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I wasn't going to post again today, but I was just reading Erica's post, and I went to Daily Kos…

March 12, 2009

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As the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility prepares to release its long awaited report on former Office of Legal…

March 11, 2009

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Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) yesterday withdrew his controversial amendment that would have discriminated against Palestinian refugees from Gaza. The amendment…

March 10, 2009

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Yesterday, the New Mexico Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-5 in support of HB 285, the bill that repeals New Mexico’s…

March 10, 2009

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The Saturday New York Times story on Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Justice Sharon Keller contains this gem:  "We…

March 9, 2009

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Should Palestinians from Gaza be treated differently under US refugee law? According to Senator Jon Kyl (R – AZ), the…

March 9, 2009

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I just got back from an amazing week in Chicago, and I was trying to decide whether I should use…

March 9, 2009

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Reporters Without Borders (RWB) and Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) yesterday called on U.S. Internet companies Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! to…

March 7, 2009

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Lancet, a British public health journal, released yesterday a series of reports entitled Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territories which…

March 6, 2009

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Senator Pat Leahy (Democrat, Vermont) told today’s Judiciary Committee hearing on “Getting to the Truth through a Nonpartisan Commission of…

March 5, 2009

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Gisha, Legal Center for the Freedom of Movement, an Israeli non-profit organization, produced this powerful animated short, 'Closed Zone'.   They tapped…

March 5, 2009

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Until I attended law school, my strongest exposure to court rooms came from an old "L.A. Law" addiction.  (If you…

March 5, 2009