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6 Jul, 2012

Booklist Reviews Law Man

2019-03-18T18:47:44-05:00July 6th, 2012|Tags: , , , |

Booklist Online is a collection of over 130,000 book reviews for librarians, book groups, and book lovers—from the experts at the American Library Association. I was excited to learn that a few weeks ago, David Pitt wrote a Booklist Online review of Law Man: My Story of Robbing Banks, Winning Supreme Court Cases, and Finding Redemption. At 23, [...]

3 Jul, 2012

Chief Justice Roberts Honors Court Clerk William K. Suter

2019-03-18T18:47:44-05:00July 3rd, 2012|Tags: , , |

As SCOTUSblog noted yesterday, Chief Justice Roberts, after reading his most famous opinion, issued a public recognition to Supreme Court Clerk William K. Suter for his 50 years in government service. Fifty years at anything is impressive, but Clerk Suter's dedication to the law is unsurpassed. Clerk Suter has played a profound role at the Court, including syncing [...]

26 Jun, 2012

A Halfway House Nightmare

2012-06-26T05:51:26-05:00June 26th, 2012|

When I saw that halfway houses were trending on Twitter last week, I almost started laughing. I didn't know what the story was about, but I could take an educated guess. In case you missed it, the New York Times ran a series of pieces on the deplorable conditions at private New Jersey halfway houses. Then, [...]

21 Jun, 2012

Supreme Court hands major First Amendment victory to workers

2019-03-18T18:47:44-05:00June 21st, 2012|

The Supreme Court today issued its decision in Knox v. SEIU, the union fees case in which PLF (joined by Cato, MSLF, and CCJ), filed this amicus brief. The case was about whether the union violated the law by requiring non-members to pay a special assessment to support a political campaign without first issuing the [...]