More than 28 states now say lawyers have an ethical duty to be competent in technology. Indeed, a State Bar of California ethics opinion recently extended that duty to include competence in e-discovery. CA Formal Opinion No. 2015-193. On top of that, the federal courts have...
A national criminal justice advocacy and research group has launched a project that tracks major trends and developments in criminal justice throughout the country, focusing on 12 key areas of the justice system. The State of Justice Report, released by the Vera Institute of Justice, also...
The New York Times describes the gun used by the Florida high school shooter, the AR-15. It allowed Nikolas Cruz to fire on people in much the same way that many American soldiers and Marines would fire their M16 and M4 rifles in combat. Since...
John Elwood finally reviews Monday’s relists. This week’s installment is going to be even more slapdash brief than usual, because it’s been (and remains) an unusually busy week. And I’m not just talking about my being forced to multitask because of all my responsibilities. The Supreme...
Administrative law judges (ALJs) should be viewed as officers of the United States and Congress has a right to impose certain restrictions on them....
President Trump stunned Republicans on live television Wednesday by embracing gun control and urging lawmakers to resurrect gun safety legislation that has been opposed by the National Rifle Association and the vast majority of his party, reports the New York Times. The president veered wildly...
Calhounian constitutionalism worked toward overthrowing republicanism and establishing oligarchy as the new model of government in the United States....
In the days after the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, that left 17 people dead, it has become clear that the massacre might have been prevented if each tip authorities received was taken seriously so that trained personnel could...
On February 28, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a report discussing security updates for mobile devices. The report stems from information the FTC collected from eight mobile device manufacturers — Apple, Blackberry, Google, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, and Samsung — and from information...
Are you “woke”* vis-vis-vis global warming and the coming-any-day-now destruction of the coral reefs, the arctic ice pack, polar bears, coastlines, the flora, the fauna, you, me, and the entire natural world as we know it? Me neither. That’s because I elect to look past...