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Legal Geekery Roundup for 11.11.2011

by Joshua Auriemma November 11, 2011 News
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Justice Stevens defends his Kelo opinion while simultaneously criticizing Justice O’Connor for alleged inconsistencies in her dissenting opinion. If you play video games on your computer, it’s likely that your personal information, and maybe your credit card, were compromised in the recent Steam hacking. Lifehacker has some tips on what you should do if you [...]

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Will We Ever See a Non-Ivy League Supreme Court Justice?

by Sean McGilvray June 18, 2009 Law School

You went to a middle-of-the-road undergraduate school where the focus was more on tailgating in the stadium parking lot than schmoozing over brandy and cigars or whatever the ultra-elite do when they’re not conducting secret meetings to control the world. You got straight As, even though you decided to take the hardest classes. Your law [...]

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PSU’s Appellate Clinic files SC amicus brief in Ricci v. DeStefano

by Mr. X March 26, 2009 Legal

Penn State Dickinson’s Civil Rights Appellate Clinic, lead by Prof. Foreman, just filed it’s second Supreme Court amicus brief of the semester.  The Clinic co-authored this brief in support of Respondents (Mayor DeStefano and the City of New Haven) with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.  The brief [...]

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Does Oral Argument Matter? – Stats From the Court

by Mr. X October 6, 2008 Legal

The Supreme Court began hearing oral argument for the fall term this morning.  SCOTUS Blog always has great coverage of what cases are being argued today and a preview of the cases this week.  Two interesting criminal procedure cases are being argued Tuesday: Herring v. United States (07-513), on whether courts must suppress evidence seized [...]

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Friday News – No Mistrial in Stevens Case, OJ Case to Jury, New Solicitor General Garre Confirmed

by Mr. X October 3, 2008 Legal

Ted Stevens – No Mistrial (Yet!) but Williams & Connolly are good.

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