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Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Friday, January 23, 2026

Did Donald Trump go to prep school with Citizen Kane?

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I just re-watched the masterpiece  Citizen Kane  (1941) , and a line I'd never noticed before dropped my jaw. I'm teaching a seminar...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Rescission of law dean offer prompts valid angst, but political ire over higher ed impunity is long time coming

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Waterman Hall, University of Arkansas Larry Miller via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0 Legal academics is aflutter over the rescinding of an offer of t...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

'Liberal Playmaker' goes Substack; Boston awaits FIFA

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" The Liberal Playmaker ," a.k.a. Jose Benavides, is now on Substack . Benavides, a Texas attorney , past  co-author , and excelle...
Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Gutting consumer protection is not libertarian

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The Trump administration is gutting consumer protection upon a policy at odds with market freedom. Moves such as the dismantling of the Cons...
Monday, May 5, 2025

Law students Costa, Osuagwu talk first 100 days

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Costa & Osuagwu ( WGBH ) Thrilled to see two of my star 1Ls/rising 2Ls, Cameron Costa and BJ Osuagwu , just finishing Torts II, represe...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Buzz surrounds Bobi Wine: docko, presidential rerun

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Bobi Wine: Presidential material? VOA public domain photo via Wikimedia Commons Podcast Snap Judgment talked to director Moses Bwayo in Mar...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Government used soccer tattoo, 'rock'n'roll salute' as evidence against Venezuelan deportee, lawyer asserts

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According to his lawyer, a tattoo and a hand gesture are the sum of evidence against at least one Venezuelan man who was deported to the El ...
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Rule of law seems absent, western powers impassive, as civil war inflicts horrific suffering in Sudan

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I know it's hipster hot right now to be up in arms over Gaza and lukewarm over Ukraine . I'd like for a moment to set aside both tho...
Thursday, July 25, 2024

1901: Disgruntled laborer shoots, kills President

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Assassination of President McKinley by T. Dart Walker, c. 1905 Library of Congress In Buffalo , New York, this week, I felt obliged by recen...
Thursday, February 29, 2024

ABA adopts academic freedom standard, but 'Crossroads' convo shows, not everybody gets it

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Is the American Bar Association (ABA) "Doing Enough to Promote Viewpoint Diversity?," panelists were asked at the ABA Midyear Meet...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

Frum invokes Judge Learned Hand on self-doubt to build case for 'uncanceling' Woodrow Wilson

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Woodrow Wilson, 1912 Library of Congress In the March Atlantic David Frum pleaded for the "uncanceling" of Woodrow Wilson and gav...
Friday, February 23, 2024

'Gripping' Ugandan documentary makes Oscar cut

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Uganda has its first ever Oscar-nominated film, a documentary about political persecution and daring resistance to the Museveni regime. Bobi...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

To combat corruption, India Supreme Court strikes down dark money system, cites U.S. precedents

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Late last week, the Supreme Court of India struck a blow for transparency and accountability when it ruled unconstitutional a system of ano...
Thursday, October 5, 2023

'Statute of limitations is a very real thing in this country'

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"The statute of limitations is a very real thing in this country," former President and Republican presidential front-runner Dona...
Monday, February 27, 2023

Judge chides attorney for not wearing coat

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An Arkansas Supreme Court justice earlier this month called out a professor-attorney for not wearing a coat in a Zoom argument. Associate J...