it legal to kill al-Awlaki without due process, courtesy of drone? Some will say “who cares? Good riddance.” But they are ignoring the importance of the issue and the possible danger of the precedent, while those who question the … Continue reading →
…killed. And by the same unit that got Bin Laden. This time it was the American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. He apparently was the power behind the Christmas bomber (otherwise known as the underwear bomber), and “inspired” the 2010 Times Square … Continue reading →
Towards the end of the Troy Davis thread there was an interesting discussion in the comments section that I thought would be worth giving a post of its own. The topic? Justice and the law. The two, unforunately, are not … Continue reading →
Troy Davis has been executed by the state of Georgia after 22 years on death row. Before his death he had become a cause célé¨bre, and—unlike some such cases—it was with good reason. I had never heard of him before … Continue reading →
Fannie and Freddie cry innocent over their investment in bad mortgage securities; it’s the big bad bankers’ fault! And now it’s time for the government to sue: The federal agency that oversees the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac … Continue reading →
Yesterday I commented on a letter that president Obama wrote back in his days as Harvard Law Review president at Harvard. My post was mostly about Obama’s grammar, but the subject matter of his letter was affirmative action. Here’s what … Continue reading →
An extremely interesting piece on the changing reputation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Continue reading →The rape case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been dropped by the DA’s office. Whether the sex (in the Clintonian sense) that undoubtedly occurred between DSK and Nafissatou Diallo was consensual (he says) or rape (she says) rests almost entirely on … Continue reading →
Joel Bakan, Canadian* law professor, wants to protect children from the predatory rampages of corporate greed: By the early 20th century…[m]ost modern states embraced the general idea that government had a duty to protect the health, education and welfare of … Continue reading →
I was going to write a post about the second anniversary of Lockerbie bomber al Megrahi’s release, commenting on my lack of surprise at his continued existence despite the initial prediction that he had only three months to live. Meanwhile, … Continue reading →
I missed this when it first came out, but it’s an excellent read with much food for thought. The subject: how DNA testing has affected paternity and child support.
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