Archive for October, 2007
About that time of year - law student goes after casebook with assault rifle
From the WSJ Law Blog, we learn that a 3L at University of Indiana Law School was arrested after firing a rifle from his apartment balcony. Police later found what he was shooting at in a parking lot across the street. His copy of Nelson & Whitman’s Real Estate Transfer Finance and Development was mortally […]
Gault @ 40 Symposium at the University of Houston Law Center
We’re hosting an upcoming symposium at the Center for Children, Law & Policy on In re Gault a landmark 1967 Supreme Court Case finding a right to counsel for juveniles accused of crimes.
The case involved a 15-year-old boy, Gerald Francis Gault. After a trial in juvenile court, Gerald was placed in a “training school” for […]
Ad Absurdum - Las Cruces, New Mexico in legal fight over whether Symbol of Cross is Religious endorsement
Via How Appealing, comes this gem of a separation of church and state question - can the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico use the image of a cross in its emblem? I’ll point out that, if you never took spanish, Las Cruces translates into “The Crosses”. This wikipedia article on the city notes that […]
Slate: Justice Scalia Joins 24
Script by Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick inspired by a comment made by the Justice this summer.
Griffin on the Libertarian Religion of Ron Paul
Professor Leslie Griffin, who teaches a well-regarded course in Law and Religion at the University of Houston Law Center, for which she has recently published an excellent Law and Religion casebook, takes Presidential hopeful Ron Paul to task in a recent blog post for his Libertarian Religion.
The bases for Paul’s policy stances appear various and […]
How to find out if the Supreme Court granted cert in your case? ScotusBlog
The University of Houston Law Center website had an interesting bit of news last night. The United States Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in response to a petition filed by Brent Newton, an Assistant Federal Public Defender who also teaches at the Law Center. This was my favorite part, however -
Prof. Newton said […]