Barbara Jessop, front, along with her attorney are shown before Judge Barbara Walther, May 19, 2008, in San Angelo, Texas. (AP Photo/Brigitte Woosley) As we follow the tug-o-war between the Yearning for Zion Ranch and Child Protective Services, we neve...
20 Aug 2008, 7:21 AM PST
Lawyer, E. Barrett Prettyman left, with Jack Landau, director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, after Prettyman argued that judges were subjecting the press to unconstitutional gag orders, April 19, 1976. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges) Ja...
20 Aug 2008, 7:17 AM PST
A WORLD WITHOUT the American soldier.
20 Aug 2008, 7:08 AM PST
Boy, is John Zogby shameless. He'll massage his numbers anyway he can to get attention. And he does so in his latest Presidential poll : In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presid...
20 Aug 2008, 6:58 AM PST
Polls Zogby: And McCain not only enjoys a five-point edge in a two-way race against Obama, but also in a four-way contest including liberal independent candidate Ralph Nader and Libertarian Bob Barr, the poll reveals. In the four-way contest, McCain wi...
20 Aug 2008, 6:16 AM PST
The latest Ask Dr. Helen column is up!
20 Aug 2008, 6:32 AM PST
Sarkozy Travels to Afghanistan To Support His French Troops After Attack.
20 Aug 2008, 6:16 AM PST
Tom Maguire on what the AP left out of its report on the Obama / Bill Ayers / Annenberg stonewall story. Plus, the intricacies of "Sullyboating."
20 Aug 2008, 5:52 AM PST
McCain Makes a Move, Takes 5-Point Lead Over Obama. "Obama loses ground among Dems, women, Catholics & even younger voters." The good news for Obama: It's a Zogby poll . . . .
20 Aug 2008, 5:23 AM PST
Massachusetts. The issue is whether to erase the state's income tax in two phases. The 5.3% tax would be sliced in half next year and then disappear entirely the following year. Advocates of repeal are hoping fo...
20 Aug 2008, 5:11 AM PST
The LA Times reports that the feds are investigating LA City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and his wife. The lengthy article doesn't mention that Rocky Delgadillo was the city attorney who insisted on hammering Paris Hilton, notwithstanding parallel co...
20 Aug 2008, 6:24 AM PST
of Edwards?
19 Aug 2008, 9:18 PM PST
and the lack thereof.
19 Aug 2008, 9:00 PM PST
Stop the presses? My Manhattan Institute colleague Nicole Gelinas has relatively kind words for the financial enforcement efforts of New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo, at least as compared with his predecessor, the ever-overreaching Eliot Spitzer....
19 Aug 2008, 10:06 PM PST
Lawyers representing many of the 265 detainees at Guantanamo Bay say they are heading for a unexpected logjam that could delay federal court hearings: a shortage of interpreters.
19 Aug 2008, 9:00 PM PST
Professor Eric Muller (U. North Carolina School of Law) has posted a new paper, Hirabyashi: The Biggest Lie of the Greatest Generation on SSRN. From the abstract: This Article presents newly discovered archival evidence demonstrating that government la...
19 Aug 2008, 8:10 PM PST
"A New Zealand court has allowed a parade of topless porn stars on motor bikes to proceed on the main street of the country's biggest city, local media said Tuesday."
19 Aug 2008, 8:06 PM PST
Via Greta : Karl Rove was on Hannity and Colmes tonight: He was just asked who he thought Senator Obama should pick…he said the criteria should not be a political one (eg should not be whether VP can deliver a state) but rather who is ready to be...
19 Aug 2008, 7:50 PM PST
McCain Takes Electoral Lead. That's if you count leaners. Should you? I don't know, but this may explain why the Obama folks have seemed so worried this week. UPDATE: There's also this from CNN: "In what could be an ominous sign for ...
19 Aug 2008, 6:57 PM PST
Climb up out of the parking garage and catch the first glimpse: At the end of a sunlit hallway: The interior of the cathedral has a design reflecting 2 theological truths: 1. "the LIGHT of God revealed in salvation history, especially in and through Je...
19 Aug 2008, 6:43 PM PST
Drug legalization as a defensive measure against narco-terror.
19 Aug 2008, 6:40 PM PST
I think politico-types are reading too much into the veep-stakes' tea leaves. On the most basic level, consider the obvious: Kaine is the only one of the final choices without a convention speaking slot Obama and Kaine are speaking together tomorrow in...
19 Aug 2008, 5:49 PM PST
Cheeseburger in a Can, and Other Bachelor Treats.
19 Aug 2008, 5:31 PM PST
My contribution to the " Free the Airwaves " campaign, a push to free spectrum "whitespaces."
19 Aug 2008, 5:12 PM PST
Analysis
In the annals of the ongoing constitutional battle in America’s courts over the “war-on-terrorism,” Shafiq Rasul, Yaser Esam Hamdi, Salim Ahmed Hamdan and Lakhdar Boumediene already have made history — especially in the...
19 Aug 2008, 4:25 PM PST
The Daily Telegraph reported last week that the Knights Templar, or at least a group that claims to be the heirs of the Knights Templar, had sued Pope Benedict XVI. The lawsuit, filed by the Association of the Sovereign Order...
19 Aug 2008, 4:02 PM PST
Last month, doctors who perform abortions in South Dakota had to start reading a state-mandated script to their patients. Supporters of the state law that gives these marching orders, which went into effect in July after a court ruling, say it's about ...
