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Would those 4-4 ties cripple the judicial system? They might have the opposite effect. Different jurisdictions could experiment with their own approaches to complicated legal issues. They would be “laboratories of justice,” to borrow University of Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse’s phrase—a phrase derived from Justice Louis Brandeis’ remark that decentralizing government could make the states into “laboratories of democracy.” And as these “laboratories” yield experimental results, their findings might help the Supreme Court...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel | Title: And Then There Were Eight | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...Wisconsin college where I teach, the collective density of our students creates an intellectual black hole where anything resembling brains is sucked away through a rip in space-time. By summer, I feel dumber” (an English instructor from Wisconsin...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Professors Strike Back | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...instance, one self-identified English professor from Wisconsin wrote, “To G: My pity. I truly doubt that you could read this. In fact, I truly doubt that you have opposable thumbs. Density: Off-scale; skull has its own gravitational field...

Author: By Kristin E. Blagg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Professors Even the Score with Online Student-Rating Blog | 2/2/2006 | See Source »

...second-set lead over Lefkowith slip away, managed to come away with a 6-1, 6-4 win. While pleased with the outcome of Saturday’s match, the Crimson is looking forward to facing more challenging opponents this weekend when the team travels to Madison, Wisconsin for the annual ITA National Team Indoors Championships. “There are good teams left and right,” Graham said. “[The tournament] will be a really good indicator of where we are in relation to the rest...

Author: By Barbara R. Barreno, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Tennis Warms Up Versus BU | 1/31/2006 | See Source »

...Ensure more transparency. Under this plan, lobbyists would have to disclose every dollar they spend on lawmakers. The limit on the value of a gift that aides and lawmakers would be allowed to accept would be lowered from $50 to perhaps $20. Chance of passage: 90%. Many, like Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, think gifts should be banned outright. "All the T shirts, golf caps and cheap luggage I've been given aren't even worth having," said a lawmaker. "None of these are gifts worth having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6 Ways to Fix K street | 1/17/2006 | See Source »

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