A belated D&F is here to add some brio to your Wednesday afternoon: Uh oh: “Navy officer accused of passing secrets faces espionage and prostitution charges” (Washington Post) Justice Sotomayor thinks the Supreme Court should be more diverse (Time) Many Brazilians want to impeach president Dilma Rousseff (The Atlantic) A jury will decide if Led…
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Please join the library for these two events during our annual Library Week celebration: Stop by for a slice of our “book cake” on the 6th floor of the library on Wednesday, April 13, at 1 p.m. Join us for Scholars & Students with Prof. Ann Lousin discussing the Illinois Constitution and her writing for…
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A new week, a new collection of legal news and miscellany: You’ve probably heard about the Panama Papers, a collection of papers leaked from a Panamanian law firm detailing numerous shady financial transactions among the world’s wealthy and powerful (NY Times) The 1st Circuit ruled that Puerto Rico’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional (BuzzFeed)…
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This week’s D&F is full of news that should be of interest to hedonists across the nation: The 9th Circuit says that not all habitual drunkards are bad people (WSJ) The Supreme Court will not hear Nebraska and Oklahoma’s complaint against Colorado in the wake of its legalizing recreational marijuana use (NPR) Sandra Day O’Connor…
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I hope spring break provided some respite. To get you into the swing of things, here’s some news you may have missed from the beach: You probably heard that President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, chief judge of the D.C. Circuit, to Justice Scalia’s vacancy (SCOTUSblog) President Obama visits Cuba, the U.S. eases sanctions against Cuba…
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It’s spring break, so I imagine this week’s D&F is exactly what you’ve been waiting for: President Obama is reportedly considering three judges for the Supreme Court nomination (Reuters) An immigration judge thinks three-year-olds are perfectly capable of representing themselves in court (Washington Post) Erin Andrews was awarded $55 million in her nude video case…
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As the first signs of spring begin to tease their way into our lives, so too does this collection of last week’s legal news and miscellany : Clarence Thomas started asking questions during oral argument last Monday, which was the first time he’d done so in a decade (NY Times) The saga of Apple and…
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Happy Leap Day! Catch up on some of last week’s legal news and miscellany: He’s crossed the threshold: Justice Thomas hasn’t asked a question during arguments for a decade (MSNBC) Since she clerked for Thurgood Marshall while the Supreme Court sat with only 8 justices, Justice Kagan is the only current justice to know what that’s…
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Phyllis Finney, the library’s circulation coordinator, each year heads up Black History Month for the Louis L. Biro Library at The John Marshall Law School to commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent. This year Phyllis has created a display of African American children’s books written by African…
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This week’s Detours and Frolics really is a grab bag. Enjoy: Justice Scalia’s death has given advocates of Supreme Court term limits more fodder (Washington Post/Volokh Conspiracy) Apple is not happy with an order requiring them to unlock a phone at the request of the FBI (Al Jazeera) An 18-year-old in Florida had been treating…
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