New Merits Brief Filed by Cockle Printing
We filed a merits brief this week: Brief for Petitioner in National Meat Assn. v. Harris, No. 10-224, filed on August 22, 2011.
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Aug, 2011
The Cockle Bur Blog
Legal minds on legal matters and whatever else strikes our fancy.
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Aug, 2011
New Merits Brief Filed by Cockle Printing
New Merits Brief Filed by Cockle Printing
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Aug, 2011
New Petitions Recently Filed by Cockle Printing
New Petitions Recently Filed by Cockle Printing
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Aug, 2011
Conservatives and Conservation
I came across this recent piece by Jonathan Adler at The Volokh Conspiracy. He critiques recent promises by GOP presidential hopefuls that they will abolish the Environmental Protection Agency when elected. I like the post because Adler counters with an approach to environmental protection that is conservative in ideology, but constructive in application. Importantly, he [...]
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Aug, 2011
Let’s End the Summer Break Between the NBA and the NFL
Kobe Bryant on the NBA lockoutSo it looks like the NBA season is going to be cancelled. This would be worrisome to me if I didn’t already have the NFL season to focus on. Thankfully the NFL was able to resolve their issues and move forward with the season more or less [...]
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Aug, 2011
Conviction by Jailhouse Snitch
It is nice to see California attempting to rectify one of the more serious problems with the criminal justice system. The problem is what I call "conviction by jailhouse snitch." This is when the prosecution locks up someone in a county jail with known snitches. These snitches question and prod and sometime interrogate the defendant [...]
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Aug, 2011
A Serious Protestival? Seattle’s Hempfest 2011
This year marked the twentieth anniversay of the Seattle Hempfest. To mark the big occasion, U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich spoke to a crowd of stoners pro-pot proponents. He compared the quest to legalize marijuana to the uprisings in the Middle East, the push for womens’ right to vote and the civil rights [...]
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Aug, 2011
Prisons and Prisoners in the News
There has been a ton of prisoner-related news over the last few days and almost all of it courtesy of the New York Times. First, the Times noted a trend amongst conservative states: they are lightening harsh sentences in an effort to save money. Then came word that Texas--the incarcerationa and death penalty capital of [...]
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Aug, 2011
New Merits Briefs Filed by Cockle Printing
We filed two merits briefs this week: Brief for Petitioners in Hall v. U.S., No. 10-875, filed on August 17, 2011 Reply Brief in Lafler v. Cooper, No. 10-209, filed on August 17, 2011
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New Merits Briefs Filed by Cockle Printing
New Merits Briefs Filed by Cockle Printing