1 day ago by Harvey Morrell

But the death is…amicable. Altlaw.com announces that they will be shutting down in early 2010.

University of Baltimore ... - ublawlibrary.wordpress.com · Rank: 154,208 · 4 references

3 days ago by Harvey Morrell

From Google’s Official Blog: Starting today, we’re enabling people everywhere to find and read full text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts using Google Scholar. You can find these opinions by searching for cases (like Planned Parenthood v. Casey), or b ...

University of Baltimore ... - ublawlibrary.wordpress.com · Rank: 154,208 · 4 references

4 days ago by admin

In a vile new low, former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani has said he expects bringing the accused 9/11 mastermind to justice will directly cause new terror attacks on New York. Mr. Giuliani is now seeking to use the memory of 9/11 and the very real and lasting trauma felt by so many people, to sow ...

CafeSentido.com - casavaria.com/cafesentido · Rank: 16,207 · 77 references

9 days ago by Andrew

In the wake of the execution of John A. Muhammad for a 2002 cross-country murder spree, the Washington Post reports on murder victims' relatives who have witnessed the execution of the person who killed their family members: The same note...

German Joys - andrewhammel.typepad.com/german_joys · Rank: 18,926 · 103 references

12 days ago by J.E. Robertson

Last night, every Republican but one voted against the House of Representatives’ monumental healthcare reform package. Anh Joseph Cao has said he came to understand the need to vote to pass the sweeping healthcare reform program, after listening to the concerns of constituents desperate to find a wa ...

CafeSentido.com - casavaria.com/cafesentido · Rank: 16,207 · 77 references

13 days ago by admin

At 10:59 pm Saturday evening, a 15-minute vote was called. Members of the House were then to vote yea or nay by electronic device. By 11:01 pm, the vote was 197 to 184 and moving quickly. The vote tally will not be final until the Speaker drops the gavel to close the vote. By 11:03 pm, 36 Democrats ...

CafeSentido.com - casavaria.com/cafesentido · Rank: 16,207 · 77 references

18 days ago by J.E. Robertson

Conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives have fought hard to make the public option, and therefore healthcare reform broadly, both less effective and more expensive. How and why they did so is puzzling: while claiming they wanted to contain costs, they went about attacking the most sal ...

CafeSentido.com - casavaria.com/cafesentido · Rank: 16,207 · 77 references

23 days ago by staff

Intellectual property rights are complicating and expanding at an unprecedented rate. Now, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, lawyers are writing contracts that require artists to sign over all potential distribution and marketing rights for their work, “across the universe” and “in perpetuity” ...

CafeSentido.com - casavaria.com/cafesentido · Rank: 16,207 · 77 references

24 days ago by J.E. Robertson

The push to ensure full civil rights equality for gays marked a major milestone last week with the passage of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Though Republicans opposed the measure so aggressively they voted in large numbers against funding the national defense in order to deny the e ...

CafeSentido.com - casavaria.com/cafesentido · Rank: 16,207 · 77 references

24 days ago by J.E. Robertson

Healthcare Reform Two Senate Democrats have pledged not to aid Republicans in blocking a full Senate vote in healthcare reform legislation. That moves the Democratic majority closer to the 60 votes needed to avoid a filibuster and bring the bill to a floor vote that will require only 50 votes plus o ...

CafeSentido.com - casavaria.com/cafesentido · Rank: 16,207 · 77 references