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This week the Supreme Court considered, in Dorsey v. United States and Hill v. United States, whether the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 applies retroactively to those prisoners sentenced before the act took effect. A number of media outlets reported on the oral arguments, including Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSBlog; Adam Liptak at the New York Times; Mike [...]
The Law School Admission Council recently released a report explaining that 167 law schools have seen a decline in applicants in 2012. That comes as no surprise given the legal job market and the New York Times' reporting last year on some of the worst aspects of they system. Law Professor Brian Tamanaha over at Balkninzation [...]
Last night, the only female Supreme Court Justices gathered at the Newseum in Washington DC to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of Justice O'Connor's appointment to the Court. Both Mike Sacks at Huffington Post and Tony Mauro at the National Law Journal have coverage. UPDATE: Adam Liptak at the New York Times also has coverage. While the [...]
A new Rasmussen poll finds that 54% of the country believes the Supreme Court will strike down the Affordable Care Act. And the Court's approval rate has bumped up 13 points since the Court held oral arguments in the ACA case. Interesting. You just never know how the public will view the Court and interpret [...]
I am a relatively recent convert to the theory of libertarianism. In fact, I didn't even know I was a libertarian until I started reading economics books, and I realized that the heavy hand of government is not always the best, and rarely the most efficient, way to help people. My first introduction to real [...]
Reply Brief for Petitioner in Dorsey v. U.S., No. 11-5683, filed on April 5, 2012.