...mon law is gone.a the federal courts never applied the common law and even in the state courts its codified now. you might want to hear justice scalias entire presentation httpwww .fedsoc.o rgpublica tionspubi d.1193pub detail.as p furthermore it is very clear that the those who wrote the 14th amendment believed that only those so qualified as all previous presidents were eligible to ...
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previously on metafilter a lively discussion followed news that attorney general mukasey collapsed during his speech last week to the federalist society in which he was defending the bush administration against the casual assumption among many in media political and legal circles that the administrations counterterrorism policies have come at the expense of the rule of law. ......
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the proceedings of last weeks national lawyers conference are in the process of being posted on the federalist society webpage here .a thus far weve got audio only from justice scalia judge edith jones mark steyn attorney general mukasey secretary chertoff and senator mcconnell.a more to come unless im mistaken. happy thanksgiving to all sa readers and c......
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richard sanders you may recall the news brief from last week about attorney general michael b. mukasey who while delivering a speech in washington collapsed lost consciousness and was rushed to a hospital. reports indicate he has fully recovered since. which would not occasion a post here except for an incident that preceded the collapse and where the speech was delivered. ......
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lost in coverage of attorney general mukaseys collapse while giving a speech at the federalist society was the content of his speech. athe prepared remarks can be read here . athe speech deserved more coverage heres a taste. when the terrorists attacked the world trade center in 1993 when al qaeda attacked the u.s.s. cole in yemen and our embassies in kenya and tanzania the u......
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last nights drama at the federalist society dinnerspeech . attorney general michael mukasey accompanied by his wife susan leaves george washington university hospital in washington friday nov. 21 2008. keynote address by u.s. attorney general michael b. mukasey prepared remarks michael mukasey november 20 2008 federalist society thank you for that int......
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the attorney general of the united states collapsed while delivering a speech last night to the federalist society . on first blush things didnt look good for the 67 yearold. in fact i was immediately reminded of m.n. vijayan and his last on camera moment . luckily the outcome for mukasey was much more fortunate . today the ag wrote this little note to the folks who didnr......
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he may be back in the office by the time you read this. heres the text of his speech to the fed soc convention.a and heres his column on what congress should do re enemy combatants in todays wsj.......
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i do not want to make light of the collapse of michael mukasey at the marriott wardman park hotel last night. he was giving a speech in front of the federalist societys national lawyers convention . it was a black tie event mukasey seemed fine as they wheeled him out and theres no further word this morning. it all seems very minor. but this event is chock full of irony. it......
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so while the rest of you are still watching your saturday morning cartoons this weekend ill be working hard to defend the first amendment at the federal societys 2008 national lawyers convention . i am speaking on a panel there on saturday morning entitled the fcc and the first amendment and will be going up against federal communications commission cha......
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the october 2008 issue of the federalist societys class action watch is now available for free downloadaat the organizati ons websiteasee link toathe march 2008aissue here .a this installmen tainclude s articles on punitive damage limits medical monitoring the selection of lead counsel in securities class actions productbased public nuisance cases the impact of c......
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the latest issue of the federalist societys class action watch has many articles of interest to overlawyered readers william e. thomson kahn a. scolnick on the exxon shipping case jimmy cline on arkansass disregard for class action certification standards jim copland on the col ossus822 1 class action laurel harbour on the new jersey supreme court decision on medic......
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here is a press release from the polling company inc. on an exit poll of actual voters commissioned by the federalist society. by a margin of more than 2to1 actual voters preferred the president nominate judges and justices who believe that their roles as judges is solely to evaluate whether a law or lower court ruling is in line with the constitution rather than those who......
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scotuscast on herring v. united states at the federalist society website luke milligan an assistant professor of law at the university of louisville provides commentary on the october 7 2008 oral arguments for herring v. united states. herring is an exclusionary rule case that asks the supreme court to decide whether the fourth amendment requires the exclusion of evidence seized in......
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the electoral college is awesome. no seriously. i like it even if its a bit quaint. how do you feel about it i started thinking about it today as i entered starbucks to claim my free coffee which is not an incentive to vote i overheard rather selfassured student at an obscenely wealthy local private school he had his logoed sweater on and everything discuss ......
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pando sent me a message yesterday asking me to read the rolling stone article on the bush administration and then tell him how i could not vote for obama. admittedly i didnt read it. i havent had much spare time. i really dont have time to write this but since he was claiming to be an undecided voter and asking what i might say to sway him this is my response first of ......
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george brett is being used by the group justice not politics to vote no on question 1 on the johnson county ballot initiative in tuesdays election. brett can be heard in radio ads comparing judges in the court to umpires on the baseball field. brett opposed the election of judges. but how concerned is george brett about government and political issues when he has on......
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on october 28 the federalist society posting this online debate over the national popular vote plan between tara ross who argues for the existing system and maryland state senator jaime raskin who supports the national popular vote plan. thanks to rick hasens electionlawblog for the link. ross and most other supporters of the electoral college as it functions toda......
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fox 4 reported yesterday that missey and greg smith left publicly endorsed the election of judges in johnson county which is question one on the november ballot. the smiths daughter kelsey was murdered in 2007. from the way the trial of their daughters murderer was handled in court the smiths felt judges had little accountability to the people which ......
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the wall street journal law blog today reports further on the comments made by judge jacobs and dean chemerinsky excerpting the judges speech to put his comments in context. the federalist society has also posted the speech . ......
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sorry for the lack of canadian content this week but here are some links of note. jeremy mittman german court rules that ip addresses are not personal information . a big issue that hasnt been fully litigated in open court in canada. a proskauer rose privacy law blog layw er2lawyer the new federal rule of evidence 502 . following j. craig williams and bob ambrogi821......
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our friends over at the federalist society have released their 2008 study of the texas supreme court . as the intro notes the supreme court of texas has come through a period of rapid transition and what some have called the courts conservative counterrev olution certainly has not ended with the departure of its leader chief justice thomas r. phillips who retired from the court in ......
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dr. janis mcmillen was first appointed to the 10th judicial district nominating committee on march 25 2004 by former johnson county commissioner dolores furtado. commissioner ed eilert reappointed her on february 28 2008. why was the original crony appointment of dr. mcmillan by dr. furtado never questioned by the press dr. mcmillen has been a no advocate in the question 1 ......
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so in part i we explored the rightwing religious bias of the lawyers and law firm representing sarah palins interest in quashing this troopergate investigation. in part ii on the day of the arguments before the court we explore who the legal scholars are behind the amicus brief. an amicus brief friend of the court is filed with the su......
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