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March 2007 - Posts
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The Supreme Court should overturn the 6th Circuit's decision and follow the 1st Circuit's approach to allow parents to appeal an administrative hearing held under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to federal court without obtaining an attorney.
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Much of the public's dissatisfaction with lawyers stems from resentment over fees, which is nowhere more pervasive than in the matrimonial arena. The fundamental problem, though, is not villainous attorneys but rather a dysfunctional system, which gives the state a monopoly on divorce yet rarely does anything to make it affordable.
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Waste, intentional delay and a disregard for the value of the time of others are not uncommon across our American trial and appellate courts.
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Dred Scott case of 1857. Whatever the merits of its opinion on gun control, the majority's undoubtedly well-intentioned citation resurrects a shameful ruling.
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Though the terrain is hazardous, there is more to be gained than lost by innovative attempts to maintain civil peace in disputes over the role of religion in public life.
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The Patriot Act made it easier for the FBI to use these letters by eliminating the requirement that the agency show "specific and articulable facts" connecting the records sought to a foreign power or a suspected terrorist.
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Lawyers and law firms who choose to provide legal representation to individuals suspected of terrorist links are not a threat to the nation. They are acting in the best traditions of the legal profession in a rule of law society.
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While the concept has the attraction of using the power of the Internet to solve resource problems at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, it is puzzling to think that volunteer peers can provide a uniform and consistent review of all patent applications.
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The Bush Administration's recent purge of eight U.S. attorneys demonstrates a dangerous and unwise intrusion of politics into the U.S. Department of Justice.
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In quickly indicting three Duke University lacrosse players for allegedly raping an African-American woman, and then engaging in what appears to be gross prosecutorial misconduct, North Carolina district attorney Mike Nifong's conduct presents a textbook example of how a prosecutor should not proceed.
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Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court has adopted a technique of dismantling well-established constitutional rights and remedies and, in essence, relegating these protections to a form of "second class" status.
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Congress has now created a criminal offense, making it a federal felony to cross state lines and not register anew. Read More...
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Charles Stimson caused a furor recently by suggesting that the nation's largest corporations should not hire lawyers who volunteer to defend the accused terrorists now housed at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Read More...
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Nationwide, more than 200 immigration court judges make the all-important decisions about whether individuals can remain in the United States in about 350,000 cases annually. The substandard performance of many of them has been exposed in an embarrassing number of federal court appellate cases. Read More...
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