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...Cheney’s assertion that we need secrecy, force and torture to ensure our national security, we would achieve greater security by reasserting our openness and fairness. Instead of hiding our judicial process from public, our judiciary should open up its process. By demonstrating the quality of American legal process to our citizenry and our world, we show pride and respect for our country and our ideals. Respect breeds security and friendship...
...Through the course of his research on the legal profession, Wilkins has managed an extensive research project that Tushnet says demands a certain level of administrative competency that should not be discounted...
...relationship with the Law School and the future of that institution will in part be decided in the next weeks. Who she chooses and what qualities that choice embodies will say much about her priorities and vision for an institution that has been both at the forefront of American legal scholarship and at the center national politics...
Here's the running tally so far in the seemingly endless battle between Democratic challenger Al Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman over Minnesota's still unfilled U.S. Senate seat: nearly 3 million votes cast, one recount, two court appeals, seven months, 10 judges, 142 witnesses, $13 million in legal fees and 19,181 pages of filings stacked in binders reaching over 21 feet. But in reality, for all parties concerned, the prospect of cementing or blocking a 60-vote majority for the Democrats in the Senate appears to be priceless...
...recount had given Franken a 225-vote lead, and a three-judge panel expanded that lead to 312 votes in March, deciding Coleman's first appeal in Franken's favor. No one knows when the state's supreme court will issue its decision on Coleman's second appeal, but legal experts say it should be fairly soon after Monday's arguments, which came nearly three weeks after the supporting briefs were filed. (See the top 10 actors turned politicians...