by ehansen | May 24, 2013 | Amicus, Uncategorized
Like me, I imagine that many young, idealistic, progressive law students begin their legal educations under the impression that federal courts act—to use Professor Michael Klarman’s witty, if not slightly sardonic turn of phrase—as counter-majoritarian heroes. As...
by ehansen | Oct 11, 2012 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Criminal Justice
Many on the political and legal left—including, perhaps most prominently, Glenn Greenwald—have routinely expressed their staunch disapproval of the Obama Administration’s handling of civil liberties in the realm of national security. Their bill of particulars is...
by ehansen | Nov 19, 2010 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Education & Youth, Freedom of Expression
Yesterday, the Sixth Circuit handed down a decision upholding a Tennessee school’s ban on sporting Confederate flag-emblazoned clothing. The plaintiff, a student named William Defoe, claimed that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was sent home...
by ehansen | Nov 12, 2010 | Amicus, Human Rights
A special prosecutor cleared the CIA’s former top clandestine officer and others [on November 9th] of any charges for destroying agency videotapes showing waterboarding of terror suspects […] The decision not to prosecute anyone in the destruction of the...
by ehansen | Nov 2, 2010 | Amicus, Criminal Justice
Time for the inaugural round of the exciting new game Name the Source of that Quotation! After each of the following quotations, you should try your best to guess its source. The game will get easier as you progress through the quotations, so be sure to scroll down...
