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Legal News Roundup: 11/20/2015
The Obama administration has asked the Supreme Court for swift review of a Fifth Circuit...
Article: The Demise of Academic Freedom
In the Washington Times, Gerald Walpin writes: Last week, I was attacked by so-called “diversity”...
Forcing Green Politics on Pension Funds
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), requires pension plan fiduciaries to make...
Article: Abraham Lincoln Loved Our Patent System. Let's Not Tear it Down.
Joseph Allen of the Washington Post writes: Abraham Lincoln once called the patent system one...
The Lost Century of American Immigration Law
As the debate over state and federal control of immigration status and refugees continues, check out Gerald...
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The Copyright Alliance That Shaped Our Constitution
Congress is considering reforms to our copyright laws, including some that involve compensation for copyrighted...
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Point/Counterpoint: Criminal Justice Reform and Mens Rea
My good friend Bill Otis has posted his opening statement from a Federalist Society event...
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Point/Counterpoint: Criminal Justice Reform and Mens Rea
A week ago, at a Federalist Society function at the Senate Visitors Center, I had...
O.K. Again for Banks to Offer Small Dollar Loans?
Small dollar loans, good or bad? The FDIC issued on November 16 a Financial Institution Letter...
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Legal News Roundup: 11/16/2015
The University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center released a report on judicial selection in the...