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Commentary President Bush and Partisan Judicial Selection
President Bush and Partisan Judicial Selection
Jeremiah Lee
October 6, 2008 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond School of Law says that while purporting to have improved the judicial selection process, President Bush has in fact perpetuated and even exacerbated the counterproductive dynamics of allegations and countercharges,...

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Commentary Congress can restore proper balance among branches of government
Congress can restore proper balance among branches of government
October 3, 2008 10:16:00 pm

Jessica Knight : "The Senate Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing on restoring the rule of law to its rightful, central place in our system of government. It focused on the U.S. Constitution as...

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Commentary Ohio courts favor voter access in a series of decisions concerning absentee ballots
Ohio courts favor voter access in a series of decisions concerning absentee ballots
October 3, 2008 07:18:00 pm

Carrie L. Davis : "It's been an eventful week for Ohio voters. Absentee voting began on Tuesday, September 30th. The deadline for registration is Monday, October 6th. And during this one week, courts across the state...

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Commentary Support for pulpit politicking is reckless and misguided
Support for pulpit politicking is reckless and misguided
October 2, 2008 08:55:00 am

Rob Boston : "Several of the pastors who took part in the so-called "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" have been arguing that they have a free speech and freedom of religion right...

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Commentary Burma prisoner release masks absence of legitimate legal and political reform
Burma prisoner release masks absence of legitimate legal and political reform
October 1, 2008 12:06:00 pm

Awzar Thi : "Whether the release of some nine thousand prisoners from Burma's jails last week was an act of self-described goodwill or a strategic manoeuvre by a government preparing the latest phase in...

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Commentary Title IX and the Constitution: Can a Federal Statute Take Away Constitutional Rights?
Title IX and the Constitution: Can a Federal Statute Take Away Constitutional Rights?
Jeremiah Lee
October 1, 2008 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Deborah Brake of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that important choices about our constitutional structure and the relationship between statutory and constitutional rights are at stake in Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, one of...

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Commentary Act of Commission: Iraq's New Provincial Elections Law and the Problem of Kirkuk
Act of Commission: Iraq's New Provincial Elections Law and the Problem of Kirkuk
Jeremiah Lee
September 30, 2008 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the new Iraqi provincial elections law's creation of a commission to determine the appropriate power-sharing arrangement for the northern Kirkuk region may actually hinder...

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Commentary Pakistan’s judicial crisis deepens after reappointment of deposed judges
Pakistan’s judicial crisis deepens after reappointment of deposed judges
September 27, 2008 01:22:00 pm

Baseer Naweed : "The lawyer's movement for the restoration of judges and the independence of the judiciary has continued in spite the Pakistani government's illegal and unconstitutional handling of the issue of...

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Commentary The End of History:  The Vice President and the Presidential Records Act
The End of History: The Vice President and the Presidential Records Act
Jeremiah Lee
September 25, 2008 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnists Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman of New England School of Law say that if Vice President Dick Cheney is permitted to avoid the requirements of the Presidential Records Act, the door is left open for a future...

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Commentary Secret CIA prison scandal will affect Polish relations with Europe and America
Secret CIA prison scandal will affect Polish relations with Europe and America
September 23, 2008 09:50:00 pm

Agnieszka Bienczyk-Missala : "In August 2008 the Public Prosecutor's Office in Poland started an investigation on the existence of secret CIA detention facilities in Poland. It happened three years after the revealing information...

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Guiteau tried for assassinating US President Garfield

On November 14, 1881, Charles Guiteau went on trial for the assassination of US President James A. Garfield. The trial of Guiteau pointed to problems with nineteenth-century law's treatment of insanity; Guiteau's trial is also problematic in retrospect as Garfield's death was immediately attributable not to Guiteau, but to Garfield's doctors who—before sterilization was well understood—repeated probed his wound with unwashed hands while searching for an embedded bullet.

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