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Amid Closings and Cutbacks, a Modest Proposal to Save Our Courts
By Andrew Cohen
Federal court administrators announced a few weeks ago that they want to help their colleagues in courthouses around the country improve the quality and consistency of judicial websites, which have been notoriously user-unfriendly for years. This is a good step, and a needed one, and I wish court ...
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Raises Stakes in Immigration Fight With Obama
By Tom Diemer
As the nation watches Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' inspiring recovery from an assassination attempt, the border state's bitter struggle to enforce immigration laws might seem like yesterday's headlines, far removed from the life-and-death drama of the deadly shootings in Tucson last ...
Berlusconi Could Face Trial Soon on Sex Charges
By Delia Lloyd
LONDON -- Silvio Berlusconi's ongoing legal troubles just got a whole lot worse. On Wednesday, Italian prosecutors requested that the prime minister be put on trial immediately for sex-related offenses that carry a maximum prison sentence of 15 years. A judge now has five days to decide whether ...
Stalled Judicial Nominations Move Forward Following Agreement by Reid, McConnell
By Alex Wagner
In one of the first efforts at bipartisan goodwill -- or just plain cooperation -- the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday agreed to move forward 11 judicial nominations that had been languishing since the last session of Congress. Though all of the nominees were deemed "noncontroversial," the ...
Health Care Scorecard: Two Federal Judges for the Law, Two Against
By Andrew Cohen
Ten months after its historic passage, four federal trial judges have evaluated the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. The two Republican appointees who have looked at the health care reform law have deemed it unconstitutional -- an unlawful overextension of congressional power. But ...
Second Amendment Case: Law Student Sues Idaho University to Keep Guns
By Michael AmesThe University of Idaho sits on a picturesque, tree-lined campus in the rolling hills of the northwestern Palouse. Just one mile from the Washington State border, the state's oldest university has the tranquil feel of a bricks-and-ivy, New England college. But one student here is fighting for his ...
Hawaii 'Birther' Bill Would Give Obama Records to Anyone -- for $100
By Tom Diemer
For a mere $100, you too could have proof of the truth -- if Hawaii lawmakers have their way. Several state legislators are promoting a bill that would make President Obama's birth records generally available to the public to end speculation -- much of it on the Internet -- that he was born outside ...
Report on Bush-Era Politicking Underscores Need for Hatch Act Reform
By Andrew CohenThe good news about the Office of Special Counsel's lengthy and detailed report on Bush-era politicking at the White House is that creates a detailed historical record of the ways in which federal employees back then violated both the letter and the spirit of the Hatch Act, the federal statute ...
Tom DeLay, Convicted Felon, Is Right: Austin Is Texas' Most Liberal City
By Andrew Cohen
Former House Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay may be heading to prison -- convicted and now sentenced to three years for money laundering under Texas law -- but at least he's got his Lone Star State history correct. As DeLay has long argued, Travis County, Texas -- home of the City of Austin and ...
Arizona Shooting: Federal Judge Larry Burns to Preside in Trial of Jared Loughner
By Andrew Cohen
U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns, whose home court is in San Diego, has been tapped to preside over the federal murder trial of Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old defendant charged in the deadly shooting rampage in Tucson. Burns' involvement became necessary this past week after each of Arizona's ...
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