Jun 26 2008
As expected, the Supreme Court released today its decision in District of Columbia et al. v. Heller (No. 07-290). The decision affirms an individual right under the Second Amendment to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia.
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Jun 25 2008
The Supreme Court released four new opinions today, including one in a major death penalty case and a decision that vacated the punitive damages award following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. SCOTUSBlog provides links to the decisions.
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Jun 24 2008
The Office of the Inspector General has released “An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring in the Department of Justice Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program” which confirms allegations of politicized hiring.
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Jun 16 2008
As the 2007 Term of the Supreme Court winds down, commentators have been weighing in on what to make of the Term. On The Volokh Conspiracy, Jonathan Adler offers his comments on the relative lack of 5-4 decisions in the 2007 Term, and considers recent articles on the subject by Linda Greenhouse and Dahlia Lithwick.
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Jun 12 2008
The Supreme Court today released its opinion in Boumediene v. Bush, regarding the habeas corpus privileges of Guantanamo detainees. The opinion of the Court was written by Justice Kennedy and joined in by Justices Breyer, Souter, Ginsburg and Stevens. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Alito and Thomas dissented.
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Jun 12 2008
In a new development some law reviews are posting open access online companions with responses to and debates about their articles. One of the most interesting is University of Pennsylvania Law Review’s Pennumbra which posts PDF versions of responses with their own volume and page number for easy citation, as well as debates. They vary in their format but a number of law reviews now have one: Yale Law Review has Pocket Part; Harvard Law Review has Forum; University of Michigan Law Review has First Impressions; Northwestern University Law Review has The Colloquy; Virginia Law Review has In Brief; Lewis & Clark Law School has Environmental Law Online
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Jun 11 2008
From the good people at BU Web Development:
Yesterday, we launched a major update to BU Maps (www.bu.edu/maps). New features include: Continue Reading »
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Jun 05 2008
From The Volokh Conspiracy, a popular law and politics blog, see the report on The Changing Roberts Court, a panel discussion of legal scholars at the AALS mid-year Conference on Constitutional Law.
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Jun 03 2008
BU Law Prof. Linda McClain and Joanna Grossman have co-authored a two-part commentary on the recent landmark California Supreme Court case on same-sex marriage. Part I and Part II are both available on Findlaw’s Legal Commentary section, which has other opinions on this and other topical legal issues.
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Jun 03 2008
On Wednesday, June 4, at 1 p.m. (room 334), come to a session on resources for locating briefs and other court documents. Coverage will include web sites to monitor pending cases, databases for historical research on the U.S. Supreme Court, and features on Westlaw and Lexis that can make this kind of research much easier.
We will also discuss some other tools for current awareness, and identify some types of materials that may not be available, even with all of the tools at our disposal.
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