19 Aug 2008, 4:20 PM PST
Update [2008-8-19 20:6:26 by Big Tent Democrat]: NBC says it does not matter, because Biden does not know if he is "the guy." And NBC reports Biden wlaks it back completely. Now we know. Biden IS the pick. From First Read : As Delaware Sen. Joe Biden l...
19 Aug 2008, 4:03 PM PST
As Fred Baron, a big Democratic fundraiser and one of the kings of asbestos litigation, found himself increasingly in the spotlight for his moving of John Edwards’ mistress across the country, his explanations became more confusing and his memory...
19 Aug 2008, 4:00 PM PST
[ Ed. note : This is the farewell post of FROLIC & DETOUR , who was recently eliminated from ATL Idol , the "reality blogging" competition that picked ATL's new editor . It is marked with F&D's avatar (at right).] I've speculated about whether Sophist ...
19 Aug 2008, 3:33 PM PST
Is the Obama Tide Turning? "McCain came roaring out of the gate from the first question and was a commanding figure throughout the night as he spoke directly and often movingly about his past and the country’s future. By contrast, Obama...
19 Aug 2008, 3:15 PM PST
Last week, we posted on a situation involving a group of MIT students who were enjoined from giving a talk at a hackers conference, called Defcon . In the talk, the students planned to expose security flaws in the automated fare system used by the subw...
19 Aug 2008, 2:51 PM PST
Where was he when Alderman Dorothy Tillman — who reportedly brandished a .38-caliber pistol during a ward redistricting session — faced a tough reelection fight in 2007? Endorsing her. (Finally, Obama is willing to stand up for a gun owner.) F...
19 Aug 2008, 2:31 PM PST
the latest stud finders. I have one of those but it's useless -- for some reason it goes off whenever I get near it . . . .
19 Aug 2008, 2:04 PM PST
Last week we covered some goings-on -- or non-goings-on, to those of you who found them boring -- at Shearman & Sterling . Here's a quick update. We reported that, according to the firm, there have been no staff layoffs. One source writes: I'd like to ...
19 Aug 2008, 1:58 PM PST
The Federalist Society has posted a lively but civil debate about gay marriage on its website. The exchange is available here . The participants are: Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern), Bob Nagel (Colorado), Amy Wax (Penn), and me. I'm a big fan of the wo...
19 Aug 2008, 1:08 PM PST
Dunlap seems to think so: [continued on site]
19 Aug 2008, 12:31 PM PST
According to Richard Cohen (no conservative he), it’s Biden’s mouth: The only thing standing between Joe Biden and the presidency is his mouth. That, though, is no small matter. It is a Himalayan barrier, a Sahara of a handicap, a summer...
19 Aug 2008, 11:39 AM PST
Update [2008-8-19 17:23:39 by Big Tent Democrat]: LATimes poll has Obama 15 point lead evaporating , now up 2, 45-43. Have no idea what "underperforming" is supposed to mean, but the LATimes blog says that is what its new poll shows Obama doing: Which ...
19 Aug 2008, 1:21 PM PST
for families with dogs.
19 Aug 2008, 1:01 PM PST
Thanks to Dan and company for agreeing to let me blog here again. During my stint, I promise to talk about the law (and in particular, the threat to privacy posed by Internet Service Providers) but let me warm up with some lighter, more navel-gazing fa...
19 Aug 2008, 12:35 PM PST
The Boston Globe has a good article on how home foreclosures in Massachusetts are allowing lower-income families to purchase houses in areas that were previously too expensive for them: As devastating as it has been for families who have lost their hom...
19 Aug 2008, 12:08 PM PST
A recent bar passer sent this query into Freakonomics : I recently passed the bar and am currently applying for jobs. My main concern is bringing out the most charitable result. Should I work in the nonprofit section where my services are passed direct...
19 Aug 2008, 12:42 PM PST
The following broadcast is one of the most compelling and succinct briefs against ethanol subsidies I've seen: The only problem is that the group that sponsors it has helped create the problem they're now decrying. It's as if someone had surrounded a h...
19 Aug 2008, 12:30 PM PST
target Denver.
19 Aug 2008, 12:18 PM PST
that actually work.
19 Aug 2008, 12:10 PM PST
is up!
19 Aug 2008, 11:49 AM PST
The National Law Journal has this interesting report .
19 Aug 2008, 11:08 AM PST
on The Steady Decline of Security via Obscurity.
19 Aug 2008, 11:43 AM PST
My name is ELIE YING MYSTAL , f/k/a SOPHIST , and it looks like I will be taking over day-to-day editorial responsibilities here at Above the Law. I would like to thank everybody who read anything that I've written over the past three weeks. I've alway...
19 Aug 2008, 11:34 AM PST
A Look At
Fried Frank Trimming ‘Less Than 10 Percent’ of Firm’s Staff
Morning Docket: 08.20.08
Sullyboating, Swiftboating, sandals, sticks, stickage, and strawberries.
The Differences Between "Liberals" and "Conservatives"
Morning Early Birds Open Thread
Advice for First Year Law Students: Practice Writing!
Gender and Law Reviews:
Around the web, August 19
UPDATE: State sees problem in ballot exclusion
Joe Biden
A Theory of Taxing Sovereign Wealth
Legal Logjam May Be Ahead
Free the Airwaves: Whitespace campaign
Knights Templar v. Pope Benedict XVI, et al.
Doctors wrestle with South Dakota abortion law.