Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Paper 4 once again

On 11/30 the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case involving a New Hampshire law restricting abortion. this case would provide numerous angles of analysis: a new justice line-up (O'Connor will likely not participate if her vote matters); the consideration of precedent (does precedent have to be overturned, to be made ineffective?)

see articles for isntance in the LA Times, the NY Times, and the Washington Post. Above the Post's post, when I looked at 3:35 11/30, is an article about Alito pushing to overturn Roe in 1985. Of course, that was in a political job, seven years before Casey.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here is a helpful little website for all of those people who hate registering their names and email addresses for online websites just to read the newspaper articles.

www.bugmenot.com

All you do is cut and copy the browser address of the news article which requires registration, and generally this database has a sign-on name and password already created.

I find it quite helpful.

-Curtis

11:13 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Modern-Day F. Lee Bailey

Today's New York Times buried this fascinating description of former Attorney General Ramsey Clark - why he is who he is, and why he has chosen to represent Saddam Hussein por gratis.

I thought the article raised some interesting questions about the power of courts and the purpose of law.

5:05 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

During one class period awhile ago, Justin asked about the fate of Jose Padilla; a Washington Post reported briefing on Padilla by Attorney General Gonzales can be found at:
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i am unable/don't know how to post the link to the website...

but you can go to Washington Post.com and search for "Attorney General Gonzales Holds Briefing on the Indictment of Jose Padilla" on November 22, 2005.

enjoy

11:05 AM  

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